| Clumping factor A | |||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||
| Organism | Staphylococcus aureus | ||||||
| Symbol | clfA | ||||||
| RefSeq (Prot) | WP_001056178.1 | ||||||
| UniProt | Q53653 | ||||||
| Other data | |||||||
| Chromosome | Genomic: 0.85 - 0.85 Mb | ||||||
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Clumping factor A, orclfA, is avirulence factor fromStaphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) that binds tofibrinogen.
ClfA also has been shown to bind to complement regulator I protein.[1]
It is responsible for the clumping ofblood plasma observed when addingS. aureus to human plasma. Clumping factor can be detected by theslide test.
