title: Cloning and expression of Bartonella henselae sucB gene encoding an immunogenic dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase homologous protein.
abstract: Immunoscreening of a ZAP genomic library of Bartonella henselae strain Houston-1 expressed in Escherichia coli resulted in the isolation of a clone containing 3.5 kb BamHI genomic DNA fragment. This 3.5 kb DNA fragment was found to contain a sequence of a gene encoding a protein with significant homology to the dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase of Brucella melitensis (sucB). Subsequent cloning and DNA sequence analysis revealed that the deduced amino acid sequence from the cloned gene showed 66.5% identity to SucB protein of B. melitensis, and 43.4 and 47.2% identities to those of Coxiella burnetii and E. coli, respectively. The gene was expressed as a His-Nus A-tagged fusion protein. The recombinant SucB protein (rSucB) was shown to be an immunoreactive protein of about 115 kDa by Western blot analysis with sera from B. henselae-immunized mice. Therefore the rSucB may be a candidate antigen for a specific serological diagnosis of B. henselae infection.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Science, Nihon University, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-8510, Japan. kabeya@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hidenori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kabeya
authors.forename: Soichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Kouji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mikami
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018416:Bartonella henselae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D017347:Brucella melitensis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D015870:Gene Expression; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000217:Acyltransferases; C021515:dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase