Characterization of a 34-kilodalton protein of Mycobacterium leprae that is isologous to the immunodominant 34-kilodalton antigen of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.
During DNA sequence analysis of cosmid L373 from the Mycobacterium leprae genome, an open reading frame of 1.4 kb encoding a protein with some homology to the immunodominant 34-kDa protein of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, but lacking significant serological activity, was detected. The DNA sequence predicted a signal peptide with a modified lipoprotein consensus sequence, but the protein proved to be devoid of lipid attachment.
Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals