Characterization of sortase a expression in enterococcus faecalis.

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Choo, Pei Yi.
• مؤلفون آخرون: Kimberly Ann Kline
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2013
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52701

Gram-positive bacteria rely on a family of sorting enzymes called sortases to attach cell surface proteins, often virulence factors, to their peptidoglycan cell wall. Two classes of sortase enzyme exist in Enterococcus faecalis, sortase A (SrtA) and sortase C (SrtC). Understanding these enzymes will...