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Gregory W Clark1, Elisabeth R M Tillier.
Abstract
GroEL is a chaperone thought of as essential for bacterial life. However, some species of Mollicutes are missing GroEL. We use phylogenetic analysis to show that the presence of GroEL is polyphyletic among the Mollicutes, and that there is evidence for lateral gene transfer of GroEL to Mycoplasma penetrans from the Proteobacteria. Furthermore, we propose that the presence of GroEL in Mycoplasma may be required for invasion of host tissue, suggesting that GroEL may act as an adhesin-invasin.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20453921 DOI: 10.1139/o09-157
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Cell Biol ISSN: 0829-8211 Impact factor: 3.626