Characterization of the ABC methionine transporter from Neisseria meningitidis reveals that lipidated MetQ is required for interaction
NmMetQ is a substrate-binding protein (SBP) from Neisseria meningitidis that has been identified as a surface-exposed candidate antigen for meningococcal vaccines. However, this location for NmMetQ challenges the prevailing view that SBPs in Gram-negative bacteria are localized to the periplasmic sp...
Main Authors: | Naima G Sharaf, Mona Shahgholi, Esther Kim, Jeffrey Y Lai, David G VanderVelde, Allen T Lee, Douglas C Rees |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2021-08-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/69742 |
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