title: The sequence of the groES and groEL genes from the mouse pneumonitis agent of Chlamydia trachomatis.
abstract: The co-transcribed structural genes, groES and groEL, of the groE stress response operon from Chlamydia trachomatis mouse pneumonitis (MoPn), were cloned and sequenced. The calculated molecular masses of the encoded heat-shock proteins (Hsp), a small Hsp (GroES) and Hsp60 (GroEL), are 11,089 and 58,367 Da, respectively. By comparison with other known chlamydial groES and groEL sequences, there is 89 and 94% nucleotide (nt) identity with C. trachomatis human strains (serovars A and L2), 77 and 82% with C. psittaci strain GPIC, and 75 and 80% with C. pneumoniae isolate AR-39. At the amino-acid level, the MoPn Hsp60 shows a 99% identity with those from C. trachomatis human strains. In a mouse model, MoPn Hsp60 could prove useful in deciphering the pathogenesis of human chlamydial diseases.
authors.affiliation: Maxwell Finland Laboratory for Infectious Diseases, Boston City Hospital, Boston University School of Medicine, MA 02118.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018835:Chaperonin 10; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018835:Chaperonin 10; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins