title: Stability and subcellular localization of cytadherence-associated protein P65 in Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
abstract: The surface protein P65 is a constituent of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae cytoskeleton and is present at reduced levels in mutants lacking the cytadherence accessory protein HMW2. Pulse-chase studies demonstrated that P65 is subject to accelerated turnover in the absence of HMW2. P65 was also less abundant in noncytadhering mutants lacking HMW1 or P30 but was present at wild-type levels in mutants lacking proteins A, B, C, and P1. P65 exhibited a polar localization like that in wild-type M. pneumoniae in all mutants having normal levels of HMW1 and HMW2. Partial or complete loss of these proteins, however, correlated with severe reduction in the P65 level and the inability to localize P65 properly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Balish
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Krause
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002451:Cell Compartmentation; D003599:Cytoskeleton; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C117431:HMW1 protein, bacteria; C117432:HMW2 protein, bacteria; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C093832:Mycoplasma protein 65-kDa