title: Cloning and sequence analysis of Vibrio parahaemolyticus ompK gene encoding a 26-kDa outer membrane protein, OmpK, that serves as receptor for a broad-host-range vibriophage, KVP40.
abstract: The ompK gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus 1010 (RIMD 2210001) encoding an outer membrane protein (OMP), OmpK, which serves as the receptor for a broad-host-range vibriophage, KVP40, was cloned and sequenced. The gene consisted of 789 nucleotides encoding 263 amino acids. Since the first 20 amino acids most likely constitute the signal peptide, mature OmpK would consist of 243 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 27458 Da. Sequence comparisons indicate that OmpK is unique among Vibrio OMPs so far sequenced, but may be distantly related to Tsx of enteric bacteria and is homologous to an Aeromonas hydrophila OMP, protein IV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Kochi Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011991:Receptors, Virus