Heterologous expression of neisserial proteins

Abstract

Alternative and improved approaches to the heterologous expression of the proteins of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These approaches typically affect the level of expression, the ease of purification, the cellular localisation, and/or the immunological properties of the expressed protein.

Description

[0001] All documents cited herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] This invention is in the field of protein expression. In particular, it relates to the heterologous expression of proteins from Neisseria (e.g. N.gonorrhoeae or, preferably, N.meningitidis).

BACKGROUND ART

[0003] International patent applications WO99/24578, WO99/36544, WO99/57280 and WO00/22430 disclose proteins from Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These proteins are typically described as being expressed in E.coli (i.e. heterologous expression) as either N-terminal GST-fusions or C-terminal His-tag fusions, although other expression systems, including expression in native Neisseria, are also disclosed.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide alternative and improved approaches for the heterologous expression of these proteins. These approaches will typically affect the level of expression, the ease of purification, the cellular localisation of expression, and/or the immunological properties of the expressed protein.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

[0005] Nomenclature Herein

[0006] The 2166 protein sequences disclosed in WO99/24578, WO99/36544 and WO99/57280 are referred to herein by the following SEQ# numbers:

Application	Protein sequences	SEQ# herein
WO99/24578	Even SEQ IDs 2-892	SEQ#s 1-446
WO99/36544	Even SEQ IDs 2-90	SEQ#s 447-491
WO99/57280	Even SEQ IDs 2-3020	SEQ#s 492-2001
	Even SEQ IDs 3040-3114	SEQ#s 2002-2039
	SEQ IDs 3115-3241	SEQ#s 2040-2166

[0007] In addition to this SEQ# numbering, the naming conventions used in WO99/24578, WO99/36544 and WO99/57280 are also used (e.g. ‘ORF4’, ‘ORF40’, ‘ORF40-1’ etc. as used in WO99/24578 and WO99/36544; ‘m919’, ‘g919’ and ‘a919’ etc. as used in WO99/57280).

[0008] The 2160 proteins NMB0001 to NM2160 from Tettelin et al. [Science (2000) 287:1809-1815] are referred to herein as SEQ#s 2167-4326 [see also WO00/66791].

[0009] The term ‘protein of the invention’ as used herein refers to a protein comprising:

[0010] (a) one of sequences SEQ#s 1-4326; or

[0011] (b) a sequence having sequence identity to one of SEQ#s 1-4326; or

[0012] (c) a fragment of one of SEQ#s 1-4326.

[0013] The degree of ‘sequence identity’ referred to in (b) is preferably greater than 50% (eg. 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 99% or more). This includes mutants and allelic variants [e.g. see WO00/66741]. Identity is preferably determined by the Smith-Waterman homology search algorithm as implemented in the MPSRCH program (Oxford Molecular), using an affine gap search with parameters gap open penalty=12 and gap extension penalty=1. Typically, 50% identity or more between two proteins is considered to be an indication of functional equivalence.

[0014] The ‘fragment’ referred to in (c) should comprise at least n consecutive amino acids from one of SEQ#s 1-4326 and, depending on the particular sequence, n is 7 or more (eg. 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 or more). Preferably the fragment comprises an epitope from one of SEQ#s 1-4326. Preferred fragments are those disclosed in WO0/71574 and WO01/04316.

[0015] Preferred proteins of the invention are found in N.meningitidis serogroup B.

[0016] Preferred proteins for use according to the invention are those of serogroup B N.meningitidis strain 2996 or strain 394/98 (a New Zealand strain). Unless otherwise stated, proteins mentioned herein are from N.meningitidis strain 2996. It will be appreciated, however, that the invention is not in general limited by strain. References to a particular protein (e.g. ‘287’, ‘919’ etc.) may be taken to include that protein from any strain.

[0017] Non-Fusion Expression

[0018] In a first approach to heterologous expression, no fusion partner is used, and the native leader peptide (if present) is used. This will typically prevent any ‘interference’ from fusion partners and may alter cellular localisation and/or post-translational modification and/or folding in the heterologous host.

[0019] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) no fusion partner is used, and (b) the protein's native leader peptide (if present) is used.

[0020] The method will typically involve the step of preparing an vector for expressing a protein of the invention, such that the first expressed amino acid is the first amino acid (methionine) of said protein, and last expressed amino acid is the last amino acid of said protein (i.e. the codon preceding the native STOP codon).

[0021] This approach is preferably used for the expression of the following proteins using the native leader peptide: 111, 149, 206, 225-1, 235, 247-1, 274, 283, 286, 292, 401, 406, 502-1, 503, 519-1, 525-1, 552, 556, 557, 570, 576-1, 580, 583, 664, 759, 907, 913, 920-1, 936-1, 953, 961, 983, 989, Orf4, Orf7-1, Orf9-1, Orf23, Orf25, Orf37, Orf38, Orf40, Orf40.1, Orf40.2, Orf72-1, Orf76-1, Orf85-2, Orf91, Orf97-1, Orf119, Orf143.1, NMB0109 and NMB2050. The suffix ‘L’ used herein in the name of a protein indicates expression in this manner using the native leader peptide.

[0022] Proteins which are preferably expressed using this approach using no fusion partner and which have no native leader peptide include: 008, 105, 117-1, 121-1, 122-1, 128-1, 148, 216, 243, 308, 593, 652, 726, 926, 982, Orf83-1 and Orf143-1.

[0023] Advantageously, it is used for the expression of ORF25 or ORF40, resulting in a protein which induces better anti-bactericidal antibodies than GST- or His-fusions.

[0024] This approach is particularly suited for expressing lipoproteins.

[0025] Leader-Peptide Substitution

[0026] In a second approach to heterologous expression, the native leader peptide of a protein of the invention is replaced by that of a different protein. In addition, it is preferred that no fusion partner is used. Whilst using a protein's own leader peptide in heterologous hosts can often localise the protein to its ‘natural’ cellular location, in some cases the leader sequence is not efficiently recognised by the heterologous host. In such cases, a leader peptide known to drive protein targeting efficiently can be used instead.

[0027] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) the protein's leader peptide is replaced by the leader peptide from a different protein and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

[0028] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention; manipulating said nucleic acid to remove nucleotides that encode the protein's leader peptide and to introduce nucleotides that encode a different protein's leader peptide. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector. The expressed protein win consist of the replacement leader peptide at the N-terminus, followed by the protein of the invention minus its leader peptide.

[0029] The leader peptide is preferably from another protein of the invention (e.g. one of SEQ#s 1-4326), but may also be from an E.coli protein (e.g. the OmpA leader peptide) or an Erwinia carotovora protein (e.g. the PelB leader peptide), for instance.

[0030] A particularly useful replacement leader peptide is that of ORF4. This leader is able to direct lipidation in E.coli, improving cellular localisation, and is particularly useful for the expression of proteins 287, 919 and ΔG287. The leader peptide and N-terminal domains of 961 are also particularly useful.

[0031] Another useful replacement leader peptide is that of E.coli OmpA. This leader is able to direct membrane localisation of E.coli. It is particularly advantageous for the expression of ORF1, resulting in a protein which induces better anti-bactericidal antibodies than both fusions and protein expressed from its own leader peptide.

[0032] Another useful replacement leader peptide is MKKYLFSAA. This can direct secretion into culture medium, and is extremely short and active. The use of this leader peptide is not restricted to the expression of Neisserial proteins—it may be used to direct the expression of any protein (particularly bacterial proteins).

[0033] Leader-Peptide Deletion

[0034] In a third approach to heterologous expression, the native leader peptide of a protein of the invention is deleted. In addition, it is preferred that no fusion partner is used.

[0035] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) the protein's leader peptide is deleted and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

[0036] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention; manipulating said nucleic acid to remove nucleotides that encode the protein's leader peptide. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector. The first amino acid of the expressed protein will be that of the mature native protein.

[0037] This method can increase the levels of expression. For protein 919, for example, expression levels in E.coli are much higher when the leader peptide is deleted. Increased expression may be due to altered localisation in the absence of the leader peptide.

[0038] The method is preferably used for the expression of 919, ORF46, 961, 050-1, 760 and 287.

[0039] Domain-Based Expression

[0040] In a fourth approach to heterologous expression, the protein is expressed as domains. This may be used in association with fusion systems (e.g. GST or His-tag fusions).

[0041] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) at least one domain in the protein is deleted and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

[0042] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention; manipulating said nucleic acid to remove at least one domain from within the protein. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector. Where no fusion partners are used, the first amino acid of the expressed protein will be that of a domain of the protein.

[0043] A protein is typically divided into notional domains by aligning it with known sequences in databases and then determining regions of the protein which show different alignment patterns from each other.

[0044] The method is preferably used for the expression of protein 287. This protein can be notionally split into three domains, referred to as A B & C (see FIG. 5). Domain B aligns strongly with IgA proteases, domain C aligns strongly with transferrin-binding proteins, and domain A shows no strong alignment with database sequences. An alignment of polymorphic forms of 287 is disclosed in WO00/66741.

[0045] Once a protein has been divided into domains, these can be (a) expressed singly (b) deleted from with the protein e.g. protein ABCD→ABD, ACD, BCD etc. or (c) rearranged e.g. protein ABC→ACB, CAB etc. These three strategies can be combined with fusion partners is desired.

[0046] ORF46 has also been notionally split into two domains—a first domain (amino acids 1-433) which is well-conserved between species and serogroups, and a second domain (amino acids 433-608) which is not well-conserved. The second domain is preferably deleted. An alignment of polymorphic forms of ORF46 is disclosed in WO00/66741.

[0047] Protein 564 has also been split into domains (FIG. 8), as have protein 961 (FIG. 12) and protein 502 (amino acids 28-167 of the MC58 protein).

[0048] Hybrid Proteins

[0049] In a fifth approach to heterologous expression, two or more (e.g. 3, 4, 5, 6 or more) proteins of the invention are expressed as a single hybrid protein. It is preferred that no non-Neisserial fusion partner (e.g. GST or poly-His) is used.

