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ArticleJournal of biosciences2009

Helicobacter urease: niche construction at the single molecule level.

Shahid Khan, Asim Karim, Shaheryar Iqbal

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Article in Journal of biosciences, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shahid KhanDepartment of Lifesciences, School of Science and Engineering, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore 54792, Punjab, Pakistan. shahidkh@lums.edu.pk
Asim Karim
Shaheryar Iqbal
Lahore University of Management Sciences · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The urease of the human pathogen, Helicobacter pylori, is essential for pathogenesis. The ammonia produced by the enzyme neutralizes stomach acid; thereby modifying its environment. The dodecameric enzyme complex has high affinity for its substrate, urea. We compared urease sequences and derivative 3D homology model structures from all published Helicobacter genomes and an equal number of genomes belonging to strains of another enteric bacterium, Escherichia coli. We found that the enzyme's architecture adapts to fit its niche. This finding, coupled to a survey of other physiological features responsible for the bacterium's acid resistance, suggests how it copes with pH changes caused by disease onset and progression.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayEscherichia coliGenome, BacterialHelicobacter pyloriHomeostasisHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiarySequence AlignmentSubstrate SpecificityUreaUreaseBacterial ProteinsUreaUrease

Identifiers

PMID19920336
OpenAlexW1974508092

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