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Here, we investigated the role of capsular polysaccharide (CPS) in the association of P49, the major cargo protein of EMVs from\n                    <jats:italic>Shewanella vesiculosa<\/jats:italic>\n                    HM13, with EMVs. Deleting genes neighboring the P49 gene led to a loss of EMV-associated CPS and a defect in P49 loading.\n                    <jats:italic>In vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    binding assays using P49-free EMVs and purified P49 revealed that exogenously added P49 specifically binds to CPS-containing EMVs, but not to CPS-deficient EMVs. Furthermore, gel-filtration analysis demonstrated that purified P49 directly binds to CPS extracted from cells. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that P49 constitutes peripheral nanoparticles on EMV surfaces, which were absent in CPS-deficient mutants. These findings identify CPS as a key factor required for P49 association with EMVs and support a model in which CPS functions as a scaffold for cargo protein loading. This P49\u2013CPS system provides a basis for future mechanistic studies of P49 loading onto EMVs and may contribute to the development of post-vesiculation protein display strategies using bacterial EMVs.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2026.1934777","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,9]],"date-time":"2026-09-09T10:18:05Z","timestamp":1788949085000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Capsular polysaccharide-mediated protein loading onto extracellular membrane vesicles of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Kouhei","family":"Kamasaka","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho","place":["Uji, Kyoto, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun","family":"Kawamoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho","place":["Uji, Kyoto, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Taiku","family":"Tsudzuki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho","place":["Uji, Kyoto, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuanzheng","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho","place":["Uji, Kyoto, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuying","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho","place":["Uji, Kyoto, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomoya","family":"Imai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho","place":["Uji, Kyoto, Japan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angela","family":"Casillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples \u201cFederico II\u201d, Complesso Universitario Monte S. 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