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Molecular parasitism in the Escherichia coli‐Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus system: translocation of the matrix protein from the host to the parasite outer membrane.
Author(s) -
Guerrini F.,
Romano V.,
Valenzi M.,
Di Giulio M.,
Mupo M.R.,
Sacco M.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1982.tb01335.x
Subject(s) - biology , escherichia coli , parasite hosting , chromosomal translocation , host (biology) , bacterial outer membrane , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , gene , world wide web , computer science
During the intracellular maturation in Escherichia coli of the parasite Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus the outer membrane, major protein I of E. coli (i.e., the matrix protein) becomes associated with the outer membrane of the emerging parasite cells. The binding properties of this protein with the outer membrane of the host and of the parasite are identical. An analogous phenomenon also occurs during Bdellovibrio parasitism on Klebsiella pneumoniae and on Salmonella typhimurium. Possible roles for this scavenging action of Bdellovibrio, and similar phenomena in other parasitic systems, are discussed.