[0050] This offers two advantages. Firstly, a protein that may be unstable or poorly expressed on its own can be assisted by adding a suitable hybrid partner that overcomes the problem. Secondly, commercial manufacture is simplified—only one expression and purification need be employed in order to produce two separately-useful proteins.

[0051] Thus the invention provides a method for the simultaneous heterologous expression of two or more proteins of the invention, in which said two or more proteins of the invention are fused (i.e. they are translated as a single polypeptide chain).

[0052] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining a first nucleic acid encoding a first protein of the invention; obtaining a second nucleic acid encoding a second protein of the invention; ligating the first and second nucleic acids. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector.

[0053] Preferably, the constituent proteins in a hybrid protein according to the invention will be from the same strain.

[0054] The fused proteins in the hybrid may be joined directly, or may be joined via a linker peptide e.g. via a poly-glycine linker (i.e. Gn where n=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more) or via a short peptide sequence which facilitates cloning. It is evidently preferred not to join a ΔG protein to the C-terminus of a poly-glycine linker.

[0055] The fused proteins may lack native leader peptides or may include the leader peptide sequence of the N-terminal fusion partner.

[0056] The method is well suited to the expression of proteins orf1, orf4, orf25, orf40, orf46/46.1, orf83, 233, 287, 292L, 564, 687, 741, 907, 919, 953, 961 and 983.

[0057] The 42 hybrids indicated by ‘X’ in the following table of form NH2-A-B—COOH are preferred:

↓A B→	ORF46.1	287	741	919	953	961	983
ORF46.1		X	X	X	X	X	X
287	X		X	X	X	X	X
741	X	X		X	X	X	X
919	X	X	X		X	X	X
953	X	X	X	X		X	X
961	X	X	X	X	X		X
983	X	X	X	X	X	X

[0058] Preferred proteins to be expressed as hybrids are thus ORF46.1, 287, 741, 919, 953, 961 and 983. These may be used in their essentially full-length form, or poly-glycine deletions (ΔG) forms may be used (e.g. ΔG-287, ΔGTbp2, ΔG741, ΔG983 etc.), or truncated forms may be used (e.g. Δ1-287, Δ2-287 etc.), or domain-deleted versions may be used (e.g. 287B, 287C, 287BC, ORF461-433, ORF46433-608, ORF46, 961c etc.).

[0059] Particularly preferred are: (a) a hybrid protein comprising 919 and 287; (b) a hybrid protein comprising 953 and 287; (c) a hybrid protein comprising 287 and ORF46.1; (d) a hybrid protein comprising ORF1 and ORF46.1; (e) a hybrid protein comprising 919 and ORF46.1; (f) a hybrid protein comprising ORF46.1 and 919; (g) a hybrid protein comprising ORF46.1, 287 and 919; (h) a hybrid protein comprising 919 and 519; and (i) a hybrid protein comprising ORF97 and 225. Further embodiments are shown in FIG. 14.

[0060] Where 287 is used, it is preferably at the C-terminal end of a hybrid; if it is to be used at the N-terminus, if is preferred to use a ΔG form of 287 is used (e.g. as the N-terminus of a hybrid with ORF46.1, 919, 953 or 961).

[0061] Where 287 is used, this is preferably from strain 2996 or from strain 394/98.

[0062] Where 961 is used, this is preferably at the N-terminus. Domain forms of 961 may be used.

[0063] Alignments of polymorphic forms of ORF46, 287, 919 and 953 are disclosed in WO00/66741. Any of these polymorphs can be used according to the present invention.

[0064] Temperature

[0065] In a sixth approach to heterologous expression, proteins of the invention are expressed at a low temperature.

[0066] Expressed Neisserial proteins (e.g. 919) may be toxic to E.coli, which can be avoided by expressing the toxic protein at a temperature at which its toxic activity is not manifested.

[0067] Thus the present invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which expression of a protein of the invention is carried out at a temperature at which a toxic activity of the protein is not manifested.

[0068] A preferred temperature is around 30° C. This is particularly suited to the expression of 919.

[0069] Mutations

[0070] As discussed above, expressed Neisserial proteins may be toxic to E.coli. This toxicity can be avoided by mutating the protein to reduce or eliminate the toxic activity. In particular, mutations to reduce or eliminate toxic enzymatic activity can be used, preferably using site-directed mutagenesis.

[0071] In a seventh approach to heterologous expression, therefore, an expressed protein is mutated to reduce or eliminate toxic activity.

[0072] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which protein is mutated to reduce or eliminate toxic activity.

[0073] The method is preferably used for the expression of protein 907, 919 or 922. A preferred mutation in 907 is at Glu-117 (e.g. Glu→Gly), preferred mutations in 919 are at Glu-255 (e.g. Glu→Gly) and/or Glu-323 (e.g. Glu→Gly); preferred mutations in 922 are at Glu-164 (e.g. Glu→Gly), Ser-213 (e.g. Ser→Gly) and/or Asn-348 (e.g. Asn→Gly).

[0074] Alternative Vectors

[0075] In a eighth approach to heterologous expression, an alternative vector used to express the protein. This may be to improve expression yields, for instance, or to utilise plasmids that are already approved for GMP use.

[0076] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which an alternative vector is used. The alternative vector is preferably pSM214, with no fusion partners. Leader peptides may or may not be included.

[0077] This approach is particularly useful for protein 953. Expression and localisation of 953 with its native leader peptide expressed from pSM214 is much better than from the pET vector.

[0078] pSM214 may also be used with: ΔG287, Δ2-287, Δ3-287, Δ4-287, Orf46.1, 961L, 961, 961(MC58), 961c, 961c-L, 919, 953 and ΔG287-Orf46.1.

[0079] Another suitable vector is, pET-24b (Novagen; uses kanamycin resistance), again using no fusion partners. pET-24b is preferred for use with: ΔG287K, Δ2-287K, Δ3-287K, Δ4287K, Orf46.1-K, Orf46A-K, 961-K (MC58), 961a-K, 961b-K, 961c-K, 961c-L-K, 961d-K, ΔG287-919-K, ΔG287-Orf46.1-K and ΔG287-961-K.

[0080] Multimeric Form

[0081] In a ninth approach to heterologous expression, a protein is expressed or purified such that it adopts a particular multimeric form.

[0082] This approach is particularly suited to protein 953. Purification of one particular multimeric form of 953 (the monomeric form) gives a protein with greater bactericidal activity than other forms (the dimeric form).

[0083] Proteins 287 and 919 may be purified in dimeric forms.

[0084] Protein 961 may be purified in a 180 kDa oligomeric form (e.g. a tetramer).

[0085] Lipidation

[0086] In a tenth approach to heterologous expression, a protein is expressed as a lipidated protein.

[0087] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which the protein is expressed as a lipidated protein.

[0088] This is particularly useful for the expression of 919, 287, ORF4, 406, 576-1, and ORF25. Polymorphic forms of 919, 287 and ORF4 are disclosed in WO00/66741.

[0089] The method will typically involve the use of an appropriate leader peptide without using an N-terminal fusion partner.

[0090] C-Terminal Deletions

[0091] In an eleventh approach to heterologous expression, the C-terminus of a protein of the invention is mutated. In addition, it is preferred that no fusion partner is used.

[0092] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) the protein's C-terminus region is mutated and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

[0093] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention; manipulating said nucleic acid to mutate nucleotides that encode the protein's C-terminus portion. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector. The first amino acid of the expressed protein will be that of the mature native protein.

[0094] The mutation may be a substitution, insertion or, preferably, a deletion.

[0095] This method can increase the levels of expression, particularly for proteins 730, ORF29 and ORF46. For protein 730, a C-terminus region of around 65 to around 214 amino acids may be deleted; for ORF46, the C-terminus region of around 175 amino acids may be deleted; for ORF29, the C-terminus may be deleted to leave around 230-370 N-terminal amino acids.

[0096] Leader Peptide Mutation

[0097] In a twelfth approach to heterologous expression, the leader peptide of the protein is mutated. This is particularly useful for the expression of protein 919.

[0098] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which the protein's leader peptide is mutated.

[0099] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention; and manipulating said nucleic acid to mutate nucleotides within the leader peptide. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector.

[0100] Poly-Glycine Deletion

[0101] In a thirteenth approach to heterologous expression, poly-glycine stretches in wild-type sequences are mutated. This enhances protein expression.

[0102] The poly-glycine stretch has the sequence (Gly)n, where n≧4 (e.g. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or more). This stretch is mutated to disrupt or remove the (Gly)n. This may be by deletion (e.g. CGGGGS→CGGGS, CGGS, CGS or CS), by substitution (e.g. CGGGGS→CGXGGS, CGXXGS, CGXGXS etc.), and/or by insertion (e.g. CGGGGS→CGGXGGS, CGXGGGS, etc.).

[0103] This approach is not restricted to Neisserial proteins—it may be used for any protein (particularly bacterial proteins) to enhance heterologous expression. For Neisserial proteins, however, it is particularly suitable for expressing 287, 741, 983 and Thp2. An alignment of polymorphic forms of 287 is disclosed in WO00/66741.

[0104] Thus the invention provides a method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) a poly-glycine stretch within the protein is mutated.

[0105] The method will typically involve the steps of: obtaining nucleic acid encoding a protein of the invention; and manipulating said nucleic acid to mutate nucleotides that encode a poly-glycine stretch within the protein sequence. The resulting nucleic acid may be inserted into an expression vector, or may already be part of an expression vector.

[0106] Conversely, the opposite approach (i.e. introduction of poly-glycine stretches) can be used to suppress or diminish expression of a given heterologous protein.

[0107] Heterologous Host

[0108] Whilst expression of the proteins of the invention may take place in the native host (i.e. the organism in which the protein is expressed in nature), the present invention utilises a heterologous host. The heterologous host may be prokaryotic or eukaryotic. It is preferably E.coli, but other suitable hosts include Bacillus subtilis, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella typhi, Salmonenna typhimurium, Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria lactamica, Neisseria cinerea, Mycobateria (e.g. M.tuberculosis), yeast etc.

