Tags: Protein.
Bifunctional hemolysin/adenylate cyclase is a protein that in B. pertussis (the bacteria that causes whooping cough) is encoded by the cyaA gene. This protein in turn is cleaved into a calmodulin-sensitive adenylate cyclase (cyaA–ACD) and hemolysin. Both are virulence factors facilitating respiratory tract colonization by B. pertussis. The cyaA–ACD binds to a M2 integrin cell surface receptor and inserts its N-terminal adenylyl cyclase domain into the cytosol.
