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ABSTRACT:
INSTRUMENT(S): Orbitrap Fusion
ORGANISM(S): Borrelia Sp. Bc1
TISSUE(S): Cell Culture
SUBMITTER: Qin Fu
LAB HEAD: Sheng Zhang
PROVIDER: PXD045997 | Pride | 2024-01-26
REPOSITORIES: Pride
PNAS nexus 20231026 12
Spirochetes cause Lyme disease, leptospirosis, syphilis, and several other human illnesses. Unlike other bacteria, spirochete flagella are enclosed within the periplasmic space where the filaments distort and push the cell body by the action of the flagellar motors. We previously demonstrated that the oral pathogen <i>Treponema denticola</i> (Td) and Lyme disease pathogen <i>Borreliella burgdorferi</i> (Bb) form covalent lysinoalanine (Lal) cross-links between conserved cysteine and lysine resid ...[more]