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The goal of this study was to characterize the KIM OmpX protein. spp. provide a model for studying several virulence processes including attachment to, and internalization by, host cells. For and , Ail, YadA and Inv, have been implicated in these processes. In YadA and Inv are inactivated. Genomic analysis of two strains revealed four loci with sequence homology to Ail. One of these genes, designated y1324 in the KIM database, encodes a protein designated OmpX. The mature protein has a predicted molecular mass of 17.47 kDa, shares approximately 70 % sequence identity with Ail, and has an identical homologue, designated Ail, in the CO92 database. The present study compared the KIM6 parental strain with a mutant derivative having an engineered disruption of the OmpX structural gene. The parental strain (and a merodiploid control strain) expressed OmpX at 28 and 37 °C, and the protein was detectable throughout all phases of growth. OmpX was required for efficient adherence to, and internalization by, cultured HEp-2 cell monolayers and conferred resistance to the bactericidal effect of human serum. Deletion of resulted in a significantly reduced autoaggregation phenotype and loss of pellicle formation . These results suggest that OmpX shares functional homology with Ail in adherence, internalization into epithelial cells and serum resistance.

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