A force-activated trip switch triggers rapid dissociation of a colicin from its immunity protein.

Colicins are protein antibiotics synthesised by Escherichia coli strains to target and kill related bacteria. To prevent host suicide, colicins are inactivated by binding to immunity proteins. Despite their high avidity (K(d) ≈ fM, lifetime ≈ 4 days), immunity protein release is a pre-requisite of c...

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Autores principales: Oliver E Farrance, Eleanore Hann, Renata Kaminska, Nicholas G Housden, Sasha R Derrington, Colin Kleanthous, Sheena E Radford, David J Brockwell
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/971c0dd9777f4a4593fa9ceffca2a088
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