Terao Yutaka, Kawabata Shigetada, Kunitomo Eiji, Nakagawa Ichiro, Hamada Shigeyuki
Department of Oral Microbiology, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Suita-Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Infect Immun. 2002 Feb;70(2):993-7. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.2.993-997.2002.
The lbp gene, which encodes a laminin-binding protein (Lbp) of Streptococcus pyogenes, was found in all S. pyogenes M types. An Lbp-deficient mutant showed a significantly lower efficiency of adhesion to HEp-2 cells than did the wild-type strain. These results indicate that Lbp is one of the important S. pyogenes adhesins.
编码酿脓链球菌层粘连蛋白结合蛋白(Lbp)的lbp基因在所有酿脓链球菌M型中均被发现。与野生型菌株相比,Lbp缺陷型突变体对HEp-2细胞的黏附效率显著降低。这些结果表明Lbp是酿脓链球菌重要的黏附素之一。