Molecular and biochemical analysis of a 105 kDa Mycoplasma gallisepticum cytadhesin (GapA).
MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1998;
144 ( Pt 11):2971-2978. [PMID:
9846732 DOI:
10.1099/00221287-144-11-2971]
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Abstract
The identification of a gene (gapA) from Mycoplasma gallisepticum with homology to the P1 cytadherence gene of Mycoplasma pneumoniae is reported. The gapA gene is a 2895 bp ORF encoding a protein with a molecular mass of 105 kDa. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the gapA gene revealed 45% homology to the M. pneumoniae P1 gene, 46% homology to the Mycoplasma genitalium MgPa gene and 47% homology to the Mycoplasma pirum P1-like protein gene. It has a 64 mol % A+T content compared to 46, 60 and 72 mol % respectively for the P1, MgPa and the P1-like protein genes. As with the P1 and MgPa genes, gapA is a central gene in a multi-gene operon, but unlike the P1 and MgPa genes, there is only a single copy of gapA in the genome. GapA is a trypsin-sensitive surface-exposed protein. Chicken tracheal-ring inhibition-of-attachment assays, using anti-GapA Fab fragments, resulted in 64% inhibition of attachment. These results indicated that GapA plays a role in cytadherence of M. gallisepticum to host cells.
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