Sequence divergence in two tandemly located pilin genes of Eikenella corrodens.

Abstract:

:Eikenella corrodens normally inhabits the human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts but is frequently the cause of abscesses at various sites. Using the N-terminal portion of the Moraxella nonliquefaciens pilin gene as a hybridization probe, we cloned two tandemly located pilin genes of E. corrodens 31745, ecpC and ecpD, and expressed the two pilin genes separately in Escherichia coli. A comparison of the predicted amino acid sequences of E. corrodens 31745 EcpC and EcpD revealed considerable divergence between the sequences of these two pilins and even less similarity to EcpA and EcpB of E. corrodens type strain ATCC 23834. EcpC from E. corrodens 31745 displayed high degrees of homology to the pilins of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. EcpD from E. corrodens 31745 showed the highest homologies with the pilin of one of the three P. aeruginosa classes, whereas EcpA and EcpB of strain ATCC 23834 most closely resemble Moraxella bovis pilins. These findings raise interesting questions about potential genetic transfer between different bacterial species, as opposed to convergent evolution.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Tønjum T,Weir S,Bøvre K,Progulske-Fox A,Marrs CF

doi

10.1128/IAI.61.5.1909-1916.1993

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-05-01 00:00:00

pages

1909-16

issue

5

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

61

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