Abstract:
:We have mapped a group of virulence genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis to a single large fragment of the genome. These genes (rgpA, kgp, and hagA) all contain a consensus repeat sequence (HArep). rgpA and kgp encode cysteine proteases with Arg-X and Lys-X specificity, respectively, and hagA encodes a hemagglutinin. Genomic DNA fragments separated by pulse-field gel electrophoresis were blotted and probed in order to localize the genes to a 0.25-Mb NheI fragment of the P. gingivalis W83 genome. Further hybridization analyses with single- and double-restriction digestion allowed us to generate a physical map of the fragment and determine the precise locations of the protease and hemagglutinin genes. In addition, we found an insertion-like sequence, IS195, near the ends of the 0. 25-Mb NheI fragment. A similarly sized fragment carrying HArep sequences was also demonstrated in the P. gingivalis W12 and W50 genomes.
journal_name
Infect Immunjournal_title
Infection and immunityauthors
Lewis JP,Macrina FLdoi
10.1128/IAI.67.5.2619-2623.1999keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
1999-05-01 00:00:00pages
2619-23issue
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0019-9567issn
1098-5522journal_volume
67pub_type
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