Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal ...

Scientists have solved the 3D structure of EspC, a powerful toxin produced by EPEC, a diarrheal E. coli strain that kills over a million children under five each year—revealing how it invades and ...

Researchers from Japan have identified and structurally characterized RAPs from Escherichia coli. Their discovery of a novel mini hairpin structure in a nascent peptide that induces translation ...

There is much more to the story, however, particularly with regard to chromosomal structure and organization. Supercoiling explains how chromosomes fit into a small corner of the cell, but how do ...

More information: Akila U. Pilapitiya et al, The crystal structure of the toxin EspC from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli reveals the mechanism that governs host cell entry and cytotoxicity ...

Published in Gut Microbes, the research reveals for the first time the three-dimensional structure of a toxin secreted by enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) bacteria, and shows how the bacteria use the ...