The Protein BpsB Is a Poly-β-1,6-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine Deacetylase Required for Biofilm Formation inBordetella bronchiseptica

Structural Basis of Chitin Oligosaccharide Deacetylation

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TheBordetella pertussis Bps polysaccharide enhances lung colonization by conferring protection from complement-mediated killing

(2014) Tridib Ganguly et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pertussis

(2014) Andrea Jakinovich et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PEDIATRICS

Comparative Analyses of a Cystic Fibrosis Isolate of Bordetella bronchiseptica Reveal Differences in Important Pathogenic Phenotypes

(2014) Neelima Sukumar et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Structural Basis for the De-N-acetylation of Poly-β-1,6-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine in Gram-positive Bacteria

(2014) Dustin J. Little et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Modification and periplasmic translocation of the biofilm exopolysaccharide poly- -1,6-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine

(2014) D. J. Little et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Functional Characterization of Staphylococcus epidermidis IcaB, a De-N-acetylase Important for Biofilm Formation

(2013) Varvara Pokrovskaya et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

α-Amylase: an enzyme specificity found in various families of glycoside hydrolases

(2013) Štefan Janeček et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Cyclic-di-GMP signalling regulates motility and biofilm formation in Bordetella bronchiseptica

(2013) F. Sisti et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Role of (p)ppGpp in biofilm formation and expression of filamentous structures in Bordetella pertussis

(2013) K. Sugisaki et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Collaboration gets the most out of software

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The structure of the deacetylase domain ofEscherichia coliPgaB, an enzyme required for biofilm formation: a circularly permuted member of the carbohydrate esterase 4 family

(2012) Takashi Nishiyama et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Combiningin situproteolysis and mass spectrometry to crystallizeEscherichia coliPgaB

(2012) Dustin J. Little et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Allosteric activation of exopolysaccharide synthesis through cyclic di-GMP-stimulated protein–protein interaction

(2012) Samuel Steiner et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Structure- and Metal-dependent Activity ofEscherichia coliPgaB Provides Insight into the Partial De-N-acetylation of Poly-β-1,6-N-acetyl-d-glucosamine

(2012) Dustin J. Little et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Epidemic Pertussis in 2012 — The Resurgence of a Vaccine-Preventable Disease

(2012) James D. Cherry   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Synthase-dependent exopolysaccharide secretion in Gram-negative bacteria

(2012) J.C. Whitney et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

BpsR Modulates Bordetella Biofilm Formation by Negatively Regulating the Expression of the Bps Polysaccharide

(2011) M. S. Conover et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Extracellular DNA Is Essential for Maintaining Bordetella Biofilm Integrity on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Mice

(2011) Matt S. Conover et al.   PLoS One

FHA-Mediated Cell-Substrate and Cell-Cell Adhesions Are Critical for Bordetella pertussis Biofilm Formation on Abiotic Surfaces and in the Mouse Nose and the Trachea

(2011) Diego O. Serra et al.   PLoS One

An approach to crystallizing proteins by metal-mediated synthetic symmetrization

(2011) Arthur Laganowsky et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

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

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

Analysis of HmsH and its role in plague biofilm formation

(2010) A. Abu Khweek et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Bps polysaccharide of Bordetella pertussis promotes colonization and biofilm formation in the nose by functioning as an adhesin

(2010) Matt S. Conover et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilms

(2010) D. Lopez et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography

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

Efficient synthesis and protein conjugation of β-(1→6)-d-N-acetylglucosamine oligosaccharides from the polysaccharide intercellular adhesin

(2009) Carmen Leung et al.   CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH

Bacterial Extracellular Polysaccharides Involved in Biofilm Formation

(2009) Barbara Vu et al.   MOLECULES

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Roles of pgaABCD Genes in Synthesis, Modification, and Export of the Escherichia coli Biofilm Adhesin Poly- -1,6-N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine

(2008) Y. Itoh et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

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

Proteome approaches combined with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy revealed a distinctive biofilm physiology in Bordetella pertussis

(2008) Diego Omar Serra et al.   PROTEOMICS