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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 7.
Published in final edited form as: Structure. 2012 Mar 7;20(3):479–486. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2012.01.009

Figure 4. Glycosylation of B. cereus Spores Blocks VLR4 Binding.

Figure 4

Bacillus spores were treated with periodate to remove the majority of the glycans from the surface of the spores. VLR4 is unable to bind the non-treated B. cereus T spores. However, after treatment with periodate, VLR4 recognizes B. cereus T spores to a much greater extent than unmodified spores suggesting that glycosylation of the B. cereus T spores prevents VLR4 binding. Periodate treatment has no effect on the strong binding of VLR4 to B. anthracis Sterne spores.