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SUBMITTER: Jarva MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726212 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Järvå Michael A MA Hirt Helmut H Dunny Gary M GM Berntsson Ronnie P-A RP
Frontiers in microbiology 20201126
Surface proteins in Gram-positive bacteria are often involved in biofilm formation, host-cell interactions, and surface attachment. Here we review a protein module found in surface proteins that are often encoded on various mobile genetic elements like conjugative plasmids. This module binds to different types of polymers like DNA, lipoteichoic acid and glucans, and is here termed <i>polymer adhesin domain.</i> We analyze all proteins that contain a polymer adhesin domain and classify the protei ...[more]