کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1934091 1050633 2008 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A novel streptococcal leucine zipper protein (Lzp) binds to human immunoglobulins
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
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A novel streptococcal leucine zipper protein (Lzp) binds to human immunoglobulins
چکیده انگلیسی

Streptococcus pyogenes is an important pathogen that causes pharyngitis, scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome. To survive within its host, S. pyogenes has developed several immune evasion mechanisms. Here, we identified a novel gene encoding a 66-kDa protein with many leucine zipper motifs, that we call streptococcal leucine zipper protein (Lzp). Lzp was expressed on the bacterial cell surface, and some was detected in the culture medium. Lzp was expressed by all the S. pyogenes strains we tested, but not by group B streptococcal strains. Western blotting and Biacore assay demonstrated that recombinant Lzp bound to human IgA, IgG, IgM, and Lzp. In addition, native-PAGE analysis suggested that the Lzp molecule formed dimer and trimer conformations. Thus, Lzp is a novel immunoglobulin-binding protein that may play a role in helping S. pyogenes escape detection by the host immune system.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 377, Issue 4, 26 December 2008, Pages 1128–1134
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