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      Isolation and characterization of the Rickettsia prowazekii gene encoding the flavoprotein subunit of succinate dehydrogenase

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          The gene (sdhA) coding for the flavoprotein subunit (SdhA) of succinate dehydrogenase of the obligate intracellular parasitic bacterium, Rickettsia prowazekii, has been isolated using an oligodeoxyribonucleotide probe to the conserved flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-binding region of characterized flavoproteins. Nucleotide (nt) sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame (ORF) of 1791 bp capable of encoding a protein of 596 amino acids (aa) with a deduced M(r) of 65,444. The deduced aa sequence, when compared to the flavoprotein subunits of Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Bos taurus, revealed 52.8, 34.0, 65.8 and 52.0% aa identity, respectively. R. prowazekii SdhA produced in E. coli minicells and analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) migrated as a protein of approximately 63 kDa, comparable to the size of the deduced protein. In addition, two proteins of approximately 12 and 41 kDa were also produced in the E. coli minicells. The production of these proteins resulted from additional translational starts within the SdhA coding sequence, suggesting differences between the translational start signals of E. coli and R. prowazekii. Despite the similarity of R. prowazekii SdhA to that of E. coli, the R. prowazekii SdhA did not complement an E. coli sdhA mutant. In addition, analysis of the nt sequence immediately upstream from R. prowazekii sdhA revealed that the rickettsial sdh gene organization differs from that of E. coli and B. subtilis.

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          Journal
          Gene
          Gene
          Elsevier BV
          03781119
          October 1993
          October 1993
          : 133
          : 1
          : 135-140
          Article
          10.1016/0378-1119(93)90238-X
          8224887
          36648930-3fe7-476b-a197-a67dce98a3dd
          © 1993

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