[0109] Vectors etc.

[0110] As well as the methods described above, the invention provides (a) nucleic acid and vectors useful in these methods (b) host cells containing said vectors (c) proteins expressed or expressable by the methods (d) compositions comprising these proteins, which may be suitable as vaccines, for instance, or as diagnostic reagents, or as immunogenic compositions (e) these compositions for use as medicaments (e.g. as vaccines) or as diagnostic reagents (f) the use of these compositions in the manufacture of (1) a medicament for treating or preventing infection due to Neisserial bacteria (2) a diagnostic reagent for detecting the presence of Neisserial bacteria or of antibodies raised against Neisserial bacteria, and/or (3) a reagent which can raise antibodies against Neisserial bacteria and (g) a method of treating a patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of these compositions.

[0111] Sequences

[0112] The invention also provides a protein or a nucleic acid having any of the sequences set out in the following examples. It also provides proteins and nucleic acid having sequence identity to these. As described above, the degree of ‘sequence identity’ is preferably greater than 50% (eg. 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 95%, 99% or more).

[0113] Furthermore, the invention provides nucleic acid which can hybridise to the nucleic acid disclosed in the examples, preferably under “high stringency” conditions (eg. 65° C. in a 0.1×SSC, 0.5% SDS solution).

[0114] The invention also provides nucleic acid encoding proteins according to the invention.

[0115] It should also be appreciated that the invention provides nucleic acid comprising sequences complementary to those described above (eg. for antisense or probing purposes).

[0116] Nucleic acid according to the invention can, of course, be prepared in many ways (eg. by chemical synthesis, from genomic or cDNA libraries, from the organism itself etc.) and can take various forms (eg. single stranded, double stranded, vectors, probes etc.).

[0117] In addition, the term “nucleic acid” includes DNA and RNA, and also their analogues, such as those containing modified backbones, and also peptide nucleic acids (PNA) etc.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0118] FIGS. 1 and 2 show constructs used to express proteins using heterologous leader peptides.

[0119] FIG. 3 shows expression data for ORF1, and

[0120] FIG. 4 shows similar data for protein 961.

[0121] FIG. 5 shows domains of protein 287, and

[0122] FIGS. 6 & 7 show deletions within domain A.

[0123] FIG. 8 shows domains of protein 564.

[0124] FIG. 9 shows the PhoC reporter gene driven by the 919 leader peptide, and

[0125] FIG. 10 shows the results obtained using mutants of the leader peptide.

[0126] FIG. 11 shows insertion mutants of protein 730 (A: 730C1; B: 730-C2).

[0127] FIG. 12 shows domains of protein 961.

[0128] FIG. 13 shows SDS-PAGE of ΔG proteins. Dots show the main recombinant product.

[0129] FIG. 14 shows 26 hybrid proteins according to the invention.

MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

EXAMPLE 1

[0130] 919 and its Leader Peptide

[0131] Protein 919 from N.meningitidis (serogroup B, strain 2996) has the following sequence:

1   MKKYLFRAAL YGIAAAILAACQSKSIQTFP QPDTSVINGP
DRPVGIPDPA
51  GTTVGGGGAV YTVVPHLSLP HWAAQDFAKS LQSFRLGCAN
LKNRQGWQDV
101 CAQAFQTPVH SFQAKQFFER YFTPWQVAGN GSLAGTVTGY
YBPVLKGDDR
151 RTAQARPPIY GIPDDFISVP LPAGLRSGKk LVRIRQTGKN
SGTIDNTGGT
201 HTADLSRFPI TARTTAIKGR FEGSEFLPYH TRNQINGGAL
DGKAPILGYA
251 EDPVELFFMH IQGSGRLKTP SGKYIRIGYA DKNEHPYVSI
GRYMADKGYL
301 KLGQTSMQGI KAYMRQNPQR LABVLGQNPS YIFFRELAGS
SNDGPVGALG
351 TPLMGEYAGA VDRHYITLGA PLFVATAHPV TRKALNRLIM
AQDTGBAIKG
401 AVRVDYFWGY GDEAGELAGK QKTTGYVWQL LPNGMKPEYR P*

[0132] The leader peptide is underlined.

[0133]

[0134] The sequences of 919 from other strains can be found in FIGS. 7 and 18 of WO00/66741.

[0135] Example 2 of WO99/57280 discloses the expression of protein 919 as a His-fusion in E.coli. The protein is a good surface-exposed immunogen.

[0136] Three alternative expression strategies were used for 919:

[0137] 1) 919 without its leader peptide (and without the mature N-terminal cysteine) and without any fusion partner (‘919untagged’):

1   QBKSIQTPP QPDTSVINGP DRPVGIPDPA GTTVGGGQAV
YTVVPHLSLP
50  HWAAQDFAKB LQSFRLGCAN LKNRQGWQDV CAQAPQTPVH
SFQAKQFFER
100 YFTPWQVAGN GSLAGTVTGY YBPVLKGDDR RTAQARPPIY
GIPDDFISVP
150 LPAGLRSGKA LVRIRQTGKN SGTIDNTGGT HTADLSPPPI
TARTTAIKGR
200 FEGSRFLPYH TRNQINGGAL DGKAPILGYA BDPVBLFFMH
IQGSGELKTP
250 SGKYIRIGYA DKNEHPYVSI GRYMADKGYL KLGQTBMQGI
KAYMRQNPQR
300 LAEVLGQNPS YIFFRELAGB SNDGPVGALG TPLMGEYAGA
VDRHYITLGA
350 PLFVATAHPV TRKALNRLIM AQDTGSAIXG AVRVDYFWGY
GDBAGELAGK
400 QKTTGYVWQL LPNGMKPEYR P*

[0138] The leader peptide and cysteine were omitted by designing the 5′-end amplification primer downstream from the predicted leader sequence.

[0139] 2) 919 with its own leader peptide but without any fusion partner (‘919L’); and

[0140] 3) 919 with the leader peptide (MKTFFKTLSAAALAILAA) from ORF4 (‘919LOrf4’).

1   MKTFFKTLS AAALALILAACQSKSIQTFP QPDTSVINGP
DRPVGIPDPA
50  GTTVGGGGAV YTVVPELSLP HWAAQDFAKB LQBFRLGCA2N
LKNRQGWQDV
100 CAQAFQTPVH SPQAKQFPER YPTPWQVAGN GSLAGTVTGY
YEPVLKGDDR
150 RTAQAPPPIY GIPDDFISVP LPAGLRSGKA LVRIRQTGKN
SGTIDNTGGT
200 BTADLSRFPI TARTDAIKGR FEGSRPLPYH TENQINGGAL
DGKAPILGYA
250 EDPVBLFPMH IQGSGRLKTP SGKYIRIGYA DKNRHPYVSI
GRYHADKGYL
300 KLGQTSMQGI KSYHRQNPQR LABVLGQNPS YIFFRELAGS
SNDGPVOALG
350 TPIMGBYAGA VDRHYITLGA PLFVATAHPV TRXALNBLIM
AQDTGSAIKG
400 AVRVDYPWGY GDEAGELAGK QKTTGYVWQL LPNGMKPEYR P*

[0141] To make this construct, the entire sequence encoding the ORF4 leader peptide was included in the 5′-primer as a tail (primer 919Lorf4 For). A NheI restriction site was generated by a double nucleotide change in the sequence coding for the ORF4 leader (no amino acid changes), to allow different genes to be fused to the ORF4 leader peptide sequence. A stop codon was included in all the 3′-end primer sequences.

[0142] All three forms of the protein were expressed and could be purified.

[0143] The ‘919L’ and ‘919LOrf4’ expression products were both lipidated, as shown by the incorporation of [3H-palmitate label. 919untagged did not incorporate the 3H label and was located intracellularly.

[0144] 919LOrf4 could be purified more easily than 919L. It was purified and used to immunise mice. The resulting sera gave excellent results in FACS and ELISA tests, and also in the bactericidal assay. The lipoprotein was shown to be localised in the outer membrane.

[0145] 919untagged gave excellent ELISA titres and high serum bactericidal activity. FACS confirmed its cell surface location.

EXAMPLE 2

[0146] 919 and Expression Temperature

[0147] Growth of E.coli expressing the 919Orf4 protein at 37° C. resulted in lysis of the bacteria. In order to overcome this problem, the recombinant bacteria were grown at 30° C. Lysis was prevented without preventing expression.

EXAMPLE 3

[0148] Mutation of 907, 919 and 922

[0149] It was hypothesised that proteins 907, 919 and 922 are murein hydrolases, and more particularly lytic transglycosylases. Murein hydrolases are located on the outer membrane and participate in the degradation of peptidoglycan.

[0150] The purified proteins 919untagged, 919Lorf4, 919-His (i.e. with a C-terminus His-tag) and 922-His were thus tested for murein hydrolase activity [Ursinus & Holtje (1994) J.Bact. 176:338-343]. Two different assays were used, one determining the degradation of insoluble murein sacculus into soluble muropeptides and the other measuring breakdown of poly(MurNAc-GlcNAc)n>30 glycan strands.

[0151] The first assay uses murein sacculi radiolabelled with meso-2,6-diamino-3,4,5-[3H]pimelic acid as substrate. Enzyme (3-10 μg total) was incubated for 45 minutes at 37° C. in a total volume of 100 μl comprising 10 mM Tris-maleate (pH 5.5), 10 mM MgCl2, 0.2% v/v Triton X-100 and [3H]A2pm labelled murein sacculi (about 10000 cpm). The assay mixture was placed on ice for 15 minutes with 100 μl of 1% w/v N-acetyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium for 15 minutes and precipitated material pelleted by centrifugation at 1000 g for 15 minutes. The radioactivity in the supernatant was measured by liquid scintillation counting. E.coli soluble lytic transglycosylase Slt70 was used as a positive control for the assay; the negative control comprised the above assay solution without enzyme.

