Calcium stabilizes the strongest protein fold
Staphylococcal pathogens adhere to their human targets using adhesins, which can withstand extremely high forces. Here, authors use single-molecule force spectroscopy to determine the similarly high unfolding forces of B domains that link the adhesin to the bacterium.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-11-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07145-6 |