Temperature-inducible outer membrane protein of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica is associated with the virulence plasmid.
A strain of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis which harbors a 63-kilobase plasmid was found to cause a lethal infection in Swiss albino mice. The rate of infection paralleled the ability of the pathogenic organism to attach to a monolayer of HeLa cells. One novel outer membrane protein (protein 1) with a molecular weight of 140,000 was found to be associated with the possession of the 63-kilobase plasmid not at 26 degrees C, and expression was moderately affected by the concentration of calcium in the growth medium. Moreover, it was found that synthesis of protein 1 associated outer membrane protein showing similar properties was also found to be expressed in plasmid-containing strains of Yersinia enterocolitica. The properties of protein 1 indicate that it could be identical to the previously described virulence W antigen.
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010957:Plasmids; D013696:Temperature; D014774:Virulence; D015007:Yersinia / Q000032:analysis / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins