title: Identification by sequence analysis of two-site posttranslational processing of the cysteine-rich outer membrane protein 2 of Chlamydia trachomatis serovar L2.
abstract: The 60,000-molecular-weight cysteine-rich outer membrane protein (OMP2) from Chlamydia trachomatis participates in the disulfide-mediated outer-membrane organization unique to this organism. In addition, this protein is a primary focus of the host immune response. We cloned and sequenced the gene for OMP2 from C. trachomatis serovar L2. A lambda gt11 recombinant that expressed an antigenic portion of this protein was selected by antibody screening and provided a probe for the selection in lambda 1059 of a clone containing the entire gene. DNA sequencing of this clone identified one open reading frame of 1,641 base pairs, starting with a methionine codon and coding for a polypeptide with a molecular weight of 58,792. Amino-terminal protein sequencing and analysis of the translated DNA sequence demonstrated that processing at alternate signal peptide cleavage sites accounts for the molecular-weight polymorphism of this protein. The mature proteins had a net positive charge and contained 24 cysteine residues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Environmental Health Science, University of California, Berkeley 94720.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Stephens
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001483:Base Sequence; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins