title: Neither the A- nor B-repeat regions of the fibrinogen-binding protein of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi are essential for fibrinogen binding.
abstract: The major cell wall-associated protein (FgBP) of Streptococcus equi subsp. equi possesses two internal blocks of repeated sequence (A and B) and binds horse fibrinogen (Fg) avidly through residues located in the N-terminal half of the molecule. In the present study, we investigated the roles of the two repeats blocks in Fg binding through construction of recombinant FgBP proteins containing defined internal deletions of sequence. Ligand binding experiments clearly showed that neither repeat is essential for Fg binding. However, residues within the B repeats seem to play a major role in the aberrant mobility observed for FgBP following sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meehan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Muldowney
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: O'Meara
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Owen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008024:Ligands; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018502:Streptococcus equi / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C112406:fibrinogen-binding protein, Streptococcus equi; D005340:Fibrinogen