The major Aeromonas veronii outer membrane protein: Gene cloning and sequence analysis
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
12-1-2005
Abstract
The gene encoding the major outer membrane protein (OMP) from Aeromonas veronii, Omp38, was cloned and characterized. Sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 1,047 nucleotides coding for a primary protein of 349 amino acids with a 20-amino-acid signal peptide at the N-terminal and the consensus sequence Ala-X-Ala (Ala-Asn-Ala) as the signal peptidase I recognition site. The mature protein is composed of 329 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 36,327 Da. The degree of identity of the deduced Omp38 amino acid sequence to porins from enteric bacteria (OmpF, PhoE, and OmpC) was only 30%. Nevertheless, Omp38 possesses typical features of Gram-negative porins, including acidic pI, high glycine and low proline content, no cysteine residues, and a carboxy-terminal Phe. On the basis of PhoE-OmpF three-dimensional structure and the Kyte-Doolittle hydrophobicity analysis, it seems likely that Omp38 secondary structure consists of 16 antiparallel β-strands and 8 loops. Phylogenetic analyses among Omp38 and related porins from Gram-negative bacteria originate well-defined clusters that agree with the taxonomy of the corresponding organisms. © Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2005.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Current Microbiology
Volume
51
Issue
6
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Vázquez-Juárez, Roberto C., Marta Gómez-Chiarri, Hugo Barrera-Saldaña, Norma Hernández, and Felipe Ascencio. "The major Aeromonas veronii outer membrane protein: Gene cloning and sequence analysis." Current Microbiology 51, 6 (2005). doi: 10.1007/s00284-005-0054-6.