Heterobinary Adhesins Based on the Escherichia coli FimH Fimbrial Protein
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Heterobinary adhesins based on the Escherichia coli FimH fimbrial protein.
The FimH adhesin of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae confers the ability to bind to D-mannosides by virtue of a receptor-binding domain located in its N-terminal region. This protein was engineered into a heterobifunctional adhesin by introducing a secondary binding site in the C-terminal region. The insertion of histidine clusters into this site resulted in coordination of various metal ions b...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1628-1633.1998