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ABSTRACT Escherichia coli produces polysaccharide capsules that, based on their mechanisms of synthesis and assembly, have been classified into four groups. The group 4 capsule (G4C) polysaccharide is frequently identical to that of the cognate lipopolysaccharide O side chain and has, therefore, also been termed the O-antigen capsule. The genes involved in the assembly of the group 1, 2, and 3 capsules have been described, but those required for G4C assembly remained obscure. We found that enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) produces G4C, and we identified an operon containing seven genes, ymcD , ymcC , ymcB , ymcA , yccZ , etp , and etk , which are required for formation of the capsule. The encoded proteins appear to constitute a polysaccharide secretion system. The G4C operon is absent from the genomes of enteroaggregative E. coli and uropathogenic E. coli. E. coli K-12 contains the G4C operon but does not express it, because of the presence of IS 1 at its promoter region. In contrast, EPEC, enterohemorrhagic E. coli , and Shigella species possess an intact G4C operon.

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Peleg, A., Shifrin, Y., Ilan, O., Nadler-Yona, C., Nov, S., Koby, S., Baruch, K., Altuvia, S., Elgrably-Weiss, M., Abe, C. M., Knutton, S., Saper, M. A., & Rosenshine, I. (2005). Identification of an Escherichia coli Operon Required for Formation of the O-Antigen Capsule. Journal of Bacteriology, 187(15), 5259–5266.

Authors 13
  1. Adi Peleg (first)
  2. Yulia Shifrin (additional)
  3. Ophir Ilan (additional)
  4. Chen Nadler-Yona (additional)
  5. Shani Nov (additional)
  6. Simi Koby (additional)
  7. Kobi Baruch (additional)
  8. Shoshy Altuvia (additional)
  9. Maya Elgrably-Weiss (additional)
  10. Cecilia M. Abe (additional)
  11. Stuart Knutton (additional)
  12. Mark A. Saper (additional)
  13. Ilan Rosenshine (additional)
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