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Macpf/CDC Proteins - Agents of Defence, Attack and Invasion

Macpf/CDC Proteins - Agents of Defence, Attack and Invasion

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Series: Subcellular Biochemistry, Book 80

Medical ReferenceChemistryZoology

ISBN10: 9402403396
ISBN13: 9789402403398
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Sep 3 2016
Pages: 329
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book focusses on evolutionary, structural and functional aspects of pore-forming proteins, bringing together prominent researchers in the fields of structural biology and cellular and biophysical techniques. The focus is on the MACPF/CDC protein super family that was originally discovered because of unexpected structural similarity between a domain present in bacterial cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDC) and proteins of the membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) family. Members of the MACPF/CDC super family are crucial for many biological processes, being efficient agents of development, defence, attack and invasion of cells and tissues. However, their best-known role is in bacterial pathogenesis and the proper functioning of the vertebrate immune system, via formation of transmembrane pores in target cell membranes.

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