Antibodies generated against TcpF are protective against experimental V. cholerae infection in the infant mouse cholera model (Kirn and Taylor, 2005).
References
Kirn and Taylor, 2005: Kirn TJ, Taylor RK. TcpF is a soluble colonization factor and protective antigen secreted by El Tor and classical O1 and O139 Vibrio cholerae serogroups. Infection and immunity. 2005; 73(8); 4461-4470. [PubMed: 16040956].
similar to SP:P29488 GB:L01623 PID:155281 PID:155284 PID:48417; identified by sequence similarity; putative
Protein Sequence
>NP_230485.1 toxin co-regulated pilus biosynthesis protein F [Vibrio cholerae O1 biovar El Tor str. N16961]
MRYKKTLMLSIMITSFNSFAFNDNYSSTSTVYATSNEATDSRGSEHLRYPYLECIKIGMSRDYLENCVKV
SFPTSQDMFYDAYPSTESDGAKTRTKEDFSARLLAGDYDSLQKLYIDFYLAQTTFDWEIPTRDQIETLVN
YANEGKLSTALNQEYITGRFLTKENGRYDIVNVGGVPDNTPVKLPAIVSKRGLMGTTSVVNAIPNEIYPH
IKVYEGTLSRLKPGGAMIAVLEYDVSELSKHGYTNLWDVQFKVLVGVPHAETGVIYDPVYEETVKPYQPS
GNLTGKKLYNVSTNDMHNGYKWSNTMFSNSNYKTQILLTKGDGSGVKLYSKAYSENFK