TABLE 2.

Characteristics of three putative surface proteins

Gene	DNA size (bp)	Predicted protein molecular mass (kDa)	Isoelectric point	% Amino acid homology between strains of M. catarrhalis	Surface location predictor	Amino acid sequence homologue (% identity/% similarity)
msp22	432	21.6	5.11	99	Lipoprotein	Cytochrome c, class II (Psychrobacter sp.) (36/53)
msp75	1,497	74.9	4.83	97	Leader, membrane	Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (Psychrobacter sp.) (73/85)
msp78	1,557	77.8	5.89	99	Leader	Outer membrane nitrite reductase (Neisseria sp.) (80/90)