Mycoplasma pneumoniae,the smallest prokaryotic microorganism that can survive in inanimate medium,is a common human pathogen that mainly causes pneumonia and other respiratory infectious diseases by adhering to the surfaces of respiratory epithelial cells and releasing harmful substances that destroy the mucosal epithelium.The pathogenicity of M.pneumoniae is closely associated with its adhesion ability.The protein that mediates adhesion is located on a tip structure-attachment organelle,in which P1 protein,containing 1627 amino acids,has attracted attention as the main adhesion protein.Its st...