“…Within these multi-factorial processes, proteins on the mycoplasma surface play a central role in the host-pathogen interaction. In this context, binding to host ECM components is mediated by different mycoplasma molecules, such as adhesins and proteins of unknown function in Mycoplasma gallisepticum (Jenkins et al, 2007;May et al, 2006) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Burnett et al, 2006;Seymour et al, 2010), as well as proteins involved in protein synthesis and housekeeping enzymes in other species (Chen et al, 2011;Dallo et al, 2002;Dumke et al, 2011;Hoelzle et al, 2007). In addition to the described association of PDHB and elongation factor Tu of M. pneumoniae with human fibronectin (Dallo et al, 2002) and of GAPDH with human fibrinogen (Dumke et al, 2011), here we show that PDHB and enolase are binding partners of human plasminogen.…”