The subtilisin-like protease AprV2 is required for virulence and uses a novel disulphide-tethered exosite to bind substrates.

The subtilisin-like protease AprV2 is required for virulence and uses a novel disulphide-tethered exosite to bind substrates.

Many bacterial pathogens produce extracellular proteases that degrade the extracellular matrix of the host and therefore are involved in disease pathogenesis. Dichelobacter nodosus is the causative agent of ovine footrot, a highly contagious disease that is characterized by the separation of the hoo...

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Main Authors: Ruth M Kennan, Wilson Wong, Om P Dhungyel, Xiaoyan Han, David Wong, Dane Parker, Carlos J Rosado, Ruby H P Law, Sheena McGowan, Shane B Reeve, Vita Levina, Glenn A Powers, Robert N Pike, Stephen P Bottomley, A Ian Smith, Ian Marsh, Richard J Whittington, James C Whisstock, Corrine J Porter, Julian I Rood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2991261?pdf=render

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