Essential role of calcium in extending RTX adhesins to their target.
Vance, T.D.R., Ye, Q., Conroy, B., Davies, P.L.(2020) J Struct Biol X 4: 100036-100036
- PubMed: 32984811 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yjsbx.2020.100036
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
6XI1, 6XI3 - PubMed Abstract: 
RTX adhesins are long, multi-domain proteins present on the outer membrane of many Gram-negative bacteria. From this vantage point, adhesins use their distal ligand-binding domains for surface attachment leading to biofilm formation. To expand the reach of the ligand-binding domains, RTX adhesins maintain a central extender region of multiple tandem repeats, which makes up most of the proteins' large molecular weight ...