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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 196, 期 5, 页码 971-981出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01366-13
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Infectious Diseases Branch [AI038897, AI052474, AI075258]
- NIH Medical Scientist Training Program at The University of Chicago [GM07281]
- Region V Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Consortium (NIH) [1-U54-AI-057153]
Staphylococcus aureus USA300, the clonal type associated with epidemic community-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections, displays the giant protein Ebh on its surface. Mutations that disrupt the ebh reading frame increase the volume of staphylococcal cells and alter the cross wall, a membrane-enclosed peptidoglycan synthesis and assembly compartment. S. aureus ebh variants display increased sensitivity to oxacillin (methicillin) as well as susceptibility to complement-mediated killing. Mutations in ebh are associated with reduced survival of mutant staphylococci in blood and diminished virulence in mice. We propose that Ebh, following its secretion into the cross wall, contributes to the characteristic cell growth and envelope assembly pathways of S. aureus, thereby enabling complement resistance and the pathogenesis of staphylococcal infections.
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