Abstract
The opportunistic human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces two lectins in close association with virulence factors: PA-IL and PA-IIL, which bind to galactose- and fucose/mannose-containing glycoconjugates, respectively. We review here the structural aspects of these lectins relative to their putative roles in host recognition, cell surface adhesion and biofilm formation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 221-228 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Microbes and Infection |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Dr. Remy Loris (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) for early access to several crystal structures and Prof. Philippe Roussel (Lille, France) for helpful discussion. Travel and visits between NCBR and CERMAV are supported by a BARRANDE exchange program. M.W.’s stay in Grenoble was supported by the French Ministry of Education and Research program for inviting scientists, and partial financial support is acknowledged from the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic by grant No. LN00A016. N.G.G. acknowledges support from Bar-Ilan University and Israel Government Estate Property Funds, and A.I. acknowledges financial support from the French Research Minister’s Program, ACI Microbiologie and from Vaincre la Mucoviscidose.
Funding
We thank Dr. Remy Loris (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) for early access to several crystal structures and Prof. Philippe Roussel (Lille, France) for helpful discussion. Travel and visits between NCBR and CERMAV are supported by a BARRANDE exchange program. M.W.’s stay in Grenoble was supported by the French Ministry of Education and Research program for inviting scientists, and partial financial support is acknowledged from the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic by grant No. LN00A016. N.G.G. acknowledges support from Bar-Ilan University and Israel Government Estate Property Funds, and A.I. acknowledges financial support from the French Research Minister’s Program, ACI Microbiologie and from Vaincre la Mucoviscidose.
Funders | Funder number |
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ACI Microbiologie | |
French Ministry of Education and Research program for inviting scientists | |
French Research Minister’s Program | |
Ministerstvo Školství, Mládeže a Tělovýchovy | LN00A016 |
Bar-Ilan University | |
Association Vaincre la Mucoviscidose |
Keywords
- Lectins
- Oligosaccharides
- PA-IIL
- PA-IL
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa