title: Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and occurrence of a 16.5-kilodalton outer membrane protein of Brucella abortus with similarity to pal lipoproteins.
abstract: Recombinant lambda gt11 phages were selected by screening a genomic library of Brucella abortus DNA with monoclonal antibodies specific for a 16.5-kDa Brucella outer membrane protein (Omp16). The corresponding gene, named pal, was subcloned on a 0.7-kb AluI fragment. Immunoblotting confirmed the expression of a recombinant Omp16 in the transformants. DNA sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 168 codons. The deduced amino acid sequence agrees with an internal peptide sequence of native Omp16 and contains a potential lipoprotein signal peptide cleavage site, giving rise to a predicted mature protein of 144 amino acids. The predicted sequence of Omp16 also shows a remarkable degree of similarity to the sequences of three peptidoglycan-associated bacterial lipoproteins. In immunoblotting with a monoclonal antibody specific for Omp16, we demonstrated that Omp16 was expressed in the 34 Brucella strains tested, representing all six species and known biovars.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie et d'Immunologie, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Belgium.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tibor
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Weynants
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Denoel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lichtfouse
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: De Bolle
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saman
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Limet
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Letesson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry*; D011509:Proteoglycans; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C031163:ExcC protein, E coli; D008074:Lipoproteins; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D011509:Proteoglycans; C069988:PplA protein, Legionella pneumophila