Crystallographic Structure Determination of Bacteriophage Endolysins.
Curr Issues Mol Biol
; 40: 165-188, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
Bacteriophages produce endolysins that target and cleave the hosts peptidoglycan to release their progeny at the end of the infection cycle. These proteins can be used for the eradication of pathogenic bacteria, but also for their detection. Endolysins may contain a single catalytic domain or several domains, including a cell wall binding domain. To understand their function in detail and design mutated or chimeric molecules with novel properties, knowledge of their structures and detailed mechanisms is necessary. X-ray protein crystallography is an excellent method to obtain high-resolution structures of biological macromolecules, and here we describe the method and the folds of known endolysin domains.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Endopeptidases
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Bacteriófagos
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Proteínas Virais
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Cristalografia por Raios X
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Curr Issues Mol Biol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha