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ArticleMolecular microbiology2013

Acquisition of omptin reveals cryptic virulence function of autotransporter YapE in Yersinia pestis.

Matthew B Lawrenz, Jarrod Pennington, Virginia L Miller

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Fibrinolytic and coagulative activities of Yersinia pestis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew B LawrenzCenter for Predictive Medicine for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA. matt.lawrenz@louisville.edu
Jarrod Pennington
Virginia L Miller
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Louisville · US

Funding

Yessinia autotransporters (Yaps): Structure, function, and host responseU54AI057157 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CROWE, JAMES E · 2003 to 2013
$91.4M
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
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI064313NIAID NIH HHS R21AI64313NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI078930NIAID NIH HHS R56AI078930NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI057157NIAID NIH HHS U54AI057157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autotransporters, the largest family of secreted proteins in Gram-negative bacteria, perform a variety of functions, including adherence, cytotoxicity and immune evasion. In Yersinia pestis the autotransporter YapE has adhesive properties and contributes to disease in the mouse model of bubonic plague. Here, we demonstrate that omptin cleavage of Y. pestis YapE is required to mediate bacterial aggregation and adherence to eukaryotic cells. We demonstrate that omptin cleavage is specific for the Y. pestis and Y. pseudotuberculosis YapE orthologues but is not conserved in the Yersinia enterocolitica protein. We also show that cleavage of YapE occurs in Y. pestis but not in the enteric Yersinia species, and requires the omptin Pla (plasminogen activator protease), which is encoded on the Y. pestis-specific plasmid pPCP1. Together, these data show that post-translation modification of YapE appears to be specific to Y. pestis, was acquired along with the acquisition of pPCP1 during the divergence of Y. pestis from Y. pseudotuberculosis, and are the first evidence of a novel mechanism to regulate bacterial adherence.

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAnimalsBacterial ProteinsCell LineHumansMacrophagesMicePlagueSerine EndopeptidasesVirulenceYersinia pestisYersinia pseudotuberculosisBacterial Proteinsomptin outer membrane proteaseSerine Endopeptidases

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PMID23701256
PMCPMC3708302
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