Outer surface protein C
UniProtKB accession: Q44977
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UniProtKB description: Major immunodominant protein in mammalian hosts. Required for initial stages of mammalian infection. Inhibits macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of the bacteria. Binds human plasminogen; this probably confers an extracellular protease activity on the bacteria that allows it to traverse tissue. Interaction with tick I.ricinus salivary protein Salp15 protects the bacteria from antibody-mediated killing in vitro and in vivo.
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