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Crystal structure of chaperone protein PapD reveals an immunoglobulin fold

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The chaperone protein PapD mediates assembly of pili in Escherichia coli. Its polypeptide chain folds into two immunoglobulin-type domains that are homologous in sequence to the human lymphocyte differentiation antigen Leu-1/CD5.

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Holmgren, A., Bränden, CL. Crystal structure of chaperone protein PapD reveals an immunoglobulin fold. Nature 342, 248–251 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/342248a0

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