Peirs Priska, Lefèvre Philippe, Boarbi Samira, Wang Xiao-Ming, Denis Olivier, Braibant Martine, Pethe Kevin, Locht Camille, Huygen Kris, Content Jean
Pasteur Institute of Brussels, Engelandstraat 642, B-1180-Brussels, Belgium.
Infect Immun. 2005 Mar;73(3):1898-902. doi: 10.1128/IAI.73.3.1898-1902.2005.
By measuring phosphate uptake by Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains with the pstS1 and pstS2 genes genetically inactivated, we showed that these pstS genes encode high-affinity phosphate binding proteins. In a mouse infection model, both mutants were attenuated in virulence, suggesting that M. tuberculosis encounters limiting phosphate concentrations during its intracellular life span.
通过测量基因敲除pstS1和pstS2基因的结核分枝杆菌菌株对磷酸盐的摄取,我们发现这些pstS基因编码高亲和力磷酸盐结合蛋白。在小鼠感染模型中,两种突变体的毒力均减弱,这表明结核分枝杆菌在其细胞内存活期间会遇到磷酸盐浓度受限的情况。