FIG. 3.

Complete nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of ORF 1 (maa2) from M. arthritidis 158p10p9. Nucleotides are numbered sequentially from the 5′-terminal EcoRI site. Sites at which DNA sequences differ from those of the maa2 gene from strain H606 are shown as outlined letters. Restriction sites for EcoRI, HindIII, and DraI are printed in lowercase letters. DNA sequences used for preparation of oligonucleotide primers for sequencing and PCR and for use as probes in Southern blotting are underlined. A putative −10 box, ribosome binding site (RBS), and translation terminator are shown in italicized boldface lettering. Repeat units are set apart in brackets and numbered R1 to R6; the first codon of each is printed in boldface. Nucleotides in R1 and R5 that differ from the consensus sequence are circled; amino acids in R1 and R5 that differ from the consensus sequence are underlined. The predicted lipoprotein signal peptide amino acid sequence is boxed. The poly(T) tract is printed in italicized lowercase letters. The inverted repeat downstream from the TAA stop codons is italicized in uppercase letters.