[0152] All proteins except 919-His gave positive results in the first assay.

[0153] The second assay monitors the hydrolysis of poly(MurNAc-GlcNAc)glycan strands. Purified strands, poly(MurNAc-GlcNAc)n>30 labelled with N-acetyl-D-1-[3H]glucosamine were incubated with 3 μg of 919L in 10 mM Tris-maleate (pH 5.5), 10 mM MgCl2 and 0.2% v/v Triton X-100 for 30 min at 37° C. The reaction was stopped by boiling for 5 minutes and the pH of the sample adjusted to about 3.5 by addition of 10 μl of 20% v/v phosphoric acid. Substrate and product were separated by reversed phase HPLC on a Nucleosil 300 C18 column as described by Harz et. al. [Anal. Biochem. (1990) 190:120-128]. The E.coli lytic transglycosylase Mlt A was used as a positive control in the assay. The negative control was performed in the absence of enzyme.

[0154] By this assay, the ability of 919LOrf4 to hydrolyse isolated glycan strands was demonstrated when anhydrodisaccharide subunits were separated from the oligosaccharide by HPLC.

[0155] Protein 919Lorf4 was chosen for kinetic analyses. The activity of 919Lorf4 was enhanced 3.7-fold by the addition of 0.2% v/v Triton X-100 in the assay buffer. The presence of Triton X-100 had no effect on the activity of 919untagged. The effect of pH on enzyme activity was determined in Tris-Maleate buffer over a range of 5.0 to 8.0. The optimal pH for the reaction was determined to be 5.5. Over the temperature range 18° C. to 42° C., maximum activity was observed at 37° C. The effect of various ions on murein hydrolase activity was determined by performing the reaction in the presence of a variety of ions at a final concentration of 10 mM. Maximum activity was found with Mg2+, which stimulated activity 2.1-fold. Mn2+ and Ca2+ also stimulated enzyme activity to a similar extent while the addition Ni2+ and EDTA had no significant effect In contrast, both Fe2+ and Zn2+ significantly inhibited enzyme activity.

[0156] The structures of the reaction products resulting from the digestion of unlabelled E.coli murein sacculus were analysed by reversed-phase HPLC as described by Glauner [Anal. Biochem. (1988) 172:451-464]. Murein sacculi digested with the muramidase Cellosyl were used to calibrate and standardise the Hypersil ODS column. The major reaction products were 1,6 anhydrodisaccharide tetra and tri peptides, demonstrating the formation of 1,6 anhydromuraminic acid intramolecular bond.

[0157] These results demonstrate experimentally that 919 is a murein hydrolase and in particular a member of the lytic transglycosylase family of enzymes. Furthermore the ability of 922-His to hydrolyse murein sacculi suggests this protein is also a lytic transglycosylase.

[0158] This activity may help to explain the toxic effects of 919 when expressed in E.coli.

[0159] In order to eliminate the enzymatic activity, rational mutagenesis was used. 907, 919 and 922 show fairly low homology to three membrane-bound lipidated murein lytic transglycosylases from E.coli:

[0160] 919 (441aa) is 27.3% identical over 440aa overlap to E.coli MLTA (p46885);

[0161] 922 (369aa) is 38.7% identical over 310aa overlap to E.coli MLTB (P41052); and

[0162] 907-2 (207aa) is 26.8% identical over 149aa overlap to E.coli MLTC (P52066).

[0163] 907-2 also shares homology with E.coli MLTD (P23931) and Slt70 (P03810), a soluble lytic transglycosylase that is located in the periplasmic space. No significant sequence homology can be detected among 919, 922 and 907-2, and the same is true among the corresponding MLTA, MLTB and MLTC proteins.

[0164] Crystal structures are available for Slt70 [1QTEA; 1QTEB; Thunnissen et al. (1995) Biochemistry 34:12729-12737] and for Slt35 [1LTM; 1QUS; 1QUT; van Asselt et al. (1999) Structure Fold Des 7:1167-80] which is a soluble form of the 40 kDa MLTB.

[0165] The catalytic residue (a glutamic acid) has been identified for both Slt70 and MLTB.

[0166] In the case of Slt70, mutagenesis studies have demonstrated that even a conservative substitution of the catalytic Glu505 with a glutamine (Gln) causes the complete loss of enzymatic activity. Although Slt35 has no obvious sequence similarity to Slt70, their catalytic domains shows a surprising similarity. The corresponding catalytic residue in MLTB is Glu162.

[0167] Another residue which is believed to play an important role in the correct folding of the enzymatic cleft is a well-conserved glycine (Gly) downstream of the glutamic acid. Recently, Terrak et al. [Mol.Microbiol. (1999) 34:350-64] have suggested the presence of another important residue which is an aromatic amino acid located around 70-75 residues downstream of the catalytic glutamic acid.

[0168] Sequence alignment of Slt70 with 907-2 and of MLTB with 922 were performed in order to identify the corresponding catalytic residues in the MenB antigens.

[0169] The two alignments in the region of the catalytic domain are reported below:

[0170] 907-2/Slt70:

           90       100         110      ▾120       130       140
907-2.pep  ERRRLLVNIQYESSRAG--LDTQIVLGLIEVESAFRQYAISGVGARGLMQVMPFWKNYIG
           ||  |  |  ::    :|  :  :       |||:   : | ||| ||||:||   ::
slty_ecoli ERFPLAYNKDFKRYTSGKEPPQSYAMAIARQESAWNPKVKSPVGASGLMQIMPGTATHTV
           480       490       500    ▴  510        520       530
           GLU505

[0171] 922/MLTB

           150       160   ▾   170        180        190       200
922.pep    VAQKYGVPAELIVAVIGIENTYGKNTGSFRVADALATLGFDYPRRAGFFQKELVELLKLA
           : | |||| |:||::||:|| :|: |: |: ||||||:|:||||| :|: ||  :| :|
mltb_ecoli AWQVYGVPPEIIVGIIGVETRWGRVMGKRTILDALATLSFNYPRRAEYFSGELETGLLMA
           150       160 ▴     170        180        190        200
           GLU162
           210       220       230       240       250       260
922.pep    KEEGGDVFAFKGSYAGAMGMPQFMPSSYRKWAVDYDGDGHRDIWGNVGDVAASVANYMKQ
           ::|  | : :    :     : |||||||:::|||::|||| ::|  | |: :|||||:|
mltb_coli  RDEQDDPLNKLGSFAGAMGYGQGMPSSYKQYAVDFSGDGHINLWDPV-DAIDSVANYFKA
           210        220       230       240        250        260

[0172] From these alignments, it results that the corresponding catalytic glutamate in 907-2 is Glu117, whereas in 922 is Glu164. Both antigens also share downstream glycines that could have a structural role in the folding of the enzymatic cleft (in bold), and 922 has a conserved aromatic residue around 70aa downstream (in bold).

[0173] In the case of protein 919, no 3D structure is available for its E.coli homologue MLTA, and nothing is known about a possible catalytic residue. Nevertheless, three amino acids in 919 are predicted as catalytic residues by alignment with MLTA:

[0174] 919/MLTA

             240       250    ▾   260  □ □  270 □      280       290
919.pep      ALDGKAPILGYAEDPVELFFMHIQGSGRLKTPSGKYIRI-GYADKNEHPYVSIGRYMADK
             ||: |  ||:||::: :: |:| :|||| :   :|: : : : || || | | |||: : |:
mlta_ecoli.p ALSDKY-ILAYSNSLMDNFIMDVQGSGYIDFGDSPLNFFSYAGKNGHAYRSIGKLVIDR
             170        180        190      200       210
             300        310        320        ▾     330□ □□   340       ⋄350    ⋄
919.pep      GYLKLGQTSMQGILSYMRQNPQ-RLAEVLGQNPSYIFFRELAGSSNDGPV-GALGTPLMG
             | :|  : |||:|: : : : : :: |:| ||||::||:  : :     || || ::||:|
mlta_ecoli.p GEVKKEDMSMQAIRHWGETHSEAEVRELLEQNPSFVFFKPQSFA----PVKGASAVPLVG
             220       230       240       250       260           270
360 ▾      ∘        380            390       400     ⋄⋄410
919.pep      EYAGAVDRHYITLGAPLFVATAHPVTRKALN-----RLIMAQDTGSAIKGAVRVDYFWGY
             : : | ||  |  |: |:: :    :   |     ||::| |:|:||||  : | : |
mlta_ecoli.p TASVASDRSIIPPGTTLLAEVPLLDNNGKFNGQYELRLMNALDVGGAIKGQ-HFDIYQGI
             280       290       300      310       320         330
420       ∘
919.pep      GDEAGELAGKQKTTGYVWQLLP
             | |||: ||  :  | || |
mlta_ecoli.p GPEAGHRAGWYNHYGRVWVLKT
             340       350

[0175] The three possible catalytic residues are shown by the symbol ▾:

[0176] 1) Glu255 (Asp in MLTA), followed by three conserved glycines (Gly263, Gly265 and Gly272) and three conserved aromatic residues located approximately 75-77 residues downstream. These downstream residues are shown by □.

[0177] 2) Glu323 (conserved in MLTA), followed by 2 conserved glycines (Gly347 and Gly355) and two conserved aromatic residues located 84-85 residues downstream (Tyr406 or Phe407). These downstream residues are shown by ⋄.

[0178] 3) Asp362 (instead of the expected Glu), followed by one glycine (Gly 369) and a conserved aromatic residue (Trp428). These downstream residues are shown by ∘.

[0179] Alignments of polymorphic forms of 919 are disclosed in WO00/66741.

