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SUBMITTER: Lekmeechai S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6137165 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lekmeechai Sujinna S Su Yu-Ching YC Brant Marta M Alvarado-Kristensson Maria M Vallström Anna A Obi Ikenna I Arnqvist Anna A Riesbeck Kristian K
Frontiers in microbiology 20180907
Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) play an important role in the persistence of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> infection. <i>Helicobacter</i> OMVs carry a plethora of virulence factors, including catalase (KatA), an antioxidant enzyme that counteracts the host respiratory burst. We found KatA to be enriched and surface-associated in OMVs compared to bacterial cells. This conferred OMV-dependent KatA activity resulting in neutralization of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> and NaClO, and rescue of surrounding b ...[more]