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. 1993 Jul;61(7):2813–2821. doi: 10.1128/iai.61.7.2813-2821.1993

Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding a 31-kilodalton antigen of Haemophilus somnus.

J Won 1, R W Griffith 1
PMCID: PMC280925  PMID: 8514383

Abstract

Immunoblots using bovine antibody against Haemophilus somnus as the primary antibody consistently identified 31-, 40- and 78-kDa proteins in Sarkosyl-insoluble extracts of H. somnus. A genomic library of H. somnus 8025 DNA was constructed in plasmid pUC19, and 45 recombinants expressed proteins which were recognized by bovine antiserum in Western blots (immunoblots). Ten of the recombinants expressing a 31-kDa protein caused the lysis of bovine erythrocytes. Restriction endonuclease mapping indicated that the hemolytic recombinants shared an approximately 1.7-kb BglII fragment. Southern blot analysis using the BglII fragment as a probe revealed homology among the recombinants and the presence of an identically sized BglII fragment in the chromosome of all H. somnus isolates tested. Sequence analysis indicated the presence of an 822-bp open reading frame within the 1.7-kb BglII fragment. Deletion of this open reading frame resulted in the loss of hemolytic activity and protein expression in recombinant Escherichia coli, suggesting the possible role of the 31-kDa protein as a hemolysin. An amino acid sequence deduced from the DNA sequence shared homology with outer membrane protein A of E. coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Shigella dysenteriae, with P6 of Haemophilus influenzae, and with PIII of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. An amino acid analysis of the recombinant 31-kDa protein agreed with the amino acid composition deduced from the DNA sequence.

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