[0180] Based on the prediction of catalytic residues, three mutants of the 919 and one mutant of 907, containing each a single amino acid substitution, have been generated. The glutamic acids in position 255 and 323 and the aspartic acids in position 362 of the 919 protein and the glutamic acid in position 117 of the 907 protein, were replaced with glycine residues using PCR-based SDM. To do this, internal primers containing a codon change from Glu or Asp to Gly were designed:

		Codon
Primers	Sequences	change
919-E255 for	CGAAGACCCCGTCGgtCTTTTTTTTATG	GAA→Ggt
919-E255 rev	GTGCATAAAAAAAAGacCGACGGGGTCT
919-E323 for	AACGCCTCGCCGgtGTTTTGGGTCA	GAA→Ggt
919-E323 rev	TTTGACCCAAAACacCGGCGAGGCG
919-D362 for	TGCCGGCGCAGTCGgtCGGCACTACT	GAC→Ggt
919-D362 rev	TAATGTATGCCGacCGACTGCGCCG
907-E117 for	TGATTGAGGTGGgtAGCGCGTTCCG	GAA→Ggt
907-E117 rev	GGCGGAACGCGCTacCCACCTCAAT

[0181] Underlined nucleotides code for glycine; the mutated nucleotides are in lower case.

[0182] To generate the 919-E255, 919-E323 and 919-E362 mutants, PCR was performed using 20 ng of the pET 919-LOrf4 DNA as template, and the following primer pairs:

[0183] 1) Orf4L for/919-E255 rev

[0184] 2) 919-E255 for/919L rev

[0185] 3) Orf4L for/919-E323 rev

[0186] 4) 919-E323 for/919L rev

[0187] 5) Orf4L for/919-D362 rev

[0188] 6) 919-D362 for/919L rev

[0189] The second round of PCR was performed using the product of PCR 1-2, 3-4 or 5-6 as template, and as forward and reverse primers the “Orf4L for” and “919L rev” respectively.

[0190] For the mutant 907-E117, PCR have been performed using 200 ng of chromosomal DNA of the 2996 strain as template and the following primer pairs:

[0191] 7) 907L for/907-E117 rev

[0192] 8) 907-E117 for/907L rev

[0193] The second round of PCR was performed using the products of PCR 7 and 8 as templates and the oligos “907L for” and “907L rev” as primers.

[0194] The PCR fragments containing each mutation were processed following the standard procedure, digested with NdeI and XhoI restriction enzymes and cloned into pET-21b+ vector. The presence of each mutation was confirmed by sequence analysis.

[0195] Mutation of Glu117 to Gly in 907 is carried out similarly, as is mutation of residues Glu164, Ser213 and Asn348 in 922.

[0196] The E255G mutant of 919 shows a 50% reduction in activity; the E323G mutant shows a 70% reduction in activity; the E362G mutant shows no reduction in activity.

EXAMPLE 4

[0197] Multimeric Form

[0198] 287-GST, 919untagged and 953-His were subjected to gel filtration for analysis of quaternary structure or preparative purposes. The molecular weight of the native proteins was estimated using either FPLC Superose 12 (H/R 10/30) or Superdex 75 gel filtration columns (Pharmacia). The buffers used for chromatography for 287, 919 and 953 were 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 20 mM Bicine (pH 8.5) and 50 mM Bicine (pH 8.0), respectively.

[0199] Additionally each buffer contained 150-200 mM NaCl and 10% v/v glycerol. Proteins were dialysed against the appropriate buffer and applied in a volume of 200 μl. Gel filtration was performed with a flow rate of 0.5-2.0 ml/min and the eluate monitored at 280 nm. Fractions were collected and analysed by SDS-PAGE. Blue dextran 2000 and the molecular weight standards ribonuclease A, chymotrypsin A ovalbumin, albumin (Pharmacia) were used to calibrate the column. The molecular weight of the sample was estimated from a calibration curve of Kav vs. log Mr of the standards. Before gel filtration, 287-GST was digested with thrombin to cleave the GST moiety.

[0200] The estimated molecular weights for 287, 919 and 953-His were 73 kDa, 47 kDa and 43 kDa respectively. These results suggest 919 is monomeric while both 287 and 953 are principally dimeric in their nature. In the case of 953-His, two peaks were observed during gel filtration. The major peak (80%) represented a dimeric conformation of 953 while the minor peak (20%) had the expected size of a monomer. The monomeric form of 953 was found to have greater bactericidal activity than the dimer.

EXAMPLE 5

[0201] pSM214 and pET-24b Vectors

[0202] 953 protein with its native leader peptide and no fusion partners was expressed from the pET vector and also from pSM214 [Velati Bellini et al. (1991) J. Biotechnol. 18, 177-192].

[0203] The 953 sequence was cloned as a full-length gene into pSM214 using the E. coli MM294-1 strain as a host. To do this, the entire DNA sequence of the 953 gene (from ATG to the STOP codon) was amplified by PCR using the following primers:

953L for/2
CCGGAATTCTTATGAAMAATCATCTTCGCCGC Eco RI
953L rev/2
GCCCAAGCTTTTATTGTTTGGCTGCCTCGATT Hind III

[0204] which contain EcoRI and HindIII restriction sites, respectively. The amplified fragment was digested with EcoRI and HindIII and ligated with the pSM214 vector digested with the same two enzymes. The ligated plasmid was transformed into E.coli MM294-1 cells (by incubation in ice for 65 minutes at 37° C.) and bacterial cells plated on LB agar containing 20 μg/ml of chloramphenicol.

[0205] Recombinant colonies were grown over-night at 37° C. in 4 ml of LB broth containing 20 μg/ml of chloramphenicol; bacterial cells were centrifuged and plasmid DNA extracted as and analysed by restriction with EcoRI and HindIII. To analyse the ability of the recombinant colonies to express the protein, they were inoculated in LB broth containing 20 μg/ml of chloramphenicol and let to grown for 16 hours at 37° C. Bacterial cells were centrifuged and resuspended in PBS. Expression of the protein was analysed by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie Blue staining.

[0206] Expression levels were unexpectedly high from the pSM214 plasmid.

[0207] Oligos used to clone sequences into pSM-214 vectors were as follows:

ΔG287	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-TCGCCCGATGTTAAATCGGCGGA	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCCG	HindIII
Δ2 287	Fwd CCGGAATTTCTTATG-AGCCAAGATATGGCGGCAGT	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCCG	HindIII
Δ3 287	Fwd CCGGAATTCTTATG-TCCGCCGAATCCGCAAATCA	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCCG	HindIII
Δ4 287	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-GGAAGGGTTGATTTGGCTAATG	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTTGCCG	HindIII
Orf46.1	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTCTT	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTACGTATCATATTTCACGTGCTTC	HindIII
ΔG287.Orf46.1	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-TCGCCCGATGTTAAATCGGCGGA	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTACGTATCATATTTCACGTGCTTC	HindIII
919	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-CAAAGCAAGAGCATCCAAACCT	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTACGGGCGGTATTCGGGCT	HindIII
961L	Fwd	CCGAATTCATATG-AAACACTTTCCATCC	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	HindIII
961	Fwd	CCGGAATTCATATG-GCCACAAGCGACGAC	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	HindIII
961c L	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-AAACACTTTCCATCC	EcoRI
pSM-214	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAACCCACGTTGTAAGGTTG	HindIII
961c	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-GCCACAAACGACGACG	EcoRI
pSM-214	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAACCCACGTTGTAAGGTTG	HindIII
953	Fwd	CCGGAATTCTTATG-GCCACCTACAAAGTGGACGA	EcoRI
(pSM-214)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTATTGTTTGGCTGCCTCGATT	HindIII

[0208] These sequences were manipulated, cloned and expressed as described for 953L.

[0209] For the pET-24 vector, sequences were cloned and the proteins expressed in pET-24 as described below for pET21. pET2 has the same sequence as pET-21, but with the kanamycin resistance cassette instead of ampicillin cassette.

[0210] Oligonucleotides used to clone sequences into pET-24b vector were:

ΔG 287 K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTrAAATCGGC§	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTrGCC *	XhoI
Δ2 287 K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CAAGATATGOCGGCAGT§	NheI
Δ3 287 K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-GCCGAATCCGCAAATCA§	NheI
Δ4 287 K	Fwd	CGCGCTAGC-GGAAGGGTTGATTTGGCTAATGG§	NbeI
Orf46.1 K	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATG-GGCATTTCCCGCAAAATATC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAC-TTAACGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
Orf46A K	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATG-GGCATTTCCCGCAAAATATC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTCTATGCCTTGTGCGGCAT	XhoI
961 K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAGCGACGACGA	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	XhoI
961a K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACG	NdeI
Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCATTTAGCAATATTATCTTTGTTC	XhoI
961b K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAGCAAACAGTGCCGAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	XhoI
961c K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAACCCACGTTGTAAGGT	XhoI
961cL K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATGAAACACTTTCCATCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAACCCACGTTGTAAGGT	XhoI
961d K	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGTCTGACACTGTTTTATCC	XhoI
ΔG 287-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC	NheI
919 K	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAACGGGCGGTATTCGG	XhoI
ΔG 287-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC	NheI
Orf46.1 K	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
ΔG 287-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC	NheI
961 K	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	XhoI
* This primer was used as a Reverse primer for all the 287 forms.
§ Forward primers used in combination with the ΔG278 K reverse primer.

