Cloning and characterization of a putative cytadhesin gene (mgc1) from Mycoplasma gallisepticum.

Abstract

A 150-kDa cytadhesin-like protein from Mycoplasma gallisepticum has been identified. A previously described 583-bp fragment (J.E. Dohms, L.L. Hnatow, P. Whetzel, R. Morgan and C.L. Keeler, Jr., Avian Dis. 37:380-388, 1993) was used to probe a genomic library of M. gallisepticum DNA. An 8.0-kb SacI fragment was identified, cloned, and partially sequenced. Analysis of the resulting 3,750-bp sequence revealed the presence of a 3,366-nucleotide open reading frame, mgc1. The 1,122-amino-acid protein encoded by this open reading frame, MGC1, has characteristics of a class I membrane protein and has homology with the MgPa cytadhesin of Mycoplasma genitalium (26.3%) and the P1 cytadhesin of Mycoplasma pneumoniae (28.7%). A portion of MGC1 was expressed as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein and used to produce antiserum in rabbits. The antiserum recognizes a 150-kDa protein from M. gallisepticum. The protein is sensitive to trypsin, confirming that it is surface exposed. Primer extension analysis indicates that the mgc1 RNA starts within an upstream open reading frame, suggesting complex control of its expression. This is the first description of a functional gene from M. gallisepticum showing homology to cytadhesin genes from human mycoplasmas.

• Authors: C L Keeler Jr, L L Hnatow, P L Whetzel, J E Dohms
• Journal: Infection and immunity (Infect Immun) Vol. 64 Issue 5 Pg. 1541-7 (May 1996) ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States
• PMID: 8613358 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Adhesins, Bacterial
• Antibodies, Bacterial
• DNA, Bacterial
• Recombinant Fusion Proteins

Topics

• Adhesins, Bacterial (genetics, immunology)
• Amino Acid Sequence
• Animals
• Antibodies, Bacterial (biosynthesis)
• Base Sequence
• Chromosome Mapping
• Cloning, Molecular
• DNA, Bacterial (genetics)
• Genes, Bacterial
• Humans
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mycoplasma (genetics, immunology, isolation & purification)
• Open Reading Frames
• Rabbits
• Recombinant Fusion Proteins (genetics, immunology)
• Sequence Homology, Amino Acid