NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF THE YERSINIA-PESTIS GENE ENCODING F1 ANTIGEN AND THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF THE PROTEIN - PUTATIVE T-CELL AND B-CELL EPITOPES

被引:95
作者
GALYOV, EE
SMIRNOV, OY
KARLISHEV, AV
VOLKOVOY, KI
DENESYUK, AJ
NAZIMOV, IV
RUBTSOV, KS
ABRAMOV, VM
DALVADYANZ, SM
ZAVYALOV, VP
机构
[1] MINIST MED IND USSR,INST IMMUNOL,142380 LYUBUCHANY,USSR
[2] MINIST MED IND USSR,ALL UNION RES INST APPL MICROBIOL,142279 OBOLENSK,USSR
[3] MM SHEMYAKIN BIOORGAN CHEM INST,MOSCOW 117312,USSR
[4] MINIST HLTH USSR,ALL UNION ANTIPLAGUE INST MICROB,410071 SARATOV,USSR
关键词
CAPSULAR ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SIGNAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGENIC DETERMINANT; YERSINIA-PESTIS;
D O I
10.1016/0014-5793(90)80852-A
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The plasmid-located gene cafl encoding the capsular antigen fraction 1 (F1) of Yersinia pestis was cloned and sequenced. The gene codes for a 170 amino acid peptide with a deduced M(r) of 17.6 kDa. The signal peptide sequence was highly homologous to the E. coli consensus signal sequence. The F1 was assumed to have beta-sheet structure for the most part. The region located between amino acids 100 and 150 was suggested to contain putative antigenic determinants and to stimulate T cells.
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