Schematic of C. trachomatis TARP and GST-TARP fusions used in this study. (A) L2 TARP harbors an N-terminal tyrosine-rich repeat region (green boxes), which are contained within the GST fusions: GST-TARP, GST-TARPΔ, and the GST-N domain. Proline-dense (blue box) and actin-binding domains (red box) are contained within the C-terminal half of TARP located in the GST fusions: GST-C-domain, GST-C-domainΔ, and 8d. The GST fusion 8e contains the actin-binding domain only. (B) TARP harbors a conserved actin-binding domain. Sequence alignment of the actin-binding helix of WAVE2 and the putative actin-binding helix of TARP. Black bars indicate the residues that fall within the actin-binding helix for TARP (above) and WAVE2 (below). Yellow shading indicates identical residues, and green shading indicates similarity. A consensus sequence is shown under the alignment.