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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2009, p. 4674-4680, Vol. 191, No. 14
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01793-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of ORF636 in Phage {phi}SLT Carrying Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes, Acting as an Adhesion Protein for a Poly(Glycerophosphate) Chain of Lipoteichoic Acid on the Cell Surface of Staphylococcus aureus{triangledown}

Jun Kaneko,1* Sachiko Narita-Yamada,1,{dagger} Yukari Wakabayashi,1 and Yoshiyuki Kamio1,2

Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumi-dori, Amamiya-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555,1 Department of Human Health and Nutrition, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, Shokei Gakuin University, Yurigaoka 4-10-1, Natori 981-1295, Japan2

Received 22 December 2008/ Accepted 4 May 2009

The temperate phage {phi}SLT of Staphylococcus aureus carries genes for Panton-Valentine leukocidin. Here, we identify ORF636, a constituent of the phage tail tip structure, as a recognition/adhesion protein for a poly(glycerophosphate) chain of lipoteichoic acid on the cell surface of S. aureus. ORF636 bound specifically to S. aureus; it did not bind to any other staphylococcal species or to several gram-positive bacteria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, 1-1 Tsutsumi-dori, Amamiya-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8555, Japan. Phone: 81-22-717-8781. Fax: 81-22-717-8780. E-mail: jkaneko{at}biochem.tohoku.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 8 May 2009.

{dagger} Present address: NITE Genome Analysis Center, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-10-49 Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2009, p. 4674-4680, Vol. 191, No. 14
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01793-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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