title: Sequence analysis of the Legionella micdadei groELS operon.
abstract: A 2.7 kb DNA fragment encoding the 60 kDa common antigen (CA) and a 13 kDa protein of Legionella micdadei was sequenced. Two open reading frames of 57,677 and 10,456 Da were identified, corresponding to the heat shock proteins GroEL and GroES, respectively. Typical -35, -10, and Shine-Dalgarno heat shock expression signals were identified upstream of the L. micdadei groEL gene. Further upstream, a poly-T region, also a feature of the sigma 32-regulated Escherichia coli groELS heat shock operon, was found. Despite the high degree of homology of the expression signals in E. coli and L. micdadei, Western blot analysis with an L. micdadei specific anti-groEL antibody did not reveal a significant increase in the amount of the GroEL protein during heat shock in L. micdadei or in the recombinant E. coli expressing L. micdadei GroEL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology 8223, University of Copenhagen, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hindersson
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Høiby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bangsborg
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D007875:Legionella / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009876:Operon; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins