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Molecular cloning and expression of Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein antigens in Escherichia coli - PubMed

Molecular cloning and expression of Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein antigens in Escherichia coli

R S Stephens et al. Infect Immun. 1985 Mar.

Abstract

DNA obtained from Chlamydia trachomatis (serovar L2) was partially digested with DNase I and inserted into the beta-galactosidase gene of bacteriophage lambda gt11. Seven recombinants were selected that produced immunoreactive fusion proteins which were detected with anti-C. trachomatis rabbit serum. One recombinant, designated lambda gt11/L2/33, reacted with various monoclonal antibodies that recognize species-, subspecies-, and type-specific determinants on the chlamydial major outer membrane protein (MOMP). Immunoblot analysis of a lambda gt11/L2/33 lysogen revealed a fusion protein that expressed a approximately 15,000-dalton carboxyl-terminal peptide of the chlamydial MOMP. This moiety of the MOMP possesses epitopes responsible for each of the unique reactivities demonstrated by anti-MOMP monoclonal antibodies. The lambda gt11/L2/33 recombinant contained a 1.1-kilobase DNA insert which hybridized to DNA isolated from each of the 15 C. trachomatis serovars.

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