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ArticlePloS one2016

The Chlamydia trachomatis Protease CPAF Contains a Cryptic PDZ-Like Domain with Similarity to Human Cell Polarity and Tight Junction PDZ-Containing Proteins.

Kenneth R Maksimchuk, Katherine A Alser, Rui Mou, Raphael H Valdivia, Dewey G McCafferty

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenneth R MaksimchukDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Katherine A AlserDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Rui MouDepartment of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Raphael H ValdiviaMolecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Dewey G McCaffertyDepartment of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
Duke University · USDuke Medical Center · US

Funding

Enzymology of Chlamydial PathogenesisR01AI107951 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MCCAFFERTY, DEWEY G, VALDIVIA, RAPHAEL H · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
Enzymology of Chlamydia PathogenesisR56AI107951 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MCCAFFERTY, DEWEY G · 2013 to 2013
$282k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI107951NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI107951
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The need for more effective anti-chlamydial therapeutics has sparked research efforts geared toward further understanding chlamydial pathogenesis mechanisms. Recent studies have implicated the secreted chlamydial serine protease, chlamydial protease-like activity factor (CPAF) as potentially important for chlamydial pathogenesis. By mechanisms that remain to be elucidated, CPAF is directed to a discrete group of substrates, which are subsequently cleaved or degraded. While inspecting the previously solved CPAF crystal structure, we discovered that CPAF contains a cryptic N-terminal PSD95 Dlg ZO-1 (PDZ) domain spanning residues 106-212 (CPAF106-212). This PDZ domain is unique in that it bears minimal sequence similarity to canonical PDZ-forming sequences and displays little sequence and structural similarity to known chlamydial PDZ domains. We show that the CPAF106-212 sequence is homologous to PDZ domains of human tight junction proteins.

Indexed as

Cell PolarityStructural Homology, ProteinAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsChlamydia trachomatisComputational BiologyConserved SequenceGenome, BacterialHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataPeptide HydrolasesProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiarySequence AlignmentStructure-Activity RelationshipBacterial ProteinsPeptide Hydrolases

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PMID26829550
PMCPMC4734761
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