title: Chlamydia trachomatis Mip-like protein.
abstract: A 27 kDa Chlamydia trachomatis Mip-like protein with homology of a 175-amino-acid C-terminal fragment to the surface-exposed Legionella pneumophila mip-gene product has previously been described. In this paper the entire chlamydia Mip-like sequence of C. trachomatis serovar L2 (lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) biovar) is presented. The sequence shows high similarity to the legionella Mip protein and its C-terminal region, like that of the legionella Mip, has high amino acid similarity to eukaryotic and prokaryotic FK506-binding proteins. The chlamydial mip-like gene was detected by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in other C. trachomatis serovars and by sequencing of the mip-like genes of serovars B and E (trachoma biovar) was shown to be highly conserved within the two major biovars of C. trachomatis. Monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies raised against the recombinant Mip-like protein failed to demonstrate surface-exposed epitopes on infectious elementary bodies or reproductive reticulate body forms either by immunofluorescence or immuno-gold electron microscopy. However, a complement-dependent inhibition of up to 91% of infectivity for cell cultures was observed with antibodies to the N-terminal fragment of the Mip-like protein suggesting that antibody-accessible epitopes are present on infectious EBs.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Lundemose
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rouch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Birkelund
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Christiansen
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000276:immunology; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007106:Immune Sera; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C077482:Mip-like protein, Chlamydia trachomatis