Campylobacter jejuni is a microaerophilic, Gram-negative, human pathogen that is the major cause of bacterial food-borne diarrhoea (gastroenteritis). It is most frequently responsible for a form of post-infection neuromuscular paralysis known as Guillain Barre' syndrome. It also leads to an immunoproliferative small intestine disease that is a rare malignant lymphoma of the intestine. Motility is essential for pathogenicity.
Type IV secretion (TFSS) homolog. The TFSS genes present on pVir have been proposed to encode proteins that form a functional secretion channel that appears to affect both intestinal epithelial cell invasion and natural competence.
Glycosylation Status
Glycosylation Type
N- (Asn) linked
Experimentally Validated Glycosite(s) in Full Length Protein
N32, N97
Experimentally Validated Glycosite(s ) in Mature Protein
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Corresponding Author
Guerry, P.
Contact
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.