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Table 1 Identification of the surface proteins in L. fermentum biofilms enhanced more than 2.0-fold in MUC5B environment compared to a nutrient broth environment a

From: Surface-associated MUC5B mucins promote protease activity in Lactobacillus fermentum biofilms

Protein

IOD%

Fold changeb

MUC5B

Nutrient broth

Trigger factor

3.53

0.14

25.2

DnaK

2.57

0.29

8.9

Elongation factor G

2.91

0.46

6.3

GroEL

5.66

1.84

3.1

O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase

3.31

1.24

2.7

Pyruvate dehydrogenase

3.04

1.22

2.5

  1. aData obtained from analysis of the 2DE silver-stained gels shown in Figure 6.
  2. bFold change calculated as the percent value of the integrated optical density (IOD) of proteins in the MUC5B vs. the nutrient broth environment.