A unique network of attack, defence and competence on the outer membrane of the periodontitis pathogen <i>Tannerella forsythia</i>
Mirosław Książęk, Theodoros Goulas, Danuta Mizgalska, Arturo Rodríguez-Banqueri, Ulrich Eckhard, Florian Veillard, Irena Waligórska, Małgorzata Benedyk‐Machaczka, Alicja Sochaj‐Gregorczyk, Mariusz Madej, Ida B. Thøgersen, Jan J. Enghild, Anna Cuppari, Joan L. Arolas, Iñaki de Diego, Mar López‐Pelegrín, I. Garcia‐Ferrer, Tibisay Guevara, Vincent Dive, Marie-Louise Zani, Thierry Moreau, Jan Potempa, F. Xavier Gomis‐Rüth
Abstract
a new "bilobal" or the classic "standard" mechanism of inhibition. These results discover a unique, tightly-regulated proteolytic armamentarium for virulence and competence, the KLIKK-peptidase/potempin system.
Topics & Concepts
Tannerella forsythiaForsythiaPeriodontitisPathogenBiologyMicrobiologyMedicineDentistryPathologyAlternative medicineTraditional Chinese medicineHoneysuckleOral microbiology and periodontitis researchHIV/AIDS oral health manifestationsOral and gingival health research