EXAMPLE 6

[0211] ORF1 and its Leader Peptide

[0212] ORF1 from N.meningitidis (serogroup B, strain MC58) is predicted to be an outer membrane or secreted protein. It has the following sequence:

1    MKTTDKRTTE THRKAPKTGR IRFSPAYLAI CLSFGILPQA
WAGHTYFGIN
51   YQYYEflFAEN KGXFAVGAKD IEVYNKKGEL VGKSMTKAPM
IDFSVVSENG
101  VAALVGDQYI VSVAENGGYN NVDFGAEGRN PDQHRFTYKI
VKRNNYKAGT
151  KGHPYGGDYH MPRLHKFVTD AEPVBMTSYM DGRRYIDQNN
YPDRVRIGAG
201  RQYWRSPEDE PNNRBSSYHI ASAYSWLVGG NTFAQNGSGG
GTVNLGSEKI
251  KHSPYGFLPT GGSFGDSGSP MFIYDAQKQK WLINGVLQTG
NPYIGKSNGP
301  QLVRKDWFYD EIFAGDTHSV FYEPRQNGKY SFNDDNNGTG
KINAXHEENS
351  LPHELKTRTV QLFNVSLSET AEEPVYHAAG GVNSYRPRLN
NGENISFIDE
401  GKGELILTSN INQGAGGLYF QGDFTVSPEN NETWQGAGVH
ISEDSTVTWK
451  VNGVANDELS KIGKGTLHVQ AKGENQGSIS VGDGTVILDQ
QADDKGKKQA
501  FSEIGLVSGR GTVQLNADNQ FNPDKLYFGF RGGRLDLNGH
SLSFHRIQNT
551  DEGAMIVNHN QDKESTVTIT GNKDIATTGN NNSLDSKKEI
AYNGWPGEKD
601  TTKTNGRLNL VYQPAAEDRT LLLSGGTNLN GNITQTNGKL
PFSGEPTPHA
651  YNHLNDHWSQ KEGIPRGEIV WDNDWINRTF KAENFQIKGG
QAVVSRNVAK
701  VKGDWHLSNH AQAVFGVAPH QSHTICTRSD WTGLTNCVEK
TITDDKVIAS
751  LTKTDISGNV DLADHAHLNL TGLATLNGNL SANGDTRYTV
SHNATQNGNL
801  SLVGNAQATF NQATLNGNTS ASGNASFNLS DHAVQNGSLT
LSGNAKANVS
851  HBALNGNVBL ADKAVFEFES SRFTGQISGG KDTALHLKDS
EWTLPSGTEL
901  GNLNLDNATI TLNSAYRHDA AGAQTGSATD APRPESRRSR
RSLLSVTPPT
951  SVESEPNTLT VNGKLNGQGT FRFMSELFGY RSDKLKLAES
SEGTYTLAVN
1001 NTGNEPABLE QLTVVEGKDN KPLSENLNFT LQNEEVDAGA
WRYQLIRKDG
1051 EFEIMNPVKB QELSDKLGKA EAXKQAEKDN AQSLDALIAA
GRDAVEKTES
1101 VAEPARQAGG ENVOINQABE EKKRVQADKD TALAKQREAE
TRPATTAFPR
1151 APRAPPDLPQ LQPQPQPQPQ EDLISRYANS GLSEFSATLN
SVPAVQDELD
1201 RVPABDRRNA VWTSGIRDTK HYRSQDFEAY RQQTDLRQIG
MQKHLGSGRV
1251 GILFSHNRTE NTFDDGIGNS APLAHGAVFG QYGIDEPYIG
ISAGAGFSSG
1301 SLSDGIGGKI ERRVLHYGIQ ARYRAGFGGF GIEPHIGATE
YFVQKADYRY
1351 ENVNIATPGL AFNRYRAGIK ADYSFKPAQH ISITPYLSLS
YTDAASGKVR
1401 TRVNTAVLAQ DPGKTRSAEW GVNAEIKGPT LSLHAAAAKG
PQLEAQHSAG
1451 IKLGYEW*

[0213] The leader peptide is underlined.

[0214] A polymorphic form of ORF1 is disclosed in WO99/55873.

[0215] Three expression strategies have been used for ORF1:

[0216] 1) ORF1 using a His tag, following WO99/24578 (ORF1-His);

[0217] 2) ORF1 with its own leader peptide but without any fusion partner (‘ORF1L’); and

[0218] 3) ORF1 with the leader peptide (MKKTAIAIAVALAGFATVAQA) from E.coli OmpA (‘Orf1LOmpA’):

MKKTAIAIAVALAGGATVAQAASAGTYFGINYQYYRDFAENKGKFAVGADKIEVYNKKGELVGKSMTKAPMIDFSV
VSRNGVAALVGDQYIVSVAHNGGYNNVDFGAEGRNPDQHRFTYKIVKRNNYKAGTKGHPYGGDYHMPRLHKFVTDAE
PVEMTSYDGRKYIDQNNYPDRVRIGAGRQYWRSDEDEPNNRESSYHIASAYSWLVGGNTFAQNGSGGGTVNLGSEK
IKHSPYQFLPTGGSFGDSGSPMFIYDAQKQKWLINGVLQTGNPYIGKSNGFQLVRKDWFYDEIFAGDTHSVFYEPRQ
NGKYSFNDDNGTGKINAKHEHNSLPNRILKTRTVQLFNVSLSETAREPVYHAAGGVNSYRPLNNGENISFIDEGKG
ELILTSNINQGAGGLYFQGDFTVSPENNETWQGAGVHISEDSTVTWKVNGVANDRLSKIGKGTLHVQAKGENQGSIS
VGDGTVILDQQADDKQKKQAFSEIGLVSGRGTVQLNADNQFNPDKLYFGFRGGBLDLNGHSLSFHRIQNTDEGAMIV
NHNQDKESTVTITGDIATTGIQNNSLDSKKEIAYNGWFGDEKDTTKTNGRLNLVYQPAAEDRTLLLSGGTNLNGNIT
QTNGKLFFSGRPTPHAYNHLNDHWSQKEGIPRGEIVWDNDWINRTFKAENFQIKGGQAVVSRNVAKVKGDWHLSNHA
QAVFGVAPHQSHTICTRSDWTGLTNCVERTITDDKVIASLTKTDISNGVDLADHAHLNLTGALTLNGNLSANGDTRY
TVSHNATQNGNLSLVGNAQATPNQATIMGNTSASGNASFNLSDHAVQNGSLTLSGNAKANVSHSALNGNVSLADKAV
FHFESSRFTGQISGGKDTALHLKDSEWTLPSGTELGNLNDNATITLNSAYRHDAAGAQTGSATDAPRRRSRRSRRS
LLSVTPPTSVESRFNTLTVNGKLNGQGTFRFMSELFGYRSDKLKAESSEGTYYTLAVNNTGNEASLEQLTVVEGKD
NKPLSENLNFTLQNEHVDAGWRYQLIRKDGEFRLHNPVKEQELSDKLGKAEAKKQAEKDNAQSDALIAAGRDAVE
KTSEVAEPARQAGGENVGIMQAEEEKKRVQADKDTALAKQREAETRPATTAFPRARRARRDLPQLQPAPAPAPARDL
ISRYANSGLSEFSATLNSFVAVQDELDRVFAEDRRNAVWTSGIRDTKHYRSQDFAYRQQTDLRQIGMQKNLGSGRV
GILFSNGRTENTFDDGIGNSARLAHGAVGGYGIDRFYIGISAGAGFSSGSLSDGIGGKIRRRVLHGIQARYRAGF
GGFGIEPHIGATRYFVQADYRYENVIATPGLAFNRYRAGIKADYSFKPAQHISITPYLSLSYTDAASGKVRTTVN
TAVLAQDFQKTPBABWGVNARIKGPTLSLHAAGPQLEAQHSAGIKIIGYRW*

[0219] To make this construct, the clone pET911LOmpA (see below) was digested with the NheI and XhoI restriction enzymes and the fragment corresponding to the vector carrying the OmpA leader sequence was purified (pETLOmpA). The ORF1 gene coding for the mature protein was amplified using the oligonucleotides ORF1-For and ORF1-Rev (including the NheI and XhoI restriction sites, respectively), digested with NheI and XhoI and ligated to the purified pETOmpA fragment (see FIG. 1). An additional AS dipeptide was introduced by the NheI site.

[0220] All three forms of the protein were expressed. The His-tagged protein could be purified and was confirmed as surface exposed, and possibly secreted (see FIG. 3). The protein was used to immunise mice, and the resulting sera gave excellent results in the bactericidal assay.

[0221] ORF1LOmpA was purified as total membranes, and was localised in both the inner and outer membranes. Unexpectedly, sera raised against ORF1LOmpA show even better ELISA and anti-bactericidal properties than those raised against the His-tagged protein.

[0222] ORF1L was purified as outer membranes, where it is localised.

EXAMPLE 7

[0223] Protein 911 and its Leader Peptide

[0224] Protein 911 from N.meningitidis (serogroup B, strain MC58) has the following sequence:

1   MKKNILEFWV GLFVLIGAAA VAFLAFRVAG GAAFGGSDKT
YAVYADFGDI
51  GGLKVNAPVK SAGVLVGRVG AIGLDPKSYQ ARVRLDLDGK
YQFSSDVSAQ
101 ILTBGLLGEQ YIGLQQGGDT ENLAAGDTIS VTSSAMVLEN
LIQKPHTSFA
151 RKNADGGNAB KAAB*

[0225] The leader peptide is underlined.

[0226] Three expression strategies have been used for 911:

[0227] 1) 911 with its own leader peptide but without any fusion partner (‘911L’);

[0228] 2) 911 with the leader peptide from E.coli OmpA (‘911LOmpA’). To make this construct, the entire sequence encoding the OmpA leader peptide was included in the 5′-primer as a tail (primer 911LOmpA Forward). A NheI restriction site was inserted between the sequence coding for the OmpA leader peptide and the 911 gene encoding the predicted mature protein (insertion of one amino acid, a serine), to allow the use of this construct to clone different genes downstream the OmpA leader peptide sequence.

[0229] 3) 911 with the leader peptide (MKYLLPTAAAGLLAAQPAMA) from Erwinia carotovora PelB (‘911LpeIB’).

[0230] To make this construct, the 5′-end PCR primer was designed downstream from the leader sequence and included the NcoI restriction site in order to have the 911 fused directly to the PelB leader sequence; the 3′-end primer included the STOP codon. The expression vector used was pET22b+ (Novagen), which carries the coding sequence for the PelB leader peptide. The NcoI site introduces an additional methionine after the PelB sequence.

[0231] All three forms of the protein were expressed. ELISA titres were highest using 911L, with 919LOmpA also giving good results.

