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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-1-2
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A Tn917 mutant library was generated to identify genes involved in the biogenesis of Streptococcus salivarius fimbriae. A fimbria-deficient mutant was isolated by negative selection using an immunomagnetic separation technique with specific anti-fimbriae polyclonal antibodies (pAbs). The transposon was inserted in an ORF, called orf176, which encoded a protein of unknown function. The transposon prevented the transcription of orf176 as well as two genes located downstream, which are designated cspA and cspB and which form the csp operon. Sequence analyses of CspA and CspB revealed that both proteins possessed the classic cell-wall-anchoring motif (LPXTG) of Gram-positive bacterial surface proteins. Recombinant CspA (rCspA) and CspB (rCspB) proteins were generated in Escherichia coli and used to produce pAbs. Immunolocalization experiments showed that anti-rCspB, but not anti-rCspA antibodies specifically recognized S. salivarius fimbriae. Our results suggested that the csp operon encoded predicted cell-surface proteins, one of which, CspB, was associated with the fimbriae.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1350-0872
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
150
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
189-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Fimbriae, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Microscopy, Immunoelectron, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Operon, pubmed-meshheading:14702412-Streptococcus
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The csp operon of Streptococcus salivarius encodes two predicted cell-surface proteins, one of which, CspB, is associated with the fimbriae.
pubmed:affiliation
Groupe de Recherche en Ecologie Buccale, Faculté de Médecine Dentaire and Département de Biochimie et de Microbiologie, Université Laval, Québec, Canada G1K 7P4.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't