The N terminal domain is required for cell surface localisation of VapA, a member of the Vap family of Rhodococcus equi virulence proteins PLOS One VAPA mediates lipid exchange between Leishmania amazonensis and host macrophages bioRxiv VirS, an OmpR PhoB subfamily response regulator, is required for activation of vapA gene expression in Rhodococcus equi BMC Microbiology Springer Nature Link The ER tether VAPA is required for proper cell motility and anchors ER PM contact sites to focal adhesions bioRxiv Secretion of endoplasmic reticulum protein VAPB ALS8 requires topological inversion Nature Communications Copies of vapA gene of virulent R. equi per 100 ng DNA from feces of 21 Download Scientific Diagram