title: Comparative analysis of the putative amino acid sequences of chlamydial heat shock protein 60 and Escherichia coli GroEL.
abstract: The nucleotide sequences of the gene encoding chlamydial heat shock protein 60 (cHSP60) of 7 Chlamydia psittaci strains were determined. Comparison of sequences of the cHSP60 gene among chlamydiae showed high identities of the nucleotide sequences by 81.0% or greater and of the deduced amino acid sequences by 92.2% or greater. Comparison of the amino acid sequences between chlamydia and the other bacterial HSP60s resulted in the finding of three highly conserved regions, suggesting that these regions play a role in some function. In addition, 26- or 27-functional residues in the Escherichia coli GroEL out of the 28-residues are conserved in the amino acid sequences of the cHSP60. The data suggest that the function of the cHSP60 may be the same as that of the E. coli GroEL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ochiai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukushi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D018834:Chaperonin 60