Localization of the cleavage site specificity determinant of Haemophilus influenzae immunoglobulin A1 protease genes.

Infection and Immunity
F J GrundyA Wright

Abstract

Immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) proteases are produced by a number of different species of bacteria which cause infection at human mucosal surfaces. The sole substrate of these proteases is human IgA1. Cleavage is within the hinge region of IgA1, although there is variability in the exact peptide bond within the hinge region that is cut by a particular protease. The cleavage site of the Haemophilus influenzae type 1 protease is located four amino acids from the cleavage site of the type 2 enzyme. In this study, the region of the H. influenzae IgA1 protease gene (iga) that determines the cleavage site specificity was localized through the comparison of the type 1 and type 2 genes and the construction and analysis of type 1-type 2 hybrid genes. The hybrid genes were generated by in vivo and in vitro techniques which facilitated the selection and screening of randomly generated hybrids. The cleavage site determinant was found to be within a 370-base-pair region near the amino-terminal coding region, in one of two large areas of nonhomology between the two types of H. influenzae iga genes. DNA sequence analysis of the cleavage site determinant and surrounding regions did not reveal a simple mechanism whereby one enzyme type could be conve...Continue Reading

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