Cloning and Sequencing of a Treponema Pallidum Gene Encoding a 31.3-kilodalton Endoflagellar Subunit (FlaB2)

Overview

Journal Infect Immun

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 1989 Jul 1

PMID 2659537

Citations 34

Authors

L Pallesen

P Hindersson

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Abstract

A library of Treponema pallidum DNA was established in the direct selection vector pUN121. Six clones carrying a gene coding for a 33-kilodalton T. pallidum flagellum subunit were identified by colony hybridization with an oligodeoxynucleotide probe based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of this subunit. An open reading frame of 286 amino acids with the expected N-terminal sequence and absence of cysteine residues was identified. The deduced protein had a calculated molecular weight of 31.3 kilodaltons. We propose to name this flagellar subunit FlaB2. FlaB2 shows a significant amino acid homology with flagellins of several remotely related bacterial species. This homology was most pronounced corresponding to the C-terminal and N-terminal parts of the protein, whereas the central region was variable.

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