Adhesin

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Function

Adhesins (Adh) are surface components of bacteria which facillitate adhesion to surfaces or other cells. Adh are specific surface recognition protein and are regarded as virulence factors.[1] For trimeric autotransporter adhesin see EibD.

Disease

Bacterial pathogens use adhesins as a major factor in adhesion-based virulence. Adhesins serve as vaccine targets since they are essential to infection.


Adhesin PsaA complex with galactose (PDB ID 4f8p)

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3D Structures of adhesin3D Structures of adhesin

Updated on 02-February-2016


ReferencesReferences

  1. Klemm P, Schembri MA. Bacterial adhesins: function and structure. Int J Med Microbiol. 2000 Mar;290(1):27-35. PMID:11043979 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1438-4221(00)80102-2
  2. Bao R, Nair MK, Tang WK, Esser L, Sadhukhan A, Holland RL, Xia D, Schifferli DM. Structural basis for the specific recognition of dual receptors by the homopolymeric pH 6 antigen (Psa) fimbriae of Yersinia pestis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Jan 15;110(3):1065-70. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1212431110. Epub 2012 Dec 31. PMID:23277582 doi:10.1073/pnas.1212431110

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