title: Expression of gonococcal protein II in Escherichia coli by translational fusion.
abstract: A protein II (P.II) gene from Neisseria gonorrhoeae was cloned in Escherichia coli and characterized by DNA sequence analysis. As with other reported P.II sequences, this gene contains an ATG initiation codon which is out of frame with respect to the remainder of the P.II amino acid sequence. A translational fusion was constructed in E. coli which linked the P.II sequence to the signal peptide of beta-lactamase. This P.II fusion differs from the gonococcal protein only in the first seven residues at the N terminus. In E. coli, the P.II fusion product exhibits properties analogous to those of P.II in N. gonorrhoeae. The P.II fusion product is a major component of the E. coli outer membrane and it is exposed on the cell surface. The P.II fusion protein also exhibits the heat-modifiable phenotype of gonococcal P.II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, California 94305.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Falkow
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001345:Autoradiography; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D001618:beta-Lactamases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C050308:opacity proteins; D001618:beta-Lactamases