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The isolation of a single Group A Streptococcus (GAS) virulence determinant in functional investigations is challenging, as GAS employs a multitude of virulence factors. The redundancy between many surface proteins such as adhesins also adds complexity and difficulty. Lactococcus lactis is a non-pathogenic Gram-positive species related to GAS that can be an ideal surrogate organism to circumvent this problem. Genetic manipulation in L. lactis is easy, and the mechanisms for processing and cell wall-anchoring of surface proteins are similar to GAS. Lactococci have been extensively used to express heterologous surface proteins from other bacterial species, and modern molecular cloning tools and protocols have been developed. This chapter describes the workflow of generating recombinant L. lactis strains expressing GAS surface proteins and the validation and quantification of their surface expression.
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Tsai, C.(Y., Loh, J.M.S., Blanchett, S., Proft, T. (2020). Using Lactococcus lactis as Surrogate Organism to Study Group A Streptococcus Surface Proteins. In: Proft, T., Loh, J. (eds) Group A Streptococcus. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2136. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0467-0_11
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