The structures of two salivary proteins from the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus reveal a beta-trefoil fold with putative sugar binding properties

The structures of two salivary proteins from the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus reveal a beta-trefoil fold with putative sugar binding properties

Female mosquitoes require blood meals for egg development. The saliva of blood feeding arthropods contains biochemically active molecules, whose anti-hemostatic and anti-inflammatory properties facilitate blood feeding on vertebrate hosts. While transcriptomics has presented new opportunities to inv...

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Main Authors: Olivia Kern, Paola Carolina Valenzuela Leon, Apostolos G. Gittis, Brian Bonilla, Phillip Cruz, Andrezza Campos Chagas, Sundar Ganesan, Jose M.C. Ribeiro, David N. Garboczi, Ines Martin-Martin, Eric Calvo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Current Research in Structural Biology
Subjects:
Arthropods
Mosquito
Salivary protein
Blood feeding
Vector borne diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665928X21000040

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