title: Cloning and sequence analysis of the 10 kDa antigen gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
abstract: The gene encoding a major protein antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been cloned and sequenced using oligonucleotide probes derived from the N-terminal sequence of the analogous protein from Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The gene analysis revealed a sequence encoding a protein of 99 amino acid residues, with a molecular mass of 10.7 kDa. Computer prediction suggests that the protein contains three T-cell-determined epitopes (of which one has been demonstrated experimentally) and three B-cell-determined epitopes. The protein sequence was homologous to two prokaryote heat-shock proteins and the gene possessed heat-shock-like promoter sequences upstream of the initiation codon. A hairpin loop identified in the upstream sequence may also be important in regulation of the gene.
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, London Hospital Medical College, UK.
authors: P N
authors: PN
authors: Baird
authors: L M
authors: LM
authors: Hall
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Coates
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D000939:Epitopes / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes