Bacterial chitinases and chitin-binding proteins as virulence factors

Insights into the recognition of the human glycome by microbial carbohydrate-binding modules

(2012) Elizabeth Ficko-Blean et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Chitinase 1 Is a Biomarker for and Therapeutic Target in Scleroderma-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease That Augments TGF- 1 Signaling

(2012) C. G. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Bacterial Hydrolysis of Host Glycoproteins – Powerful Protein Modification and Efficient Nutrient Acquisition

(2012) Julia Garbe et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

NMR structure of a lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase provides insight into copper binding, protein dynamics, and substrate interactions

(2012) F. L. Aachmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Vibrio cholerae Colonization Factor GbpA Possesses a Modular Structure that Governs Binding to Different Host Surfaces

(2012) Edmond Wong et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Role of Chitin and Chitinase/Chitinase-Like Proteins in Inflammation, Tissue Remodeling, and Injury

(2011) Chun Geun Lee et al.   Annual Review of Physiology

Study of the IgG endoglycosidase EndoS in group A streptococcal phagocyte resistance and virulence

(2011) Jonathan Sjögren et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

An endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Enterococcus faecalisV583 responsible for the hydrolysis of high-mannose and hybrid-type N-linked glycans

(2011) Liv Anette Bøhle et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Colonizing the Lumen of the Chicken Intestine Grows Slowly and Upregulates a Unique Set of Virulence and Metabolism Genes

(2011) P. C. Harvey et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes to oxidative and nitrosative stress in IFN-γ-activated macrophages

(2011) Mobarak Abu Mraheil et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Quorum Sensing in Chromobacterium violaceum: DNA Recognition and Gene Regulation by the CviR Receptor

(2011) D. L. Stauff et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Proteomic Analysis of theVibrio choleraeType II Secretome Reveals New Proteins, Including Three Related Serine Proteases

(2011) Aleksandra E. Sikora et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Characterization of the Chitinolytic Machinery of Enterococcus faecalis V583 and High-Resolution Structure of Its Oxidative CBM33 Enzyme

(2011) Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cerebrospinal Fluid Microglial Markers in Alzheimer’s Disease: Elevated Chitotriosidase Activity but Lack of Diagnostic Utility

(2011) Niklas Mattsson et al.   NEUROMOLECULAR MEDICINE

The Pfam protein families database

(2011) M. Punta et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Cleavage of cellulose by a CBM33 protein

(2011) Zarah Forsberg et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

The N-glycan Glycoprotein Deglycosylation Complex (Gpd) from Capnocytophaga canimorsus Deglycosylates Human IgG

(2011) Francesco Renzi et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Chitinolytic Activity of Listeria monocytogenes EGD Is Regulated by Carbohydrates but Also by the Virulence Regulator PrfA

(2010) M. H. Larsen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lactobacillus plantarumExtracellular Chitin-Binding Protein and Its Role in the Interaction between Chitin, Caco-2 Cells, and Mucin

(2010) Borja Sánchez et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Contribution of Chitinases to Listeria monocytogenes Pathogenesis

(2010) S. Chaudhuri et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

First report of a bifunctional chitinase/lysozyme produced by Bacillus pumilus SG2

(2010) Seyedhadi Ghasemi et al.   ENZYME AND MICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY

Characterization of a novel Salmonella Typhimurium chitinase which hydrolyzes chitin, chitooligosaccharides and an N-acetyllactosamine conjugate

(2010) Tanja Larsen et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Effects of the Putative Transcriptional Regulator IclR on Francisella tularensis Pathogenesis

(2010) B. L. Mortensen et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Gene expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a mucin-containing synthetic growth medium mimicking cystic fibrosis lung sputum

(2010) C. Fung et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Pathogenic and Probiotic Enterococcus faecalis Isolates, and Their Transcriptional Responses to Growth in Human Urine

(2010) Heidi C. Vebø et al.   PLoS One

Structural Relationships in the Lysozyme Superfamily: Significant Evidence for Glycoside Hydrolase Signature Motifs

(2010) Alexandre Wohlkönig et al.   PLoS One

An Oxidative Enzyme Boosting the Enzymatic Conversion of Recalcitrant Polysaccharides

(2010) Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad et al.   SCIENCE

Increased cerebrospinal fluid chitotriosidase index in patients with multiple sclerosis

(2009) M. M. Verbeek et al.   ACTA NEUROLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Carbohydrate-binding domains: multiplicity of biological roles

(2009) Daniel Guillén et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The crystal structure of a family GH25 lysozyme from Bacillus anthracis implies a neighboring-group catalytic mechanism with retention of anomeric configuration

(2009) Carlos Martinez-Fleites et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Cloning and comparison of phylogenetically related chitinases fromListeria monocytogenesEGD andEnterococcus faecalisV583

(2009) J.J. Leisner et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Crystal Structure of the Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence Factor SrfJ, a Glycoside Hydrolase Family Enzyme

(2009) Y.-G. Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Campylobacter jejuni FlpA Binds Fibronectin and Is Required for Maximal Host Cell Adherence

(2009) M. E. Konkel et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Levels of the Secreted Vibrio cholerae Attachment Factor GbpA Are Modulated by Quorum-Sensing-Induced Proteolysis

(2009) B. A. Jude et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multiple redundant stress resistance mechanisms are induced in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in response to alteration of the intracellular environment via TLR4 signalling

(2009) J. A. Wright et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Listeria transcriptional landscape from saprophytism to virulence

(2009) Alejandro Toledo-Arana et al.   NATURE

Identification of Genes Contributing to the Virulence of Francisella tularensis SCHU S4 in a Mouse Intradermal Infection Model

(2009) Konstantin Kadzhaev et al.   PLoS One

The Transcriptome of the Nosocomial Pathogen Enterococcus faecalis V583 Reveals Adaptive Responses to Growth in Blood

(2009) Heidi C. Vebø et al.   PLoS One

p47phox Deficiency Induces Macrophage Dysfunction Resulting in Progressive Crystalline Macrophage Pneumonia

(2008) Qi Liu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Mucosal Glycan Foraging Enhances Fitness and Transmission of a Saccharolytic Human Gut Bacterial Symbiont

(2008) Eric C. Martens et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

During infection of epithelial cells Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium undergoes a time-dependent transcriptional adaptation that results in simultaneous expression of three type 3 secretion systems

(2008) I. Hautefort et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Chitin regulation of immune responses: an old molecule with new roles

(2008) Chun Geun Lee et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Intestinal Adherence of Vibrio cholerae Involves a Coordinated Interaction between Colonization Factor GbpA and Mucin

(2008) R. Bhowmick et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Proteomic Characterization of the Whole Secretome of Legionella pneumophila and Functional Analysis of Outer Membrane Vesicles

(2008) F. Galka et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Tertiary Structure and Carbohydrate Recognition by the Chitin-Binding Domain of a Hyperthermophilic Chitinase from Pyrococcus furiosus

(2008) Tsutomu Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Evolution of Family 18 Glycoside Hydrolases: Diversity, Domain Structures and Phylogenetic Relationships

(2008) Magnus Karlsson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Chitinase 3-like-1 enhances bacterial adhesion to colonic epithelial cells through the interaction with bacterial chitin-binding protein

(2008) Mayumi Kawada et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

The Carbohydrate-Active EnZymes database (CAZy): an expert resource for Glycogenomics

(2008) B. L. Cantarel et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

TYchi, a novel chitinase with RNA N-glycosidase and anti-tumor activities

(2007) Li Xu   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark