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Toxin–antitoxin modules as bacterial metabolic stress managers by Buts, Lieven, Lah, Jurij, Dao-Thi, Minh-Hoa, Wyns, Lode, Loris, Remy

“…Bacterial genomes frequently contain operons that encode a toxin and its antidote. These ‘toxin–antitoxin (TA) modules’ have an important role in bacterial…”
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Hydrophobic Surface Patches on LolA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Are Essential for Lipoprotein Binding by Remans, Kim, Pauwels, Kris, van Ulsen, Peter, Buts, Lieven, Cornelis, Pierre, Tommassen, Jan, Savvides, Savvas N., Decanniere, Klaas, Van Gelder, Patrick

“…Many lipoproteins reside in the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria, and their biogenesis is dependent on the Lol (localization of lipoproteins)…”
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Structural and Thermodynamic Characterization of Vibrio fischeri CcdB by De Jonge, Natalie, Hohlweg, Walter, Garcia-Pino, Abel, Respondek, Michal, Buts, Lieven, Haesaerts, Sarah, Lah, Jurij, Zangger, Klaus, Loris, Remy

“…CcdBVfi from Vibrio fischeri is a member of the CcdB family of toxins that poison covalent gyrase-DNA complexes. In solution CcdBVfi is a dimer that unfolds to…”
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Structural Sampling of Glycan Interaction Profiles Reveals Mucosal Receptors for Fimbrial Adhesins of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by Lonardi, Emanuela, Moonens, Kristof, Buts, Lieven, de Boer, Arjen R, Olsson, Johan D M, Weiss, Manfred S, Fabre, Emeline, Guérardel, Yann, Deelder, André M, Oscarson, Stefan, Wuhrer, Manfred, Bouckaert, Julie

“…Fimbriae are long, proteinaceous adhesion organelles expressed on the bacterial envelope, evolutionarily adapted by Escherichia coli strains for the…”
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Chloroplasts Assemble the Major Subunit FaeG of Escherichia coli F4 (K88) Fimbriae to Strand-swapped Dimers by Van Molle, Inge, Joensuu, Jussi J., Buts, Lieven, Panjikar, Santosh, Kotiaho, Mirkka, Bouckaert, Julie, Wyns, Lode, Niklander-Teeri, Viola, De Greve, Henri

“…F4 fimbriae encoded by the fae operon are the major colonization factors associated with porcine neonatal and postweaning diarrhoea caused by enterotoxigenic…”
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Structural basis for the recognition of complex‐type biantennary oligosaccharides by Pterocarpus angolensis lectin by Buts, Lieven, Garcia‐Pino, Abel, Imberty, Anne, Amiot, Nicolas, Boons, Geert‐Jan, Beeckmans, Sonia, Versées, Wim, Wyns, Lode, Loris, Remy

“…The crystal structure of Pterocarpus angolensis lectin is determined in its ligand‐free state, in complex with the fucosylated biantennary complex type…”
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Crystal Structure of Pterocarpus angolensis Lectin in Complex with Glucose, Sucrose, and Turanose by Loris, Remy, Imberty, Anne, Beeckmans, Sonia, Van Driessche, Edilbert, Read, John S., Bouckaert, Julie, De Greve, Henri, Buts, Lieven, Wyns, Lode

“…The crystal structure of the Man/Glc-specific seed lectin from Pterocarpus angolensis was determined in complex with methyl-α-d-glucose, sucrose, and turanose…”
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Weak protein-protein interactions in lectins: the crystal structure of a vegetative lectin from the legume Dolichos biflorus by Buts, Lieven, Dao-Thi, Minh-Hoa, Loris, Remy, Wyns, Lode, Etzler, Marilynn, Hamelryck, Thomas

“…The legume lectins are widely used as a model system for studying protein-carbohydrate and protein-protein interactions. They exhibit a fascinating quaternary…”
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Rejuvenation of CcdB-Poisoned Gyrase by an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Domain by De Jonge, Natalie, Garcia-Pino, Abel, Buts, Lieven, Haesaerts, Sarah, Charlier, Daniel, Zangger, Klaus, Wyns, Lode, De Greve, Henri, Loris, Remy

“…Toxin-antitoxin modules are small regulatory circuits that ensure survival of bacterial populations under challenging environmental conditions. The ccd…”
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Methionine sulfoxide reductase B from Corynebacterium diphtheriae catalyzes sulfoxide reduction via an intramolecular disulfide cascade by Tossounian, Maria-Armineh, Khanh Truong, Anh-Co, Buts, Lieven, Wahni, Khadija, Mourenza, Álvaro, Leermakers, Martine, Vertommen, Didier, Mateos, Luis Mariano, Volkov, Alexander N., Messens, Joris

