Numerous proteins synthesized in cells ranging from bacteria to humans have to be posttranslationally acylated to become biologically active. Bacterial Repeats in ToXin (RTX) cytolysins form a prominent group of proteins that are synthesized as inactive protoxins and undergo a posttranslational acyl...
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli Bordetella pertussis (strain Tohama I / ATCC BAA-589 / NCTC 13251)