Download MendeleyCloning, Expression, Purification, Crystallization and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Analysis of Intracellular Growth Locus E (Igle) Protein from Francisella Tularensis Subsp. Novicida.
Robb, C.S., Nano, F.E., Boraston, A.B.(2010) Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 66: 1596
- PubMed: 21139203
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S1744309110034378
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5AMT - PubMed Abstract:
Tularaemia is an uncommon but potentially dangerous zoonotic disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. As few as ten bacterial cells are sufficient to cause disease in a healthy human, making this one of the most infectious disease agents known. The virulence of this organism is dependent upon a genetic locus known as the Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI), which encodes components of a secretion system that is related to the type VI secretion system. Here, the cloning, expression, purification and preliminary X-ray diffraction statistics of the FPI-encoded protein IglE are presented. This putative lipoprotein is required for intra-macrophage growth and is thought to be a constituent of the periplasmic portion of the type VI-like protein complex that is responsible for the secretion of critical virulence factors in Francisella.
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Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, PO Box 3055 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada.