“…Corynebacterium diphtheriae is a human pathogen that causes diphtheria. In response to immune system-induced oxidative stress, C. diphtheriae expresses…”
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Escherichia coli antitoxin MazE as transcription factor: insights into MazE-DNA binding by Zorzini, Valentina, Buts, Lieven, Schrank, Evelyne, Sterckx, Yann G J, Respondek, Michal, Engelberg-Kulka, Hanna, Loris, Remy, Zangger, Klaus, van Nuland, Nico A J

“…Toxin-antitoxin (TA) modules are pairs of genes essential for bacterial regulation upon environmental stresses. The mazEF module encodes the MazF toxin and its…”
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Dynamically Coupled Residues within the SH2 Domain of FYN Are Key to Unlocking Its Activity by Huculeci, Radu, Cilia, Elisa, Lyczek, Agatha, Buts, Lieven, Houben, Klaartje, Seeliger, Markus A., van Nuland, Nico, Lenaerts, Tom

“…Src kinase activity is controlled by various mechanisms involving a coordinated movement of kinase and regulatory domains. Notwithstanding the extensive…”
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The Plasticity of the β-Trefoil Fold Constitutes an Evolutionary Platform for Protease Inhibition by Azarkan, Mohamed, Martinez-Rodriguez, Sergio, Buts, Lieven, Baeyens-Volant, Danielle, Garcia-Pino, Abel

“…Proteases carry out a number of crucial functions inside and outside the cell. To protect the cells against the potentially lethal activities of these enzymes,…”
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Molecular Identification of β-Citrylglutamate Hydrolase as Glutamate Carboxypeptidase 3 by Collard, François, Vertommen, Didier, Constantinescu, Stefan, Buts, Lieven, Van Schaftingen, Emile

“…β-Citrylglutamate (BCG), a compound present in adult testis and in the CNS during the pre- and perinatal periods is synthesized by an intracellular enzyme…”
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Structural and biophysical characterization of Staphylococcus aureus SaMazF shows conservation of functional dynamics by Zorzini, Valentina, Buts, Lieven, Sleutel, Mike, Garcia-Pino, Abel, Talavera, Ariel, Haesaerts, Sarah, De Greve, Henri, Cheung, Ambrose, van Nuland, Nico A J, Loris, Remy

“…The Staphylococcus aureus genome contains three toxin-antitoxin modules, including one mazEF module, SamazEF. Using an on-column separation protocol we are…”
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Structural insights into the intertwined dimer of fyn SH 2 by Huculeci, Radu, Garcia‐Pino, Abel, Buts, Lieven, Lenaerts, Tom, van Nuland, Nico

“…Abstract Src homology 2 domains are interaction modules dedicated to the recognition of phosphotyrosine sites incorporated in numerous proteins found in…”
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Mycoredoxin-1 is one of the missing links in the oxidative stress defence mechanism of Mycobacteria by Van Laer, Koen, Buts, Lieven, Foloppe, Nicolas, Vertommen, Didier, Van Belle, Karolien, Wahni, Khadija, Roos, Goedele, Nilsson, Lennart, Mateos, Luis M., Rawat, Mamta, van Nuland, Nico A. J., Messens, Joris

“…Summary To survive hostile conditions, the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis produces millimolar concentrations of mycothiol as a redox buffer…”
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Study of the Structural and Dynamic Effects in the FimH Adhesin upon α‑d‑Heptyl Mannose Binding by Vanwetswinkel, Sophie, Volkov, Alexander N, Sterckx, Yann G. J, Garcia-Pino, Abel, Buts, Lieven, Vranken, Wim F, Bouckaert, Julie, Roy, René, Wyns, Lode, van Nuland, Nico A. J

“…Uropathogenic Escherichia coli cause urinary tract infections by adhering to mannosylated receptors on the human urothelium via the carbohydrate-binding domain…”
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Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering- and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-Derived Conformational Ensemble of the Highly Flexible Antitoxin PaaA2 by Sterckx, Yann G.J., Volkov, Alexander N., Vranken, Wim F., Kragelj, Jaka, Jensen, Malene Ringkjøbing, Buts, Lieven, Garcia-Pino, Abel, Jové, Thomas, Van Melderen, Laurence, Blackledge, Martin, van Nuland, Nico A.J., Loris, Remy

“…Antitoxins from prokaryotic type II toxin-antitoxin modules are characterized by a high degree of intrinsic disorder. The description of such highly flexible…”
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Structural insights into the intertwined dimer of fyn SH2 by Huculeci, Radu, Garcia‐Pino, Abel, Buts, Lieven, Lenaerts, Tom, van Nuland, Nico

“…Src homology 2 domains are interaction modules dedicated to the recognition of phosphotyrosine sites incorporated in numerous proteins found in intracellular…”
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