Structural highlights
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Neisseria meningitidis, the causative agent of bacterial meningitis, acquires the essential element iron from the host glycoprotein transferrin during infection through a surface transferrin receptor system composed of proteins TbpA and TbpB. Here we present the crystal structures of TbpB from N. meningitidis in its apo form and in complex with human transferrin. The structure reveals how TbpB sequesters and initiates iron release from human transferrin.
The structural basis of transferrin sequestration by transferrin-binding protein B.,Calmettes C, Alcantara J, Yu RH, Schryvers AB, Moraes TF Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 Feb 19;19(3):358-60. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2251. PMID:22343719[1]
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References
- ↑ Calmettes C, Alcantara J, Yu RH, Schryvers AB, Moraes TF. The structural basis of transferrin sequestration by transferrin-binding protein B. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 2012 Feb 19;19(3):358-60. doi: 10.1038/nsmb.2251. PMID:22343719 doi:10.1038/nsmb.2251