EXAMPLE 8

[0232] ORF46

[0233] The complete ORF46 protein from N.meningitidis (serogroup B, strain 2996) has the following sequence:

1   LGISRKISLI LSILAVCLPM HAHASDLAND SFIRQVLDRQ
HPBPDGKYHL
51  FGSRGELAER SGHIGLGKIQ SHQLGNLMIQ QAAIKGNIGY
IVRFSDHGHE
101 VHSPFDNHAS HSDSDEAGSP VDGFSLYRZH WDGYEHHPAD
GYDGPQGGGY
151 PAPKGAPDIY SYDIKGVAQN IRLNLTDNRS TGQRLADRFH
NAGSNLTQGV
201 GDGFKRATRY SPELDRSGNA AEAFNGTADI VKNIIGAAGE
IVQAGDAVQG
251 ISEGSNIAVH HGLGLLSTEN KMARINDLAD MAQLKDYAAA
AIRDWAVQNP
301 NAAQGIEAVS NIFMAAIPZK GIGAVRGKYG LGGITAHPIK
RSQMGAIALP
351 KGKSAVSDNF ADAAYAKYPS PYHSRNIRSN LEQRYGKBNI
TSSTVPPSNG
401 KNVKLADQEH PKTGVPFDGK GFPNFEKHVK YDTKLDIQEL
SGQGIPKAXP
451 VSDAKPRWHV DRKLNKLTTR EQVEKNVQEI RNGNKNSNFS
QHAQLEEEIN
501 KLXSADEINF ADGMGKFTDS NNDKAPSPLV KSVKENGFTN
PVVRYVEING
551 KAYIVRGNNR VFAAEYLGRI HELKFKKVDF PVPNTSWKNP
TDVLNESGNV
601 KRPRYRSK*

[0234] The leader peptide is underlined.

[0235] The sequences of ORF46 from other strains can be found in WO00/66741.

[0236] Three expression strategies have been used for ORF46:

[0237] 1) ORF46 with its own leader peptide but without any fusion partner (‘ORF46-2L’);

[0238] 2) ORF46 without its leader peptide and without any fusion partner (‘ORF46-2’), with the leader peptide omitted by designing the 5′-end amplification primer downstream from the predicted leader sequence:

1   SDLANDSFIR QVLDRQHFEP DGKYHLFGSR GBLAERSGHI
GLGKIQSHQL
51  GNLHIQQAAI KGNIGYIVRP SDHGHEVHSP FDNHASHSDS
DEAGSPVDGF
101 SLYPJHWDGY EHHPAflGYDG PQGGGYPAPK GARDIYSYDI
KGVAQNIRLN
151 LTDNRSTGQR LADRFHNAGS MTLTQGVGDGF KRATRYSPEL
DRSGNAAEAF
201 NGTADIVKNI IGAAGEIVGA GDAVQGISRG SNIAVMHGLG
LLSTENKMAR
251 INDLADMAQL KDYAAAAZRD WAVQNPNAAQ GIEAVSNIFM
AAIPIKGIGA
301 VRGKYGLGGI TAHPIKRSQM GAIALPKGKS AVSDNFADAA
YARYPBPYHS
351 RNIRSNLRQR YGKENZTSST VPPSNGKNVK LADQRHPKTG
VPPDGKGFPN
401 FBKHVKYDTK LDIQELSGGG IPKAKPVBDA KPRNHVDRKL
NKLTTREQVE
451 KNVQEIRNGN KNSNFSQHAQ LEREINKLKS ADEINFADGM
GKFTDSMNDK
501 APSRLVKSVK ENGFTNPVVE YVBINGKAYI VRGNNRVFAA
BYLGRIHRLK
551 FKKVDFPVPN TSWKNPTDVL NESGNVKRPR YRSK*

[0239]  3) ORF46 as a truncated protein, consisting of the first 433 amino acids (‘ORF46.1L’), constructed by designing PCR primers to amplify a partial sequence corresponding to aa 1-433. A STOP codon was included in the 3′-end primer sequences.

[0240] ORF46-2L is expressed at a very low level to E.coli. Removal of its leader peptide (ORF46-2) does not solve this problem. The truncated ORF46.1L form (first 433 amino acids, which are well conserved between serogroups and species), however, is well-expressed and gives excellent results in ELISA test and in the bactericidal assay.

[0241] ORF46.1 has also been used as the basis of hybrid proteins. It has been fused with 287, 919, and ORF1. The hybrid proteins were generally insoluble, but gave some good ELISA and bactericidal results (against the homologous 2996 strain):

	Protein	ELISA	Bactericidal Ab
	Orf1-Orf46.1-His	850	256
	919-Orf46.1-His	12900	512
	919-287-Orf46-His	n.d.	n.d.
	Orf46.1-287His	150	8192
	Orf46.1-919His	2800	2048
	Orf46.1-287-919His	3200	16384

[0242] For comparison, ‘triple’ hybrids of ORF46.1, 287 (either as a GST fusion, or in ΔG287 form) and 919 were constructed and tested against various strains (including the homologous 2996 strain) versus a simple mixture of the three antigens. FCA was used as adjuvant:

	2996	BZ232	MC58	NGH38	F6124	BZ133
Mixture	8192	256	512	1024	>2048	>2048
ORF46.1-287-919his	16384	256	4096	8192	8192	8192
ΔG287-919-ORF46.1his	8192	64	4096	8192	8192	16384
ΔG287-ORF46.1-919his	4096	128	256	8192	512	1024

[0243] Again, the hybrids show equivalent or superior immunological activity.

[0244] Hybrids of two proteins (strain 2996) were compared to the individual proteins against various heterologous strains:

		1000	MC58	F6124 (MenA)
	ORF46.1-His	<4	4096	<4
	ORF1-His	8	256	128
	ORF1-ORF46.1-His	1024	512	1024

[0245] Again, the hybrid shows equivalent or superior immunological activity.

EXAMPLE 9

[0246] Protein 961

[0247] The complete 961 protein from N.meningitidis (serogroup B, strain MC58) has the following sequence:

1   MSMKHFPAKV LTTAILATFC SGALAATSDD DVKKAATVAI
VAAYNNGQEI
51  NGFKAGETIY DIGEDGTITQ KDATAADVBA DDFKGLGLKK
VVTNLTKTVN
101 ENKQNVDAKV KAAESEIEKL TTKLADTDAA LADTDAALDE
TTNALNKLGE
151 NITTFABETK TNIVKIDEKL EAVADTVDKH AEAFNDZADS
LDBTNTKADE
201 AVKTANEAKQ TAEETKQNVD AKVKAAETAA GKABAAAGTA
NTAADXAEAV
251 AAKVTDIKAD IATNKADIAK NSAPJDSLDK NVANLEKETR
QGLAEQAALS
301 GLPQPYNVGR FNVTAAVGGY KS3SAVAIGT GFRFTENFAA
KAGVAVGTSS
351 GSSAAYHVGV NYEW*

[0248] The leader peptide is underlined.

[0249] Three approaches to 961 expression were used:

[0250] 1) 961 using a GST fusion, following WO99/57280 (‘GST961’);

[0251] 2) 961 with its own leader peptide but without any fusion partner (‘961L’); and

[0252] 3) 961 without its leader peptide and without any fusion partner (‘961untagged’), with the leader peptide omitted by designing the 5′-end PCR primer downstream from the predicted leader sequence.

[0253] All three forms of the protein were expressed. The GST-fusion protein could be purified and antibodies against it confirmed that 961 is surface exposed (FIG. 4). The protein was used to immunise mice, and the resulting sera gave excellent results in the bactericidal assay. 961L could also be purified and gave very high ELISA titres.

[0254] Protein 961 appears to be phase variable. Furthermore, it is not found in all strains of N.meningitidis.

EXAMPLE 10

[0255] Protein 287

[0256] Protein 287 from N.meningitidis (serogroup B, strain 2996) has the following sequence:

1   MFERSVIAMA CIFALSACGG GGGQSPDVKS ADTLSKPAAP
VVAEKETBVK
51  EDAPQAGSQG QGAPSTQGSQ DMAAVSAENT GNGGAATTDK
PKNEDEGPQN
101 DMPQNSAESA NQTGNNQPAD SSDSAPASNP APANGGSNFG
RVDLANGVLI
151 DGPSQNITLT HCKGDSCNGD NLLDEEAPSK SEFHNLNESR
RIEKYKKDGK
201 SDKFTNLVAT AVQANGTNKY VIIYRDKSAS SSSAPPRRSA
RSRRSLPAEH
251 PLIPVNQADT LIVDGEAVSL TGHSGNIPAP EGNYRYLTYG
AEKLPGGSYA
301 LRVQGEPAKG ENLAGTAVYN GEVLHFHTEN GRPYPTRGRF
AAXVDFGSKS
351 VDGIIDSGDD LHMGTQKFKA AIDGNGFKGT WTENGGGDVS
GRFYGPAGEE
401 VAGKYSYRPT DAEKGGFGVF AGKKEQD*

[0257] The leader peptide is shown underlined.

[0258] The sequences of 287 from other strains can be found in FIGS. 5 and 15 of WO00/66741.

[0259] Example 9 of WO99/57280 discloses the expression of 287 as a GST-fusion in E.coli.

