Adenylate cyclase toxin promotes internalisation of integrins and raft components and decreases macrophage adhesion capacity.

Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough, secretes an adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) that must be post-translationally palmitoylated in the bacterium cytosol to be active. The toxin targets phagocytes expressing the CD11b/CD18 integrin receptor. It delivers a catalytic adenylate...

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Main Authors: César Martín, Kepa B Uribe, Geraxane Gómez-Bilbao, Helena Ostolaza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3044178?pdf=render