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Published on: August 5, 2016
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Brucella melitensis sucB gene coding for an immunogenic
M S Zygmunt1, M A Díaz, A P Teixeira-Gomes
1Laboratoire de Pathologie Infectieuse et Immunologie, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, 37380 Nouzilly, France. zygmunt@tours.inra.fr
Abstract:
The Brucella melitensis sucB gene encoding the dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase (E2o) enzyme (previously identified as an immunogenic protein in infected sheep) was cloned and sequenced. The amino acid sequence predicted from the cloned gene revealed 88.8 and 51.2% identity to the dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase SucB protein from Brucella abortus and Escherichia coli, respectively. Sera from naturally infected sheep showed antibody reactivity against the recombinant SucB protein.
