title: Processing and surface presentation of the Mycoplasma hyorhinis variant lipoprotein VlpC.
abstract: The variant surface lipoprotein VlpC of Mycoplasma hyorhinis was shown to be processed by cleavage of a characteristic prokaryotic prolipoprotein signal peptide. In addition, a vlpC::phoA fusion protein expressed and translocated in Escherichia coli was recognized by surface-binding monoclonal antibodies, which identified the characteristic region II of Vlps, containing divergent external sequences proximal to the membrane, as an exposed portion of these surface proteins subject to immune recognition and selection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia 65212.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cleavinger
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D008074:Lipoproteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; C072060:VlpC protein, Mycoplasma hyorhinis