Keyword

sortase

Description: A family of bacterial enzymes that attach surface proteins to the cell wall by recognizing and cleaving specific protein motifs.

Primary topic: Biochemical and Structural Characterization (67%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q24738833

OpenAlex ID: keywords/sortase

Staphylococcus aureus Sortase, an Enzyme that Anchors Surface Proteins to the Cell Wall

1999 · Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Gwen Liu, et al. · Science · 1,049

Alkaloids: An overview of their antibacterial, antibiotic-enhancing and antivirulence activities

2014 · T.P. Tim Cushnie, Benjamart Cushnie, et al. · International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents · 896

Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein

2009 · Matti Kankainen, Lars Paulin, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 737

Sortases and the Art of Anchoring Proteins to the Envelopes of Gram-Positive Bacteria

2006 · Luciano A. Marraffini, Andrea C. DeDent, et al. · Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews · 686

Passage of Heme-Iron Across the Envelope of Staphylococcus aureus

2003 · Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Eric P. Skaar, et al. · Science · 592

Purification and characterization of sortase, the transpeptidase that cleaves surface proteins of Staphylococcus aureus at the LPXTG motif

1999 · Hung Ton-That, Gwen Liu, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 567

Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria — structure, assembly and their role in disease

2008 · T. Proft, E. N. Baker · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences · 548

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Sortase-Mediated Protein Ligation: A New Method for Protein Engineering

2004 · Hongyuan Mao, Scott A. Hart, et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 534

A NovelStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Phenotype Mediated by the Fibronectin-Binding Proteins, FnBPA and FnBPB

2008 · Eoghan O'Neill, Clarissa Pozzi, et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 498

Staphylococcus aureus sortase mutants defective in the display of surface proteins and in the pathogenesis of animal infections

2000 · Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Gwen Liu, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 452

Production of Soluble Recombinant Proteins in Bacteria

1989 · Catherine H. Schein · Nature Biotechnology · 430

Pili in Gram-positive bacteria: assembly, involvement in colonization and biofilm development

2008 · Anjali Mandlik, Arlene Swierczynski, et al. · Trends in Microbiology · 402

Sortase‐catalysed anchoring of surface proteins to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus

2001 · Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Hung Ton‐That, et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 387

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An iron-regulated sortase anchors a class of surface protein during Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis

2002 · Sarkis K. Mazmanian, Hung Ton-That, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 372

Anchoring of Surface Proteins to the Cell Wall of Staphylococcus aureus

2000 · Hung Ton-That, Sarkis K. Mazmanian, et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 359

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Assembly of pili on the surface of Corynebacterium diphtheriae

2003 · Hung Ton‐That, Olaf Schneewind · Molecular Microbiology · 354

Structure of sortase, the transpeptidase that anchors proteins to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus

2001 · Udayar Ilangovan, Hung Ton-That, et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 304

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Making and Breaking Peptide Bonds: Protein Engineering Using Sortase

2011 · Maximilian Wei‐Lin Popp, Hidde L. Ploegh · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 280

Protein sorting to the cell wall envelope of Gram-positive bacteria

2004 · Hung Ton-That, Luciano A. Marraffini, et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research · 266

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Architects at the bacterial surface — sortases and the assembly of pili with isopeptide bonds

2011 · Antoni P. A. Hendrickx, Jonathan M. Budzik, et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology · 264

Protein secretion and surface display in Gram-positive bacteria

2012 · Olaf Schneewind, Dominique M. Missiakas · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 254

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Assembly and role of pili in group B streptococci

2006 · Shaynoor Dramsi, Elise Caliot, et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 252

Sortase as a Target of Anti-Infective Therapy

2008 · Anthony W. Maresso, Olaf Schneewind · Pharmacological Reviews · 249

Assembly of pili in Gram-positive bacteria

2004 · Hung Ton-That, Olaf Schneewind · Trends in Microbiology · 249

The chaplins: a family of hydrophobic cell-surface proteins involved in aerial mycelium formation in Streptomyces coelicolor

2003 · Marie A. Elliot, Nitsara Karoonuthaisiri, et al. · Genes & Development · 246

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Works count: 519

Citation count: 25,450