Surprising insight into Legionnaires' disease

(Goethe University Frankfurt) In order to control cellular processes and thwart the immune system, the bacterium Legionella pneumophilia, the cause of the notorious Legionnaires' disease, releases hundreds of enzymes. Biochemists at Goethe University have now elucidated important details in the interaction of bacterial effectors. They discovered how the regulatory enzyme SidJ keeps other dangerous virulence factors in check.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news