Structural insights into the substrate specificity of SP_0149, the substrate-binding protein of a methionine ABC transporter from Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Jha, B., Vyas, R., Bhushan, J., Sehgal, D., Biswal, B.K.(2019) Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 75: 520-528
- PubMed: 31282873 
- DOI: 10.1107/S2053230X19009038
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6JF1 - PubMed Abstract: 
Successful pathogenesis is a cumulative effect of the virulence factors of a pathogen and its capability to efficiently utilize the available nutrients from the host. Streptococcus pneumoniae, a Gram-positive opportunistic pathogen, may either reside asymptomatically as a nasopharyngeal commensal inside the human host or cause lethal diseases, including pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis ...