Surface proteins of typhus and spotted fever group rickettsiae.

AUTOR(ES)

Osterman, J V

RESUMO

Six proteins, previously established as major constituents of intact organisms, were identified in cell envelopes obtained from intrinsically radiolabeled Rickettsia prowazekii. Extrinsic radioiodination of intact organisms conducted at 0.5 micronM iodide indicated that protein 4 was the most peripheral, although protein 1 also had reactive groups exposed on the surface of the organisms. A 10-fold increase in iodide concentration resulted in labeling of protein 2, and at 50 micronM iodide, all six major proteins were radiolabeled. Similar selective labeling was not achieved with R. conorii. Analysis of both typhus and spotted fever group organisms radiolabeled with galactose suggested that carbohydrate was associated with proteins 1, 3, and 4. Typhus soluble antigen included all major proteins except protein 2, which remained attached to particulate rickettsiae after ether extraction. Protein 4 appeared to be prominent in the surface topography of R. prowazekii, was a component of soluble antigen and may have an important role in rickettsiae-host interactions.

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