Abstract

Metzincins are a distinct clan of metallopeptidases encompassing several families. In this issue of Structure, Ng and colleagues describe the results of the structural analysis of the toxilysins, a novel family of metzincins employed by gastroinfective bacteria as intracellular virulence factors following host cell invasion.

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