Increased structural and combinatorial diversity in an extended family of genes encoding Vlp surface proteins of Mycoplasma hyorhinis

• Published in: Journal of Bacteriology Vol. 177; no. 19; pp. 5636 - 5643
• Main Authors: Yogev, D. (The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.), Watson-McKown, R, Rosengarten, R, Im, J, Wise, K.S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 01.10.1995
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; amino acid sequences; Antigenic Variation; Antigenic Variation - genetics; Antigens, Bacterial; BACTERIA; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - biosynthesis; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - chemistry; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins - genetics; bacterial proteins; Bacteriology; Base Sequence; biochemical polymorphism; biosynthesis; chemistry; chromosome mapping; COMPOSICION QUIMICA; COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE; DNA Probes; GENE; GENES; Genes, Bacterial; Genes, Bacterial - genetics; genetics; immunology; LIPOPROTEINAS; LIPOPROTEINE; lipoproteins; Molecular Sequence Data; Multigene Family; Multigene Family - genetics; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma - genetics; Mycoplasma - immunology; MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS; open reading frames; POLIMORFISMO BIOQUIMICO; POLYMORPHISME BIOCHIMIQUE; PROTEINAS; PROTEINE; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Recombinant Fusion Proteins - biosynthesis; Restriction Mapping; SECUENCIA NUCLEICA; Sequence Analysis, DNA; SEQUENCE NUCLEIQUE; structural genes

Variable lipoproteins (Vlp) constitute the major coat protein of Mycoplasma hyorhinis. They are products of multiple, divergent, single-copy genes organized in a chromosomal cluster. Three genes, vlpA, vlpB, and vlpC, have been previously identified in clonal isolates of M. hyorhinis SK76. Each is l...