Modular Architecture and Unique Teichoic Acid Recognition Features of Choline-Binding Protein L (CbpL) Contributing to Pneumococcal Pathogenesis

Dynamic capsule restructuring by the main pneumococcal autolysin LytA in response to the epithelium

(2016) Colin C. Kietzman et al.   Nature Communications

Pneumococcal Adhesins PavB and PspC Are Important for the Interplay with Human Thrombospondin-1

(2015) Ulrike Binsker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Bacterial exploitation of phosphorylcholine mimicry suppresses inflammation to promote airway infection

(2015) Christopher B. Hergott et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Substrate recognition and catalysis by LytB, a pneumococcal peptidoglycan hydrolase involved in virulence

(2015) Palma Rico-Lastres et al.   Scientific Reports

Modified Amber Force Field Correctly Models the Conformational Preference for Tandem GA pairs in RNA

(2014) Asaminew H. Aytenfisu et al.   Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Influence of Impaired Lipoprotein Biogenesis on Surface and Exoproteome of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Thomas Pribyl et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Structure of the pneumococcall,d-carboxypeptidase DacB and pathophysiological effects of disabled cell wall hydrolases DacA and DacB

(2014) Mohammed R. Abdullah et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of the Arginine Deiminase System by ArgR2 Interferes with Arginine Metabolism and Fitness of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Christian Schulz et al.   mBio

Structural and Functional Insights into Peptidoglycan Access for the Lytic Amidase LytA of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) P. Mellroth et al.   mBio

Following in Real Time the Impact of Pneumococcal Virulence Factors in an Acute Mouse Pneumonia Model Using Bioluminescent Bacteria

(2014) Malek Saleh et al.   Jove-Journal of Visualized Experiments

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(2013) Philip R. Evans et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Molecular architecture ofStreptococcus pneumoniaesurface thioredoxin-fold lipoproteins crucial for extracellular oxidative stress resistance and maintenance of virulence

(2013) Malek Saleh et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

The Choline-binding Protein PspC ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeInteracts with the C-terminal Heparin-binding Domain of Vitronectin

(2013) Sylvia Voss et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural Reevaluation ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeLipoteichoic Acid and New Insights into Its Immunostimulatory Potency

(2013) Nicolas Gisch et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

X-ray structure of a superinfection exclusion lipoprotein from phage TP-J34 and identification of the tape measure protein as its target

(2013) Cecilia Bebeacua et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Combat Pneumococcal Infections: Adhesins as Candidates for Protein- Based Vaccine Development

(2012) Gustavo Gamez et al.   CURRENT DRUG TARGETS

Pneumococcal Gene Complex Involved in Resistance to Extracellular Oxidative Stress

(2012) Vahid Farshchi Andisi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Pneumococcal surface proteins: when the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

(2012) I. Pérez-Dorado et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

H++ 3.0: automating pK prediction and the preparation of biomolecular structures for atomistic molecular modeling and simulations

(2012) R. Anandakrishnan et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Overview of theCCP4 suite and current developments

(2011) Martyn D. Winn et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Infection with Conditionally Virulent Streptococcus pneumoniae ΔpabStrains Induces Antibody to Conserved Protein Antigens but Does Not Protect against Systemic Infection with Heterologous Strains

(2011) Suneeta Chimalapati et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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(2010) Wolfgang Kabsch   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Features and development ofCoot

(2010) P. Emsley et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution

(2010) Paul D. Adams et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

New adhesin functions of surface-exposed pneumococcal proteins

(2010) Cécile Frolet et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Glutamine Transporters on Pneumococcal Fitness under Infection-Related Conditions

(2010) Tobias Härtel et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Complement Regulator Factor H Mediates a Two-step Uptake ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeby Human Cells

(2010) Vaibhav Agarwal et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

PavB is a surface-exposed adhesin of Streptococcus pneumoniae contributing to nasopharyngeal colonization and airways infections

(2010) Inga Jensch et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal CbpD is a murein hydrolase that requires a dual cell envelope binding specificity to kill target cells during fratricide

(2010) Vegard Eldholm et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Insights into pneumococcal fratricide from the crystal structures of the modular killing factor LytC

(2010) Inmaculada Pérez-Dorado et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Dali server: conservation mapping in 3D

(2010) Liisa Holm et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography

(2009) Vincent B. Chen et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Crystal structure of CbpF, a bifunctional choline-binding protein and autolysis regulator from Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) Rafael Molina et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Aliasing in reduced dimensionality NMR spectra: (3,2)D HNHA and (4,2)D HN(COCA)NH experiments as examples

(2009) David Pantoja-Uceda et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR

TALOS+: a hybrid method for predicting protein backbone torsion angles from NMR chemical shifts

(2009) Yang Shen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR

AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility

(2009) Garrett M. Morris et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY

Pneumococcal Interaction with Human Dendritic Cells: Phagocytosis, Survival, and Induced Adaptive Immune Response Are Manipulated by PavA

(2009) N. Noske et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Practical protocols for production of very high yields of recombinant proteins usingEscherichia coli

(2009) Arun Sivashanmugam et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors in host respiratory colonization and disease

(2008) Aras Kadioglu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY