Structural Characterization of the Lactobacillus Plantarum FlmC Protein Involved in Biofilm Formation.

ABSTRACT: Lactobacillus plantarum is one of the most predominant species in the human gut microbiota of healthy individuals. We have previously characterized some probiotic features of L. plantarum LM3, as the high resistance to different stress, the binding ability toward some extracellular matrix proteins and plasminogen and the immunomodulatory role of the surface expressed adhesin EnoA1. We have also identified the flmA, flmB and flmC genes, coding for putative proteins named FlmA, FlmB and FlmC, whose null mutations partially impaired biofilm development; the L. plantarum LM3⁻6 strain, carrying a deletion in flmC, showed a high rate of autolysis, supporting the hypothesis that FlmC might be involved in cell wall integrity. Here, we report the in-

SUBMITTER: D'Abrosca G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6225345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature