Variation of Genes Encoding GGPLs Syntheses among Mycoplasma fermentans Strains

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Kozo ASANO⁴  Nobuo NOMURA¹  Masatoshi FUJIHARA³  Ryô HARASAWA³  Kazuhiro MATSUDA¹  Yoshihiro NISHIDA²  Noriko ISHIDA⁴ 

[1] National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology;Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University;Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University;Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

关键词: cholinephosphotransferase;    glucosyltransferase;    Mycoplasma fermentans;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.09-0572

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(25)Cited-By(2)The information of the biosynthesis pathways of Mycoplasma fermentans specific major lipid-antigen, named glycoglycerophospholipids (GGPLs), is expected to be some of help to understand the virulence of M. fermentans. We examined primary structure of cholinephosphotransferase (mf1) and glucosyltransferase (mf3) genes, which engage GGPL-I and GGPL-III synthesis, in 20 strains, and found four types of variations in the mf1 gene but the mf3 gene in two strains was not detected by PCR. These results may have important implications in virulence factor of M. fermentans.

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