CFP-10

Protein made by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

10 kDa culture filtrate antigen CFP-10

Structure of the CFP10-ESAT6 complex from M. tuberculosis.[1]

Identifiers
Organism| Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Symbol| esxB
Entrez| 886194
PDB| 3FAV
RefSeq (Prot)| NP_218391
UniProt| P0A566
Other data
Chromosome| genome: 4.35 - 4.35 Mb
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Structures| Swiss-model
Domains| InterPro

CFP-10 within bacterial proteins (also known as ESAT-6-like protein esxB or secreted antigenic protein MTSA-10 or 10 kDa culture filtrate antigen CFP-10) is a protein that is encoded by the esxB gene.[2]

CFP-10 is a 10 kDa secreted antigen from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It forms a 1:1 heterodimeric complex with ESAT-6. Both genes are expressed from the RD1 region of the bacterial genome and play a key role in the virulence of the infection.[3]

## Function

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10-kDa culture filtrate protein (CFP-10) is an antigen that contributes to the virulence Mycobacterium tuberculosis. CFP-10 forms a tight 1:1 heterodimeric complex with 6kDaA early secreted antigen target (ESAT-6). In the mycobacterial cell, these two proteins are interdependent on each other for stability. The ESAT-6/CFP-10 complex is secreted by the ESX-1 secretion system, also known as the RD1 region. Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses this ESX-1 secretion system to deliver virulence factors into host macrophage and monocyte white blood cells during infection. In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the core components of the whole ESX-1 secretion system include Rv3877, and two AAA ATPases, including Rv3870 and Rv3871, a cytosolic protein. The ESAT-6/CFP-10 heterodimer complex is targeted for secretion by a C-terminal signal sequence on CFP-10 that is recognized by the cytosolic Rv3871 protein. Rv3871 then interacts with the CFP-10 C-terminal, and escorts the ESAT-6/CFP-10 complex to Rv3870 and Rv3877, a multi-transmembrane protein which makes up the pore that spans the cytosolic membrane of the virulent host cell. Once ESAT-6/CFP-10 is next to the membrane of the virulent host cell, the CFP-10 C-terminal attaches and binds itself to the cells surface. The ESAT-6/CFP-10 complex’s secretion and attachment to the virulent host cell shows its contribution to the pathogenicity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. [4].

## Structure

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## See also

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* QuantiFERON
* ESAT-6

## References

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1. ^ PDB: 1WA8​; Renshaw PS, Lightbody KL, Veverka V, Muskett FW, Kelly G, Frenkiel TA, Gordon SV, Hewinson RG, Burke B, Norman J, Williamson RA, Carr MD (July 2005). "Structure and function of the complex formed by the tuberculosis virulence factors CFP-10 and ESAT-6". EMBO J. 24 (14): 2491–8\. doi:10.1038/sj.emboj.7600732. PMC 1176459. PMID 15973432.
2. ^ "Entrez gene".
3. ^ Meher AK, Bal NC, Chary KV, Arora A (Apr 2006). "Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv ESAT-6-CFP-10 compleand biochemical stability". FEBS J. 273 (7): 1445–62\. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05166.x. PMID 16689931.

## Further reading

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* DiGiuseppe Champion PA, Champion MM, Manzanillo P, Cox JS (September 2009). "ESX-1 secreted virulence factors are recognized by multiple cytosolic AAA ATPases in pathogenic mycobacteria". Mol. Microbiol. 73 (5): 950–62\. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06821.x. PMC 3023814. PMID 19682254.