Bacterial cell-surface proteins, interactions with antibodies

Interactions of Bacterial Cell-Surface Proteins with Antibodies a Versatile Set of Protein-Protein Interactions... 

Complement was first identified as a heat-labile principle in serum that complemented antibodies in the killing of bacteria. Now is known that complement is a system of more than 30 proteins in plasma and on cell surfaces that interact with each other in an orderly hion that is referred to as the complement cascade . Complement and complement evasion by bacteria is addressed in a different chapter ( Bacterial complement escape by Jongerius, Ram and Rooijakkers) and in recent reviews. ... 

Fig. 1 Protein-carbohydrate interactions at the cell surface mediating cell-cell binding, cell-microbe (bacterial, viral, and bacterial toxin) adhesion and cell-antibody binding. The sugar chains can be linked to proteins (ribbons) or anchored in the plasma membrane via a lipid. Reprinted from [6] with permission. Copyright 2005, Macmillan Publishers Ltd...

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