Yersinia pestis uses the Ail outer membrane protein to recruit vitronectin

SS Bartra, Y Ding, L Miya Fujimoto, JG Ring… - …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Yersinia pestis, the agent of plague, requires the Ail (attachment invasion locus) outer
membrane protein to survive in the blood and tissues of its mammalian hosts. Ail is important …

Deletion of Yersinia pestis ail Causes Temperature-Sensitive Pleiotropic Effects, Including Cell Lysis, That Are Suppressed by Carbon Source, Cations, or Loss of …

AM Kolodziejek, CJ Hovde, GA Bohach… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Maintenance of phospholipid (PL) and lipopoly-or lipooligosaccharide (LPS or LOS)
asymmetry in the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is essential but poorly …

Absence of YbeY RNase compromises the growth and enhances the virulence plasmid gene expression of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3

K Leskinen, M Varjosalo, M Skurnik - Microbiology, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
YbeY was recently recognized as an endoribonuclease playing a role in ribosome
biosynthesis. In Escherichia coli it functions as a single-strand-specific RNase that …

Ail protein binds ninth type III fibronectin repeat (9FNIII) within central 120-kDa region of fibronectin to facilitate cell binding by Yersinia pestis

TM Tsang, DS Annis, M Kronshage, JT Fenno… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
The Yersinia pestis adhesin molecule Ail interacts with the extracellular matrix protein
fibronectin (Fn) on host cells to facilitate efficient delivery of cytotoxic Yop proteins, a process …

ompX contribute to biofilm formation, osmotic response and swimming motility in Citrobacter werkmanii

G Zhou, Y Wang, H Peng, S Li, T Sun, C Li, Q Shi, X Xie - Gene, 2023 - Elsevier
Citrobacter werkmanii, an aerobe and mesophilic Proteobacterium, is universal in industrial
putrefaction, coastal water, and human blood. Our previous studies have discovered that …

Antimicrobial Effect of the Triterpene 3β,6β,16β‐Trihydroxylup‐20(29)‐ene on Planktonic Cells and Biofilms from Gram Positive and Gram Negative Bacteria

FFV Evaristo, MRJR Albuquerque… - BioMed Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluated the antimicrobial effect of 3β, 6β, 16β‐trihydroxylup‐20 (29)‐ene
(CLF1), a triterpene isolated from Combretum leprosum Mart., in inhibiting the planktonic …

Pathology and Pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis

Z Du, X Wang - Yersinia pestis: Retrospective and Perspective, 2016 - Springer
Various types of animal models of plague have been developed, including mice, rats,
guinea pigs, and nonhuman primates. Studies have indicated that rodent and nonhuman …

Yersinia pestis Ail recruitment of C4b‐binding protein leads to factor I‐mediated inactivation of covalently and noncovalently bound C4b

DK Ho, M Skurnik, AM Blom… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The outer membrane protein A il of Y ersinia pestis mediates several virulence functions,
including serum resistance. Here, we demonstrate that A il binds C 4b‐binding protein (C 4 …

Escherichia coli O157:H7 Curli Fimbriae Promotes Biofilm Formation, Epithelial Cell Invasion, and Persistence in Cattle

H Sheng, Y Xue, W Zhao, CJ Hovde, SA Minnich - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Escherichia coli O157: H7 (O157) is noninvasive and a weak biofilm producer; however, a
subset of O157 are exceptions. O157 ATCC 43895 forms biofilms and invades epithelial …

Virulence characteristics of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli deletion of gene encoding the outer membrane protein X

X Meng, X Liu, L Zhang, B Hou, B Li, C Tan… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Outer membrane protein X (OmpX) and its homologues have been proposed to contribute to
the virulence in various bacterial species. But, their role in virulence of extraintestinal …