Pathogen Moonlighting Proteins: From Ancestral Key Metabolic Enzymes to Virulence Factors

Pathogen Moonlighting Proteins: From Ancestral Key Metabolic Enzymes to Virulence Factors

Moonlighting and multitasking proteins refer to proteins with two or more functions performed by a single polypeptide chain. An amazing example of the Gain of Function (GoF) phenomenon of these proteins is that 25% of the moonlighting functions of our Multitasking Proteins Database (MultitaskProtDB-...

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Main Authors: Luis Franco-Serrano, David Sánchez-Redondo, Araceli Nájar-García, Sergio Hernández, Isaac Amela, Josep Antoni Perez-Pons, Jaume Piñol, Angel Mozo-Villarias, Juan Cedano, Enrique Querol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
moonlighting proteins
multitasking proteins
microbial pathogens
pathogen virulence factors
vaccines
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/6/1300

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