PicU, a second serine protease autotransporter of uropathogenic Escherichia coli
- 1 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 230 (1), 73-83
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00862-0
Abstract
Escherichia coli is the major ætiological agent of urinary tract infections (UTI). Like diarrhoeagenic strains of E. coli , uropathogenic isolates possess virulence determinants that distinguish them from commensal strains and allow them to produce the clinical manifestations associated with UTI. Several autotransporter proteins have been associated with the ability of E. coli , and other Gram-negative bacteria, to cause disease. Recently, we described the existence within uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) strains of Sat, a toxin of the serine protease autotransporter of Enterobacteriaceae (SPATE) subfamily. Using features common to proteins secreted via the autotransporter pathway we have identified nine additional autotransporter proteins from the genomic sequence data of UPEC CFT073. Surprisingly, two additional members of the SPATE subfamily were identified. One protein, designated PicU, was homologous to the Pic protein identified in Shigella flexneri and enteroaggregative E. coli . The PicU protein was expressed and investigated for functional activity. * Abbreviation : Abbreviation Expansion EAEC : enteroaggregative Escherichia coli SPATE : serine protease autotransporter of Enterobacteriaceae UPEC : uropathogenic Escherichia coli UTI : urinary tract infection PCR : polymerase chain reactionThis publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
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