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PapG carbohydrate / receptor binding domain (CBD); PapG, the adhesin of the P-pili, is situated at the tip, mediating the attachment of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to the uroepithelium of the human kidney; PapG has a two-domain architecture: a carbohydrate binding N-terminus (this domain) and chaperone binding C-terminus (C-terminal pilin region). The carbohydrate-binding domain interacts with the receptor glycan. There are 3 PapG alleles, class I-III, which bind to different receptor isotypes, GbO3, GbO4, and GbO5, respectively.
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