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Infection and Immunity, December 1998, p. 5882-5888, Vol. 66, No. 12
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of a 71-Kilodalton Surface-Associated Hsp70 Homologue in Coxiella burnetii

Anna Macellaro, Eva Tujulin, Karin Hjalmarsson, and Lena Norlander*

Department of Microbiology, Defence Research Establishment, S-901 82 Umeå, Sweden

Received 29 June 1998/Returned for modification 19 August 1998/Accepted 9 September 1998

A Coxiella burnetii Hsp70 homologue was identified by using an acid activation in vitro system in which protein synthesis has been followed by [35S]methionine labeling, autoradiography, and immunoblotting. The protein was one of those predominantly labeled, and the immunoblots revealed that it was recognized by anti-DnaK antibodies. The corresponding gene was isolated, and its nucleotide sequence was determined and analyzed. A single open reading frame (ORF) with a size of 1,968 bp was identified. The ORF encodes a protein containing 656 residues and having a molecular weight of 70,800. The -10 promoter sequence was shown to be identical with the consensus heat shock sigma 32 promoter sequence. The base composition at the presumed -35 region revealed an EcoRI site in the expected region, which is assumed to be located at the border of the cloned fragment. The gene was expressed in Escherichia coli as an intact protein. The C. burnetii 71-kDa protein sequence has a high degree of homology to sequences of the Hsp70 family. A comparison of sequences revealed that the similarity with Hsp70s from other intracellular bacteria, e.g., Legionella pneumophila and Francisella tularensis, as well as E. coli DnaK, is more than 80%. The homologous regions are found in the N-terminal and central parts of the protein sequence, and they include the signature patterns of the Hsp70 family of proteins. The presence of the 71-kDa protein in association with the cell wall as well as in the cytoplasm was demonstrated by the use of immunoelectron microscopy. The dual localization was verified by Western blot analysis of proteins in C. burnetii cell fractions, using purified antibodies directed to the 71-kDa protein.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Defence Research Establishment, S-901 82 Umeå, Sweden. Phone: 46 90 10 66 61. Fax: 46 90 10 68 01. E-mail: norlander{at}ume.foa.se.

Infection and Immunity, December 1998, p. 5882-5888, Vol. 66, No. 12
0019-9567/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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