title: Molecular cloning and characterization of protective outer membrane protein P.69 from Bordetella pertussis.
abstract: Protein P.69 is localized on the outer membrane of Bordetella pertussis and is one of the virulence factors believed to contribute to the disease state of whooping cough. We demonstrate that protein synthesis of P.69 is under genetic control of the vir locus. Using oligonucleotide probes derived from the protein sequence of a cyanogen bromide fragment, we have cloned the gene for P.69 from B. pertussis CN2992. Analysis of the DNA sequence reveals a G + C-rich gene capable of encoding a protein of 910 amino acids with a Mr of 93,478, suggesting that P.69 is a processed form of a larger precursor. In common with some of the genes in the pertussis toxin operon, the sequence CCTGG was found 5' to the ATG initiation codon. At the 3' end, 29 bases after the TAA stop codon, the sequence GTTTTTCCT was found and may have some function in transcription termination. A full-length clone of the gene for P.69 carried by the cosmid pBPI69 was unable to direct the expression of P.69 protein in an Escherichia coli host. The generation of P.69-fusion products allowed the detection of P.69-specific protein products synthesized in E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, England.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dougan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pickard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatfield
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Novotny
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morrissey
authors.forename: N F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Fairweather
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins