Bacterial neuraminidase

BNR/Asp-box repeat
Structure of a bacterial sialidase.[1]
Identifiers
Symbol BNR
Pfam PF02012
Pfam clan CL0434
InterPro IPR002860
SCOP 1euu

Bacterial neuraminidase is type of neuraminidase and a virulence factor for many bacteria including Bacteroides fragilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Its function is to cleave a sialic acid residue off ganglioside-GM1 (a modulator of cell surface and receptor activity) turning it into asialo-GM1 to which type 4 pilli (attachment factors) bind preferentially.

References

  1. ^ Gaskell A, Crennell S, Taylor G (November 1995). "The three domains of a bacterial sialidase: a beta-propeller, an immunoglobulin module and a galactose-binding jelly-roll". Structure 3 (11): 1197–205. PMID 8591030.