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-Lactamase can function as a reporter of bacterial protein export during infection of host cells Free

Abstract

is an intracellular pathogen that is able to avoid destruction by host immune defences. Exported proteins of , which include proteins localized to the bacterial surface or secreted into the extracellular environment, are ideally situated to interact with host factors. As a result, these proteins are attractive candidates for virulence factors, drug targets and vaccine components. Here we describe a -lactamase reporter system capable of identifying exported proteins of during growth in host cells. Because -lactams target bacterial cell-wall synthesis, -lactamases must be exported beyond the cytoplasm to protect against these drugs. When used in protein fusions, -lactamase can report on the subcellular location of another protein as measured by protection from -lactam antibiotics. Here we demonstrate that a truncated TEM-1 -lactamase lacking a signal sequence for export (′BlaTEM-1) can be used in this manner directly in a mutant strain of lacking the major -lactamase, BlaC. The ′BlaTEM-1 reporter conferred -lactam resistance when fused to both Sec and Tat export signal sequences. We further demonstrate that -lactamase fusion proteins report on protein export while is growing in THP-1 macrophage-like cells. This genetic system should facilitate the study of proteins exclusively exported in the host environment by intracellular .

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β-Lactamase can function as a reporter of bacterial protein export during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of host cells
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