This entry consists of several lipoproteins mainly from Mycobacterium species, collectively known as the LppX_ LprAFG family. Proteins in this entry include LprG, LppX, LprF and lprA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].

1: A novel 27 kDa lipoprotein antigen from Mycobacterium bovis. Bigi F, Espitia C, Alito A, Zumarraga M, Romano MI, Cravero S, Cataldi A; Microbiology. 1997;143:3599-3605. PMID:9387238

2: The knockout of the lprG-Rv1410 operon produces strong attenuation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bigi F, Gioffre A, Klepp L, Santangelo MP, Alito A, Caimi K, Meikle V, Zumarraga M, Taboga O, Romano MI, Cataldi A; Microbes Infect. 2004;6:182-187. PMID:14998516

3: Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprG (Rv1411c): a novel TLR-2 ligand that inhibits human macrophage class II MHC antigen processing. Gehring AJ, Dobos KM, Belisle JT, Harding CV, Boom WH; J Immunol. 2004;173:2660-2668. PMID:15294983

4: LppX is a lipoprotein required for the translocation of phthiocerol dimycocerosates to the surface of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sulzenbacher G, Canaan S, Bordat Y, Neyrolles O, Stadthagen G, Roig-Zamboni V, Rauzier J, Maurin D, Laval F, Daffe M, Cambillau C, Gicquel B, Bourne Y, Jackson M; EMBO J. 2006;25:1436-1444. PMID:16541102

5: Interaction of the sensor module of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv KdpD with members of the Lpr family. Steyn AJ, Joseph J, Bloom BR; Mol Microbiol. 2003;47:1075-1089. PMID:12581360

6: Mycobacterium tuberculosis LprA is a lipoprotein agonist of TLR2 that regulates innate immunity and APC function. Pecora ND, Gehring AJ, Canaday DH, Boom WH, Harding CV; J Immunol. 2006;177:422-429. PMID:16785538