title: Nucleotide sequence of htpB, the Legionella pneumophila gene encoding the 58-kilodalton (kDa) common antigen, formerly designated the 60-kDa common antigen.
abstract: Gene htpB, which encodes the 58-kilodalton protein of Legionella pneumophila, was cloned in Escherichia coli and its complete nucleotide sequence was determined. Analysis of this sequence revealed an open reading frame of 1,644 nucleotides encoding a protein with a predicted molecular mass of 57,952 daltons. Data obtained by amino-terminal sequencing of the purified 58-kilodalton protein agreed, except for one amino acid residue, with the predicted amino acid sequence, identifying this open reading frame as htpB. A comparison of the primary structure of this protein to other proteins of similar molecular weights from E. coli, Mycobacterium leprae, M. tuberculosis, and Coxiella burnetii revealed significant regions of sequence similarity, which are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Sampson
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Holloway
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Plikaytis
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Carlone
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003381:Coxiella / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007875:Legionella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial