The impact of Staphylococcus aureus cell wall glycosylation on langerin recognition and Langerhans cell activation
A. Hendriks, R. van Dalen, S. Ali, D. Gerlach, G. A. van der Marel, F. F. Fuchsberger, P. Aerts, C. J. C. de Haas, A. Peschel, C. Rademacher, J. van Strijp, J. D. Codee, N. M. van Sorge
This study investigates how different glycosylation patterns on Staphylococcus aureus cell walls affect langerin recognition and Langerhans cell activation, finding that β-GlcNAc is sufficient for langerin binding regardless of its position on WTA.
bioRxiv · Nov 6, 2020Microbiology