title: The heat-modifiable outer membrane protein of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans: relationship to OmpA proteins.
abstract: The outer membrane of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans contains a 29-kDa protein which exhibits heat modifiability on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels and represents a major target for immunoglobulin G antibody in sera of periodontitis patients colonized by this organism. In the present study, the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 29-kDa outer membrane protein was determined and compared with reported sequences for other known proteins. The heat-modifiable outer membrane protein of A. actinomycetemcomitans was found to exhibit significant N-terminal homology with the OmpA proteins of other gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, this protein reacted with antiserum raised against the purified OmpA protein of Escherichia coli K-12. Whether the heat-modifiable OMP of A. actinomycetemcomitans also shares functional properties of OmpA proteins, particularly with respect to bacteriophage receptor activity, is presently under investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, State University of New York, Buffalo 14214.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000188:Actinobacillus / Q000032:analysis*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins