Fig. 1From: Overexpression of Enterococcus faecalis elr operon protects from phagocytosisSchematic representation of the elrA operon in strains used. In E. faecalis WT elrA is followed by four genes encoding proteins of unknown function (OG1RF_12054 or elrB to OG1RF_12051 or elrE). The gene products are all predicted secreted proteins with an amino-terminal signal peptide. ElrA, ElrC and ElrD display a C-terminal WxL domain. ElrB possess a carboxy-terminal LPxTG anchor. ElrE belongs to the DUF916 family protein and has a predicted C-terminal transmembrane anchor. In P+-elrA-E the natural elrA promoter was replaced by the constitutive promoter of the kanamycin resistance gene (P aphA3 ). The P+-elrA-E strain was used as recipient for all mutant constructionsBack to article page