title: P48 major surface antigen of Mycoplasma agalactiae is homologous to a malp product of Mycoplasma fermentans and belongs to a selected family of bacterial lipoproteins.
abstract: A major surface antigenic lipoprotein of Mycoplasma agalactiae, promptly recognized by the host's immune system, was characterized. The mature product, P48, showed significant similarity and shared conserved amino acid motifs with lipoproteins or predicted lipoproteins from Mycoplasma fermentans, Mycoplasma hyorhinis, relapsing fever Borrelia spp., Bacillus subtilis, and Treponema pallidum.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Produzioni Animali, Epidemiologia ed Ecologia, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pozzi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Robino
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Montinaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fadda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pittau
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D016858:Mycoplasma fermentans / Q000276:immunology*; D016366:Open Reading Frames
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D008074:Lipoproteins