Molecular basis for the activation of a catalytic asparagine residue in a self-cleaving bacterial autotransporter.
Barnard, T.J., Gumbart, J., Peterson, J.H., Noinaj, N., Easley, N.C., Dautin, N., Kuszak, A.J., Tajkhorshid, E., Bernstein, H.D., Buchanan, S.K.(2012) J Mol Biol 415: 128-142
- PubMed: 22094314 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.049
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3SLJ, 3SLO, 3SLT - PubMed Abstract: 
Autotransporters are secreted proteins produced by pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. They consist of a membrane-embedded β-domain and an extracellular passenger domain that is sometimes cleaved and released from the cell surface. We solved the structures of three noncleavable mutants of the autotransporter EspP to examine how it promotes asparagine cyclization to cleave its passenger ...