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SCIENCE
卷 299, 期 5608, 页码 906-909出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1081147
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI38897, AI5474] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM58266] Funding Source: Medline
The cell wall envelope of Gram-positive pathogens functions as a scaffold for the attachment of virulence factors and as a sieve that prevents diffusion of molecules. Here the isd genes (iron-regulated surface determinant) of Staphylococcus aureus were found to encode factors responsible for hemoglobin binding and passage of heme-iron to the cytoplasm, where it acts as an essential nutrient. Heme-iron passage required two sortases that tether Isd proteins to unique locations within the cell wall. Thus, Isd appears to act as an import apparatus that uses cell wall-anchored proteins to relay heme-iron across the bacterial envelope.
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