PMID:10792723

Citation	Novak, R, Charpentier, E, Braun, JS, Park, E, Murti, S, Tuomanen, E and Masure, R (2000) Extracellular targeting of choline-binding proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae by a zinc metalloprotease. Mol. Microbiol. 36:366-76
Abstract	A genetic-based search for surface proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae involved in adhesion identified a putative zinc metalloprotease (ZmpB). ZmpB shared high amino acid sequence similarities with IgA1 proteases of Gram-positive bacteria, but ZmpB had neither IgA1 nor IgA2 protease activity. Analysis of a family of surface-expressed proteins, the choline-binding proteins (Cbp's), in a zmpB-deficient mutant demonstrated a global loss of surface expression of CbpA, CbpE, CbpF and CbpJ. CbpA was detected within the cytoplasm. The zmpB-deficient mutant also failed to lyse with penicillin, a sign of lack of function of the Cbp LytA. Immunodetection studies revealed that the autolysin (LytA), normally located on the cell wall, was trapped in the cytoplasm colocalized with DNA and the transformation protein CinA. Trafficking of CinA and RecA to the cell membrane during genetic competence was also not observed in the zmpB-deficient mutant. These results suggest a protease dependent regulatory mechanism governing the translocation of CinA and the Cbp's LytA and CbpA of S. pneumoniae.
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Keywords	Alleles; Animals; Autolysis; Bacterial Adhesion; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Carrier Proteins/genetics; Carrier Proteins/metabolism; Choline/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Enzymes/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism; Metalloendopeptidases/chemistry; Metalloendopeptidases/genetics; Metalloendopeptidases/metabolism; Molecular Sequence Data; N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine Amidase; Pneumococcal Infections/microbiology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Signal Transduction; Streptococcus pneumoniae/genetics; Streptococcus pneumoniae/metabolism; Streptococcus pneumoniae/pathogenicity; Subcellular Fractions; Transformation, Bacterial; Zinc
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Annotations

Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
STRPN:ZMPB		GO:0009986: cell surface	ECO:0000314:		C		figure 1b shows through immunoelectron microscopy, that ZmpB localizes to the cell surface.	complete CACAO 4031
STRPN:ZMPB	part_of	GO:0009986: cell surface	ECO:0000314: direct assay evidence used in manual assertion		C		Seeded From UniProt	complete

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