Crystal Structure of the Autochaperone Region from the Shigella flexneri Autotransporter IcsA
Kuhnel, K., Diezmann, D.(2011) J Bacteriol 193: 2042-2045
- PubMed: 21335457 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00790-10
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3ML3 - PubMed Abstract: 
The IcsA (intracellular spread gene A) autotransporter from Shigella flexneri is a key virulence factor. We identified a stable fragment comprising residues 591 to 758, which corresponds to the autochaperone region of the IcsA passenger domain. We showed that thermal unfolding of the autochaperone region is reversible and determined its crystal structure at 2.0-Å resolution.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. kkuehne@gwdg.de