title: [Difference in amino acid sequences of B. afzelii P66 surface-exposed loop region].
abstract: In the present work, we performed a phenotyping analysis of 45 B. afzelii 89-a.a. long amino acid sequences of 7 different allele variants, corresponding to the surface-exposed loop region of P66. 45 investigated isolates showed 5 phenotypically different variants; 2 phenotypically different variants of loop region, in particular, also showed mutations in the putative monoclonal antibody H1337 binding site; the similarity between the amino acid sequences taken from different variants is about 96.66% to 98.88%; in one natural locus up to 3 different phenotypes of P66 could circulate simultaneously.
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Morozov
authors: E I
authors: EI
authors: Korenberg
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Fadeeva
authors: N B
authors: NB
authors: Gorelova
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010641:Phenotype; D018272:Porins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C107893:Oms66 protein, Borrelia; D018272:Porins