title: Immunocytochemical analysis of P-fimbrial structure: localization of minor subunits and the influence of the minor subunit FsoE on the biogenesis of the adhesin.
abstract: Antibodies recognizing the non-adhesive minor P-fimbral subunit protein E and the P-fimbrial adhesin were used in an immunocytochemical analysis of P-fimbrial structure. It was demonstrated that P-fimbriae of the serotypes F71, F72 and F11 carry their adhesin in a complex with protein E. These complexes are commonly found at the tip of the fimbrial structure. In P-fimbriae of serotype F9, expressed by the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 21086, adhesin-protein E complexes are localized at the tips as well as along the shafts of the fimbriae. Protein E of F71 fimbriae (FsoE) plays a catalysing role in the biogenesis of the adhesin, but has no effect on the eventual localization of the adhesin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Riegman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoschützky
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: van Die
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bergmans
mesh_terms: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D018830:Adhesins, Escherichia coli; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins