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Infection and Immunity, May 2001, p. 3435-3437, Vol. 69, No. 5
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3435-3437.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
PspC, a Pneumococcal Surface Protein,
Binds Human Factor H
Sandhya
Dave,1
Alexis
Brooks-Walter,2,
Michael K.
Pangburn,3 and
Larry S.
McDaniel1,4,5,*
Departments of
Microbiology,1
Surgery,4 and
Medicine,5 The University of Mississippi
Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi 39216; Department of
Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
352942; and Department of
Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Tyler,
Texas 757083
Received 27 September 2000/Returned for modification 15
November 2000/Accepted 17 January 2001
PspC was found to bind human complement factor H (FH) by
Western blot analysis of D39 (pspC+) and an
isogenic mutant TRE108 (pspC). We confirmed that PspA does
not bind FH, while purified PspC binds FH very strongly. The binding of
FH to exponentially growing pneumococci varied among different isolates
when analyzed by fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: The University
of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State St., Jackson, MS 39216. Phone: (601) 984-6880. Fax: (601) 984-1708. E-mail:
LMcDaniel{at}microbio.umsmed.edu.

Present address: Department of Biology, Florida A&M University,
Tallahassee, FL
32307.
Infection and Immunity, May 2001, p. 3435-3437, Vol. 69, No. 5
0019-9567/01/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.5.3435-3437.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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