Adhesion proteins of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

被引:36
作者
Chaudhry, Rama [1 ]
Varshney, Avanish Kumar
Malhotra, Pawan
机构
[1] All India Inst Med Sci, Dept Microbiol, New Delhi 110029, India
[2] Int Ctr Genet Engn & Biotechnol, New Delhi, India
来源
FRONTIERS IN BIOSCIENCE-LANDMARK | 2007年 / 12卷
关键词
adhesin; protein; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; infection; review;
D O I
10.2741/2093
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Mycoplasmas are unique cell wall deficient, cholesterol requiring, highly pleomorphic bacteria that possess very small genome. M. pneumoniae is an important human pathogen that possesses specialized tip organelle to mediate cytadherence. It is a complex multifactorial process requiring a group of mycoplasma proteins such as P1, P30, P116 and HMW1-3. Expression of major mycoplasma adhesin proteins in heterologous expression systems provides an opportunity to study the role(s) of these proteins in pathogenicity and helps to develop diagnostic reagents. In this review we highlight the role (s) of various cytadhesin proteins of M. pneumoniae.
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页码:690 / 699
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