Hnatow L L, Keeler C L, Tessmer L L, Czymmek K, Dohms J E
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19717-1303, USA.
Infect Immun. 1998 Jul;66(7):3436-42. doi: 10.1128/IAI.66.7.3436-3442.1998.
A second cytadhesin-like protein, MGC2, was identified in the avian respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma gallisepticum. The 912-nucleotide mgc2 gene encodes a 32.6-kDa protein with 40.9 and 31.4% identity with the M. pneumoniae P30 and M. genitalium P32 cytadhesins, respectively. Functional studies with reverse transcription-PCR, immunoblotting, double-sided immunogold labeling, and attachment inhibition assays demonstrated homology to the human mycoplasmal P30 and P32 cytadhesins. These findings suggest that there is a family of cytadhesin genes conserved among pathogenic mycoplasmas infecting widely divergent hosts.
在禽呼吸道病原体鸡毒支原体中鉴定出第二种细胞粘附素样蛋白MGC2。912个核苷酸的mgc2基因编码一种32.6 kDa的蛋白质,与肺炎支原体P30和生殖支原体P32细胞粘附素的同源性分别为40.9%和31.4%。通过逆转录聚合酶链反应、免疫印迹、双面免疫金标记和粘附抑制试验进行的功能研究表明,该蛋白与人类支原体P30和P32细胞粘附素有同源性。这些发现表明,在感染广泛不同宿主的致病性支原体中,存在一个细胞粘附素基因家族。