Dear all,
Learn how pathogenic fungi get a grip on their hosts in our latest
interactive Quips tutorial.
http://pdbe.org/quips?story=Glue
/Candida albicans/, the fungus that causes candidiasis, uses proteins
called adhesins to stick to its host in order to infect it. The
structure of a /Candida/ adhesin shows that it is similar to bacterial
adhesins, but its adhesive properties are very different. The structure
reveals how it can stick to lots of different proteins and why it has a
strong preference for grabbing their C-terminal ends.
If you have an interesting structure whose story you would like to tell
(with our help) in the form of a Quips tutorial, please contact us at
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]?subject=Quips>
Gary Battle.
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Gary Battle
Outreach Coordinator
Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe)
EMBL-EBI
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge
CB10 1SD
Tel: 01223 49-4654
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