REG3A binds bacterial phospholipids

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R-HSA-6801776
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Reaction [binding]
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Homo sapiens
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Structural studies of human REG3A by X-ray diffraction with electron microscopy suggest that REG3A binds to bacterial membrane phospholipids and kills bacteria by forming a hexameric membrane-permeabilizing pore (Mukherjee S et al. 2014).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
24256734 Antibacterial membrane attack by a pore-forming intestinal C-type lectin

Partch, CL, Callenberg, KM, Grabe, M, Derebe, MG, Zheng, H, Jiang, QX, Mukherjee, S, Hooper, LV, Rollins, D, Rizo, J, Propheter, DC

Nature 2014
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