TABLE 3.

Sequences of HV regions of MS11 Opa proteins^a

Region	Proteinb	Sequencec
HV-1	71 OpaB	NNNKYSVSIKELLR--NKGNGNR--TDLK
	75 OpaC	HNNKYSVNIKELERKNNKTSGGD-QLNIKYQK
	52 OpaI	NNNKYSVNIENVRI-RKENGIR--IDRK
	73 OpaD	NDNKYSVDIKELE---NKNQNKR---DLK
	84 OpaF	NNNKYSVNIKELLRN DNANSGGNKHLNIKTRK
	77 OpaK	NNSKYSVSIKELGRDDNSTSNSS-HLNIKTQK
	58 OpaA	SDNKYSVSIKNMRV--HKHNSNR--KNLK
HV-2	96 OpaB	RHSIDSTKKTTEVTTILHG--PGTTPTVYPGK----NTQNAHRESDSIRRV
	76 OpaC	RHGIDSTKKTKNTLTAYHG--AGTKPTYYDDIDSGKNQKNTYRQNRSSRRL
	53 OpaI	RHSIDSTKKTIEVTTVPSNAPNGAVTTYNTDP----KTQNDY-QSNSIRRV
	74 OpaD	RHSIDSTKKTTKFLTSSY---GGLNPTVYTEE----NTQNAHHQSNSIRRV
	85 OpaF	RHQVRSVQQETIAVTTYPQ--NAASSVTTNAP----IRKLPHHESRSISSL
	78 OpaK	KHQVRSVESETTTVTTH----NGAP--VPQGP----TPKPAYHKSRSISSL
	59 OpaA	RHSIDSTKKITGLLTTST---PGIMSGVYKVL----RTPGAHRESDSIRRV

^aHV regions of MS11 Opa proteins (sequences are according to reference 4) were defined as in reference 23 and aligned using ClustalW.

^bNumbers before Opa designations correspond to the numbers assigned to individual HV regions by Malorny et al. (23).

^cBasic residues are in boldface and acidic residues are in italic. Spaces (-) were introduced to maximize the alignment.