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Infection and Immunity, March 2005, p. 1868-1872, Vol. 73, No. 3
0019-9567/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/IAI.73.3.1868-1872.2005
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Production of a Proteolytically Active Protein, Chlamydial Protease/Proteasome-Like Activity Factor, by Five Different Chlamydia Species

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,¹ Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas²

Received 25 August 2004/ Returned for modification 15 October 2004/ Accepted 19 October 2004

We have previously identified a chlamydial protein, chlamydial protease/proteasome-like activity factor (CPAF), for degrading host transcription factors in cells infected with the human chlamydial species Chlamydia trachomatis or Chlamydia pneumoniae. We now report that functional CPAF was also produced during infection with the species Chlamydia muridarum, Chlamydia psittaci, and Chlamydia caviae, which primarily infect nonhuman hosts.

Editor: F. C. Fang

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