Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Structural basis underlying the synergism of NADase and SLO during group A Streptococcus infection

  • Wei-Jiun Tsai,
  • Yi-Hsin Lai,
  • Yong-An Shi,
  • Michal Hammel,
  • Anthony P. Duff,
  • Andrew E. Whitten,
  • Karyn L. Wilde,
  • Chun-Ming Wu,
  • Robert Knott,
  • U-Ser Jeng,
  • Chia-Yu Kang,
  • Chih-Yu Hsu,
  • Jian-Li Wu,
  • Pei-Jane Tsai,
  • Chuan Chiang-Ni,
  • Jiunn-Jong Wu,
  • Yee-Shin Lin,
  • Ching-Chuan Liu,
  • Toshiya Senda,
  • Shuying Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04502-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Structural and mutational analyses reveal interactions between NAD+-glycohydrolase and Streptolysin O critical for Group A Streptococcus virulence, validated in a murine infection model.