Abstract
Commensal and pathogenic bacteria express adhesive proteins on their cell surface, which are important for colonisation of the host. In Gram-positive bacteria, these adhesins are often covalently anchored to the cell wall by a sortase enzyme. A recent bioinformatic study has revealed a total of 860 predicted cell wall-anchored proteins in 94 completely sequenced genomes. The interaction of adhesins with host cells can be analysed with the use of adhesin-coated microbeads. Here we show that sortase-mediated ligation can be used for the site-specific immobilisation of adhesins to red-fluorescence microspheres. This coupling method allows for the native orientation of the adhesins on the beads. Furthermore, the high substrate specificity of the sortase enzyme allows the use of only partially purified recombinant proteins, which reduces preparation time and costs, and also prevents coupling of any contaminants that might interfere with cell binding.
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