FIG. 4.

Alignment of BBK32 amino acid sequences from isolates representing different genospecies of B. burgdorferi with the ligand-binding region (amino acids 131 to 162) of BBK32 from isolate B31. The genospecies designations for the isolates are as follows: B31, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto; IP90, B. garinii; ACA1, B. afzelii; and DN127, B. bissettii. Sequence dissimilarity is indicated with a single-letter amino acid code. Sequence identity is shown as a period. Shaded amino acids residues represent sequence identity between the ligand-binding regions of BBK32 from isolate B31 and the UR region of protein F1 from S. pyogenes.