title: Isolated DNA repeat region from fcrA76, the Fc-binding protein gene from an M-type 76 strain of group A streptococci, encodes a protein with Fc-binding activity.
abstract: The DNA repeat region of fcrA76, the gene encoding a group A streptococcal Fc-binding protein, was subcloned in-frame into an Escherichia coli plasmid expression vector. The expressed protein product displayed the same Fc-binding properties as the full-length Fc-binding protein expressed from fcrA76. The affinity-purified, full-length Fc-binding protein was found to compete with staphylococcal protein A or streptococcal protein G for binding to beads coated with human IgG. These results are consistent with earlier studies suggesting that the binding sites on human IgG for protein A, protein G and the type II Fc-binding protein from group A streptococci are located at the interface of the CH2 and CH3 domains of the Fc region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Cleary
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C068499:FcRA76 protein, Streptococcus sp. group A; D007141:Immunoglobulin Fc Fragments