Mecanismo molecular de extrema mecanicidad en la adhesión de un patógeno

Lukas F Milles1, Klaus Schulten2, Hermann E Gaub3

  • 1Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Physik and Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Amalienstrasse 54, 80799 Munich, Germany.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|March 31, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

La adhesión estafilocócica SdrG exhibe una notable estabilidad mecánica, resistiendo fuerzas de más de 2 nanonutones. Esta resiliencia, crucial para la adhesión del patógeno, se logra a través de una red única de enlaces de hidrógeno que estabiliza la columna vertebral del péptido objetivo.

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