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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2011

Expression during host infection and localization of Yersinia pestis autotransporter proteins.

Jonathan D Lenz, Matthew B Lawrenz, David G Cotter, M Chelsea Lane, Rodrigo J Gonzalez, Michelle Palacios, Virginia L Miller

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jonathan D LenzDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Matthew B Lawrenz
David G Cotter
M Chelsea Lane
Rodrigo J Gonzalez
Michelle Palacios
Virginia L Miller

Funding

Yessinia autotransporters (Yaps): Structure, function, and host responseU54AI057157 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SEMPOWSKI, GREGORY D · 2003 to 2013
$91.4M
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOGENESIS TRAININGT32AI007151 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JULIANO, JONATHAN J · 1985 to 2024
$5.5M
ROLE OF YAPS IN Y. PESTIS PATHOGENESISR56AI078930 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MILLER, VIRGINIA L · 2009 to 2010
$723k
Autotransporter proteins and virulence of Y. pestisR21AI064313 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MILLER, VIRGINIA L · 2005 to 2006
$605k
Role of YapG Autotransporter Processing in Plague PathogenesisF32AI085923 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LANE, MARY CHELSEA · 2010 to 2011
$107k
NIAID NIH HHS AI085923NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI085923NIAID NIH HHS R01AI64313NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI064313NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI078930NIAID NIH HHS R56AI078930NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007151NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057157NIAID NIH HHS U54AI057157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yersinia pestis CO92 has 12 open reading frames encoding putative conventional autotransporters (yaps), nine of which appear to produce functional proteins. Here, we demonstrate the ability of the Yap proteins to localize to the cell surface of both Escherichia coli and Yersinia pestis and show that a subset of these proteins undergoes processing by bacterial surface omptins to be released into the supernatant. Numerous autotransporters have been implicated in pathogenesis, suggesting a role for the Yaps as virulence factors in Y. pestis. Using the C57BL/6 mouse models of bubonic and pneumonic plague, we determined that all of these genes are transcribed in the lymph nodes during bubonic infection and in the lungs during pneumonic infection, suggesting a role for the Yaps during mammalian infection. In vitro transcription studies did not identify a particular environmental stimulus responsible for transcriptional induction. The primary sequences of the Yaps reveal little similarity to any characterized autotransporters; however, two of the genes are present in operons, suggesting that the proteins encoded in these operons may function together. Further work aims to elucidate the specific functions of the Yaps and clarify the contributions of these proteins to Y. pestis pathogenesis.

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Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEscherichia coliGene Expression ProfilingLungLymph NodesMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPlagueRodent DiseasesSerine EndopeptidasesVirulence FactorsYersinia pestisMembrane Transport Proteinsomptin outer membrane proteaseSerine EndopeptidasesVirulence Factors

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PMID21873491
PMCPMC3194903

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