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. 2014 Mar 10;3(1):178–204. doi: 10.3390/biology3010178

Table 1.

Bacterial moonlighting proteins binding to host components.

Moonlighting protein Moonlighting function Bacterial species Reference
Metabolic enzymes
GAPDH
Binding to plasmin(ogen) B. anthracis, E. coli, La. crispatus, La. plantarum, Li. monocytogens, S. aureus, St. agalactiae, St. anginosus, St. epidermis, St. equisimilis, St. oralis, St. pneumoniae, St. pyogenes, St. suis [6,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24]
Binding to urokinase receptor on human pharyngeal cells St. pyogenes [25]
Binding to lysozyme St. pyogenes [6]
Binding to actin St. pyogenes, St. agalactiae [6,22]
Binding to myosin St. pyogenes [6]
Binding to albumin St. suis [26]
Binding to fibrinogen St. agalactiae [22]
Binding to fibronectin E. coli, L. plantarum, St. pyogenes [6,14,16,27]
Binding to other bacterial species Group B Streptococcus, La. crispatus [28,29]
Binding to intestinal epithelial cells, competitive exclusion and displacement of Clostridium sporogenes and Enterococcus faecalis La. plantarum [30]
Coadhesin of Porfyromonas gingivalis in periodontal tissue St. oralis [31]
Binding to intestinal epithelial cells E. coli, La. plantarum [14,16]
Binding to colonic, porcine or vaginal mucin La. plantarum, M. genitalium [16,32,33]
Binding to A and B blood antigens La. plantarum [34]
Binding to porcine tracheal rings St. suis [35]
EGF-receptor M. avium, M. tuberculosis [36]
Binding to C5a complement protein St. pyogenes [37]
Enolase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) B. anthracis, Bi. animalis subspecies lactis, Bi. bifidum, Bi. breve, Bi. longum, Bo. burgdorferi, La. crispatus, La. johnsonii, La. plantarum, Li. monocytogenes, M. pneumoniae, S. aureus, St. anginosus, St. mutans, St. oralis, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes [16,17,19,21,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48]
Binding to fibronectin La. plantarum [16,49]
Binding to laminin La. crispatus, La. johnsonii, S. aureus [48,50]
Binding to collagen La. crispatus, S. aureus [48]
Binding to albumin St. pyogenes [51]
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii, St. mutans [42,52]
Binding to intestinal epithelial cells La. plantarum, St. suis [16,53]
Binding to C4b-binding proteins St. pneumoniae [54]
Binding to other bacterial species La. crispatus [28]
Aldolase
Binding to flamingo cadherin St. pneumoniae [55]
Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (GPI)
Binding to collagen La. crispatus [28]
Binding to other bacterial species La. crispatus [28]
Phosphofructokinase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) St. oralis [19]
Phosphoglycerate kinase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) St. anginosus, St. oralis, Group B streptococci [19,56]
Binding to actin Group B streptococci [56,57]
Phosphoglycerate mutase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) Bi. animalis subspecies lactis, St. anginosus, St. oralis [19,58]
Triosephosphate isomerase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) St. anginosus, St. oralis [19]
Binding to intestinal epithelial cells, competitive exclusion and displacement of Clostridium sporogenes and Enterococcus faecalis La. plantarum [30]
Glutamine synthetase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) Bi. animalis subspecies lactis, La. crispatus, M. tuberculosis [28,58,59]
Binding to fibronectin M. tuberculosis [59]
Binding to collagen I and laminin La. crispatus [28]
Binding to other bacterial species La. crispatus [28]
Ribonucleotide reductase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) S. aureus [44]
Inosine 5′-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH)
Binding to plasmin(ogen) S. aureus [44]
Alcohol acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
Binding to Caco-2 cells Li. monocytogenes [60]
Binding to eukaryotic Hsp60 Li. monocytogenes [61]
Malate synthase
Binding to laminin and fibronectin M. tuberculosis [62]
SarA; oligopeptide-binding protein
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii [52]
Pyruvate dehydrogenase
Binding to fibronectin La. plantarum [47]
Binding to plasmin(ogen) M. pneumoniae [46]
Binding to fibronectin M. pneumoniae [63]
Puryvate kinase
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii [52]
Bile salt hydrolase
Binding to plasmin(ogen) Bi. animalis subspecies lactis [58]
Molecular chaperones
DnaK
Binding to plasmin(ogen) Bi. animalis subspecies lactis, M. tuberculosis, Li. monocytogenes [21,58,59,64]
Stimulation of dendritic cell maturation by binding CCR5 M. tuberculosis [65]
Competition with HIVfor CCR5 binding M. tuberculosis [65,66]
Mediation of LAB adherence to yeast cells L. lactis [67]
GroEL
Binding to intestinal HT-29 cells and mucus; stimulation of IL-8 secretion in human macrophages and HT-29 cells; aggregation of H. pylori cells La. johnsonii [68]
Translational elongational factors
EF-Tu
Binding to plasmin(ogen) Li. monocytogenes, Ps. aeruginosa [21,69]
Binding to plasma Factor H and Factor H-related protein 1 (FHR-1) Ps. aeruginosa [69]
Binding to intestinal epithelial cells and HT-MTX-derived mucus La. johnsonii [70]
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii [52]
Binding to intestinal epithelial cells, competitive exclusion and displacement of Clostridium sporogenes and Enterococcus faecalis La. plantarum [30]
Binding to fibronectin M. pneumoniae [63]
EF-G
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii [52]
Other proteins
Ag85 complex of M. tuberculosis
Binding of plasmi(ogen) M. tuberculosis [59]
Binding to fibronectin M. tuberculosis [59]
DNA-directed RNA polymerase beta´subunit
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii [52]
Endopeptidase O
Binding of plasmin(ogen) St. pneumoniae [71]
Binding to fibronectin St. pneumoniae [71]
Binding and invasion to epithelial and endothelial cells St. pneumoniae [71]
SecA
Binding to salivary mucin St. gordonii [52]
Superoxide dismutase
Binding to epithelial cell ldolase, GAPDH and cyclophilin A M. avidum [72]