pneumococcal surface protein A. The pneumococcal surface protein proteins, found in Streptococcus pneumoniae, are repetitive, with patterns of localized high sequence identity across pairs of proteins given different specific names that recombination may be presumed. This protein, PspA, has an N-terminal region that lacks a cross-wall-targeting YSIRK type extended signal peptide, in contrast to the closely related choline-binding protein CbpA which has a similar C-terminus but a YSIRK-containing region at the N-terminus.

Bacterial immunoglobulin-like hydrophobin BslA and similar proteins. BslA (YuaB) is a protein from Bacillus subtilis acting as a hydrophobin, which forms surface layers around biofilms and participates in biofilm assembly. BslA contains an unusually hydrophobic "cap structure", which is essential for its activity and for the ability of bacteria to form hydrophobic, non-wetting biofilms. A number of domains in various proteins from Bacilli and other bacterial lineages appear related to BslA, but do not conserve the hydrophobic cap.

pneumococcal surface protein PspC, choline-binding form. The pneumococcal surface protein PspC, as described in Streptococcus pneumoniae, is a repetitive and highly variable protein, recognized by a conserved N-terminal domain and also by genomic location. This form, subgroup 1, has variable numbers of a choline-binding repeat in the C-terminal region, and is also known as choline-binding protein A. The other form, subgroup 2, is anchored covalently after cleavage by sortase at a C-terminal LPXTG site.

PspC-related protein choline-binding protein 1. Members of this family share C-terminal homology to the choline-binding form of the pneumococcal surface antigen PspC, but not to its allelic LPXTG-anchored forms because they lack the choline-binding repeat region. Members of this family should not be confused with PspC itself, whose identity and function reflect regions N-terminal to the choline-binding region. See Iannelli, et al. (PMID: 11891047) for information about the different allelic forms of PspC.

pneumococcal surface protein A. The pneumococcal surface protein proteins, found in Streptococcus pneumoniae, are repetitive, with patterns of localized high sequence identity across pairs of proteins given different specific names that recombination may be presumed. This protein, PspA, has an N-terminal region that lacks a cross-wall-targeting YSIRK type extended signal peptide, in contrast to the closely related choline-binding protein CbpA which has a similar C-terminus but a YSIRK-containing region at the N-terminus.