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SUBMITTER: Manne K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6777132 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Manne Kartik K Narayana Sthanam V L SVL Chattopadhyay Debasish D
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications 20190924 Pt 10
The Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major human pathogen, is a regular colonizer of the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Pneumococcal adherence and virulence factor A (PavA), a fibronectin-binding bacterial protein, from S. pneumoniae is an important facilitator of its colonization of host cells. In this study, the crystal structure of the N-terminal domain of PavA (SpPavA-N) determined at a resolution of 2.39 Å is reported. Each monomer of the dimeric protein consists of ...[more]