title: Molecular and immunological characterization of OprL, the 18 kDa outer-membrane peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (PAL) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: Immunological screening of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa cosmid library led to the identification of clones producing an 18 kDa outer-membrane protein. This protein reacted in Western blots with a polyclonal antiserum against outer-membrane proteins of P. aeruginosa and with a monoclonal antibody (MA1-6) specific for OprL, the peptidoglycan-associated outer-membrane lipoprotein (PAL). Sequencing of pOML7, a subclone expressing oprL, revealed an ORF of 504 bp encoding a polypeptide with a typical lipoprotein signal recognition sequence. Another ORF was found upstream of oprL, with homology to the TolB protein of Escherichia coli and Haemophilus influenzae. Downstream of oprL, a second ORF, of 321 bp, was found (orf2), encoding a protein with a signal peptide and with no homology with proteins of known biological function. After the stop codon of orf2, a rho-independent terminator sequence was detected which is part of the P. aeruginosa PAO1 insertion element IS222. OprL showed homologies with all known PALs from Gram-negative bacteria, especially in the C-terminal part. mAb MA1-6 reacted with P. aeruginosa cells in immunofluorescence, and with E. coli cells expressing oprL, which had an abnormal, elongated morphology, an indication that production of the protein perturbed the division process.
authors.affiliation: Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Vos
authors.affiliation: Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Mathieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brauns
authors.affiliation: Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Dimitris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mossialos
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium Plantenfysiologie, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.|Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gaballa
authors.affiliation: Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Ding
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qing
authors.affiliation: Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Department of Immunology, Parasitology and Ultrastructure, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Paardenstraat 65, B-1640 Sint Genesius Rode, Belgium.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cornells
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003360:Cosmids / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D015723:Gene Library; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011509:Proteoglycans; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; 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