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. 2013 Jul;81(7):2358–2370. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00128-13

Table 1.

CEACAM- and HSPG-binding profile of N. gonorrhoeae strain MS11 and strain VP1 Opa proteins

Receptor Bindinga
MS11
VP1
Opa50 Opa51 Opa52 Opa53 Opa54 Opa55 Opa56 Opa57 Opa58 Opa59 Opa60 Opa65 Opa66b Opa67 Opa68 Opa69 Opa70 Opa71 Opa72 Opa73 Opa74 Opa75
HSPG +++ +++ ND ND ND ND ND ND ND
CEACAM1 +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ND +++ +++ + +++ +++
CEA +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ +++ ND +++ +++ +++ +++ +
CEACAM6 +++ + + ND + +
CEACAM3 +++ +++ +++ ND +
a

CEACAM-binding properties of Opa proteins derived from N. gonorrhoeae strain MS11 or strain VP1 determined in this study using soluble, GFP-tagged amino-terminal CEACAM domains. +++, strong binding; +, weak binding; −, no binding; ND, not determined. Opa proteins showing strong CEACAM3 binding are indicated in bold. The HSPG-binding profile of Opa proteins was analyzed in the study by Kupsch et al. (30).

b

Opa66 was not analyzed in this study.