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SUBMITTER: Kim HK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6211298 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Kim Hwan Keun HK Emolo Carla C Missiakas Dominique D Schneewind Olaf O
Vaccine 20131127 4
Staphylococcal protein A (SpA) binds Fcγ and VH3 clan Fab domains of human and animal immunoglobulin (Ig) with each of its five Ig binding domains (IgBDs), thereby supporting Staphylococcus aureus escape from opsonophagocytic killing and suppressing adaptive B cell responses. The variant SpAKKAA cannot bind Ig yet retains antigenic properties that elicit SpA-neutralizing antibodies and disease protection in mice, whereas S. aureus infection or SpA-immunization cannot elicit neutralizing antibodi ...[more]