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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A genetic-based search for surface proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae involved in adhesion identified a putative zinc metalloprotease (ZmpB). ZmpB shared high amino acid sequence similarities with IgA1 proteases of Gram-positive bacteria, but ZmpB had neither IgA1 nor IgA2 protease activity. Analysis of a family of surface-expressed proteins, the choline-binding proteins (Cbp's), in a zmpB-deficient mutant demonstrated a global loss of surface expression of CbpA, CbpE, CbpF and CbpJ. CbpA was detected within the cytoplasm. The zmpB-deficient mutant also failed to lyse with penicillin, a sign of lack of function of the Cbp LytA. Immunodetection studies revealed that the autolysin (LytA), normally located on the cell wall, was trapped in the cytoplasm colocalized with DNA and the transformation protein CinA. Trafficking of CinA and RecA to the cell membrane during genetic competence was also not observed in the zmpB-deficient mutant. These results suggest a protease dependent regulatory mechanism governing the translocation of CinA and the Cbp's LytA and CbpA of S. pneumoniae.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
366-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Autolysis, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Bacterial Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Choline, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Metalloendopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Pneumococcal Infections, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Streptococcus pneumoniae, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Transformation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:10792723-Zinc
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Extracellular targeting of choline-binding proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae by a zinc metalloprotease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale St., Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't