[0260] A number of further approaches to expressing 287 in E.coli have been used, including:

[0261] 1) 287 as a His-tagged fusion (‘287-His’);

[0262] 2) 287 with its own leader peptide but without any fusion partner (‘287L’);

[0263] 3) 287 with the ORF4 leader peptide and without any fusion partner (‘287LOrf4’); and

[0264] 4) 287 without its leader peptide and without any fusion partner (‘287untagged ’):

1   CGGGQGGSPD VKSADTLSKP AAPVVAEKET EVKEDAPQAG
SQGQGAPSTQ
51  GSQDMAAVSA BNTGNGGAAT TDKPKNEDEG PQNDHPQNSA
ESANQTGNNQ
101 PADSSDSAPA SNPAPMTGGS NFGRVDLANG VLIDGPSQNI
TLTHCKGDSC
153 NGDNLLDEEA PSKSEPENLN ESERIEKYRK DGKSDKFTNL
VATAVQANGT
201 NKYVIIYKDK SASSSSARFR RSARSRRSLP AEMPLIPVNQ
ADTLIVDGEA
251 VSLTQHSGNI FAPEGNYRYL TYGAEKLPGG SYALRVQGEP
AKGEMAAGTA
301 VYNGEVLHFH TENGRPYPTR GRFAAKVDFG SKSVDGIIDS
GDDLHHGTQK
351 FKAAIDGNGF KGTWTENGGG DVSGRPYGPA GEEVAGRYSY
RPTDAEKGGF
401 GVFAGEKEQD *

[0265] All these proteins could be expressed and purified

[0266] ‘287L’ and ‘287LOrf4’ were confirmed as lipoproteins.

[0267] As shown in FIG. 2, ‘287LOrf4’ was constructed by digesting 919LOrf4 with NheI and XhoI. The entire ORF4 leader peptide was restored by the addition of a DNA sequence coding for the missing amino acids, as a tail, in the 5′-end primer (287LOrf4 for), fused to 287 coding sequence. The 287 gene coding for the mature protein was amplified using the oligonucleotides 287LOrf4 For and Rev (including the NheI and XhoI sites, respectively), digested with NheI and XhoI and ligated to the purified pETOrf4 fragment.

EXAMPLE 11

[0268] Further Non-Fusion Proteins with/without Native Leader Peptides

[0269] A similar approach was adopted for E.coli expression of further proteins from WO99/24578, WO99/36544 and WO99/57280.

[0270] The following were expressed without a fusion partner: 008, 105, 117-1, 121-1, 122-1, 128-1, 148, 216, 243, 308, 593, 652, 726, 982, and Orf143-1. Protein 117-1 was confirmed as surface-exposed by FACS and gave high ELISA titres.

[0271] The following were expressed with the native leader peptide but without a fusion partner: 111, 149, 206, 225-1, 235, 247-1, 274, 283, 286, 292, 401, 406, 502-1, 503, 519-1, 525-1, 552, 556, 557, 570, 576-1, 580, 583, 664, 759, 907, 913, 920-1, 926, 936-1, 953, 961, 983, 989, Orf4, Orf7-1, Orf9-1, Orf23, Orf25, Orf37, Orf38, Orf40, Orf40.1, Orf40.2, Orf72-1, Orf76-1, Orf85-2, Orf91, Orf97-1, Orf119, Orf143.1. These proteins are given the suffix ‘L’.

[0272] His-tagged protein 760 was expressed with and without its leader peptide. The deletion of the signal peptide greatly increased expression levels. The protein could be purified most easily using 2M urea for solubilisation.

[0273] His-tagged protein 264 was well-expressed using its own signal peptide, and the 30 kDa protein gave positive Western blot results.

[0274] All proteins were successfully expressed.

[0275] The localisation of 593, 121-1, 128-1, 593, 726, and 982 in the cytoplasm was confirmed.

[0276] The localisation of 920-1L, 953L, ORF9-1L, ORF85-2L, ORF97-1L, 570L, 580L and 664L in the periplasm was confirmed.

[0277] The localisation of ORF40L in the outer membrane, and 008 and 519-1L in the inner membrane was confirmed. ORF25L, ORF4L, 406L, 576-1L were all confirmed as being localised in the membrane.

[0278] Protein 206 was found not to be a lipoprotein.

[0279] ORF25 and ORF40 expressed with their native leader peptides but without fusion partners, and protein 593 expressed without its native leader peptide and without a fusion partner, raised good anti-bactericidal sera. Surprisingly, the forms of ORF25 and ORF40 expressed without fusion partners and using their own leader peptides (i.e. ‘ORF25L’ and ‘ORF40L’) give better results in the bactericidal assay than the fusion proteins.

[0280] Proteins 920L and 953L were subjected to N-terminal sequencing, giving HRVWVETAH and ATYKVDEYHANARFAF, respectively. This sequencing confirms that the predicted leader peptides were cleaved and, when combined with the periplasmic location, confirms that the proteins are correctly processed and localised by E.coli when expressed from their native leader peptides.

[0281] The N-terminal sequence of protein 519.1L localised in the inner membrane was MEFFIILLA, indicating that the leader sequence is not cleaved. It may therefore function as both an uncleaved leader sequence and a transmembrane anchor in a manner similar to the leader peptide of PBP1 from N.gonorrhoeae [Ropp & Nicholas (1997) J. Bact. 179:2783-2787.]. Indeed the N-terminal region exhibits strong hydrophobic character and is predicted by the Tmpred. program to be transmembrane.

EXAMPLE 12

[0282] Lipoproteins

[0283] The incorporation of palmitate in recombinant lipoproteins was demonstrated by the method of Kraft et. al. [J. Bact. (1998) 180:3441-3447.]. Single colonies harbouring the plasmid of interest were grown overnight at 37° C. in 20 ml of LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid culture. The culture was diluted to an OD550 of 0.1 in 5.0 ml of fresh medium LB/Amp medium containing 5 μC/ml [3H] palmitate (Amersham). When the OD550 of the culture reached 0.4-0.8, recombinant lipoprotein was induced for 1 hour with IPTG (final concentration 1.0 mM). Bacteria were harvested by centrifugation in a bench top centrifuge at 2700 g for 15 min and washed twice with 1.0 ml cold PBS. Cells were resuspended in 120 μl of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 1 mM EDTA, 1.0% w/v SDS and lysed by boiling for 10 min. After centrifugation at 13000 g for 10 min the supernatant was collected and proteins precipitated by the addition of 1.2 ml cold acetone and left for 1 hour at −20° C. Protein was pelleted by centrifugation at 13000 g for 10 min and resuspended in 20-50μl (calculated to standardise loading with respect to the final O.D of the culture) of 1.0% w/v SDS. An aliquot of 15 μl was boiled with 5 μl of SDS-PAGE sample buffer and analysed by SDS-PAGE. After electrophoresis gels were fixed for 1 hour in 10% v/v acetic acid and soaked for 30 minutes in Amplify solution (Amersham). The gel was vacuum-dried under heat and exposed to Hyperfilm (Kodak) overnight −80° C.

[0284] Incorporation of the [3H] palmitate label, confirming lipidation, was found for the following proteins: Orf4L, Orf25L, 287L, 287LOrf4, 406.L, 576L, 926L, 919L and 919LOrf4.

EXAMPLE 13

[0285] Domains in 287

[0286] Based on homology of different regions of 287 to proteins that belong to different functional classes, it was split into three ‘domains’, as shown in FIG. 5. The second domain shows homology to IgA proteases, and the third domain shows homology to transferrin-binding proteins.

[0287] Each of the three ‘domains’ shows a different degree of sequence conservation between N. meningitidis strains—domain C is 98% identical, domain A is 83% identical, whilst domain B is only 71% identical. Note that protein 287 in strain MC58 is 61 amino acids longer than that of strain 2996. An alignment of the two sequences is shown in FIG. 7, and alignments for various strains are disclosed in WO0/66741 (see FIGS. 5 and 15 therein).

[0288] The three domains were expressed individually as C-terminal His-tagged proteins. This was done for the MC58 and 2996 strains, using the following constructs:

[0289] 287a-MC58 (aa 1-202), 287b-MC58 (aa 203-288), 287c-MC58 (aa 311-488).

[0290] 287a-2996 (aa 1-139), 287b-2996 (aa 140-225), 287c-2996 (aa 250-427).

[0291] To make these constructs, the stop codon sequence was omitted in the 3′-end primer sequence. The 5′ primers included the NheI restriction site, and the 3′ primers included a XhoI as a tail, in order to direct the cloning of each amplified fragment into the expression vector pET21b+ using NdeI-XhoI, NheI-XhoI or NdeI-HindIII restriction sites.

[0292] All six constructs could be expressed, but 287b-MC8 required denaturation and refolding for solubilisation.

[0293] Deletion of domain A is described below (‘Δ4 287-His’).

[0294] Immunological data (serum bactericidal assay) were also obtained using the various domains from strain 2996, against the homologous and heterologous MenB strains, as well as MenA (F6124 strain) and MenC (BZ133 strain):

	2996	BZ232	MC58	NGH38	394/98	MenA	MenC
287-His	32000	16	4096	4096	512	8000	16000
287(B)-His	256	—	—	—	—	16	—
287(C)-His	256	—	32	512	32	2048	>2048
287(B-C)-His	64000	128	4096	64000	1024	64000	32000

[0295] Using the domains of strain MC58, the following results were obtained:.

	MC58	2996	BZ232	NGH38	394/98	MenA	MenC
287-His	4096	32000	16	4096	512	8000	16000
287(B)-His	128	128	—	—	—	—	128
287(C)-His	—	16	—	1024	—	512	—
287(B-C)-His	16000	64000	128	64000	512	64000	>8000

EXAMPLE 14

[0296] Deletions in 287

[0297] As well as expressing individual domains, 287 was also expressed (as a C-terminal His-tagged protein) by making progressive deletions within the first domain. These Four deletion mutants of protein 287 from strain 2996 were used (FIG. 6):

[0298] 1) ‘287-His’, consisting of amino acids 18-427 (i.e. leader peptide deleted);

[0299] 2) ‘Δ1 287-His’, consisting of amino acids 26-427;

[0300] 3) ‘Δ2 287-His’, consisting of amino acids 70-427;

[0301] 4) ‘Δ3 287-His’, consisting of amino acids 107-427; and

[0302] 5) ‘Δ4 287-His’, consisting of amino acids 140-427 (=287-bc).

[0303] The ‘Δ4’ protein was also made for strain MC58 (‘Δ4 287MC58-His’; aa 203-488).

[0304] The constructs were made in the same way as 287a/b/c, as described above.

[0305] All six constructs could be expressed and protein could be purified. Expression of 287-His was, however, quite poor.

[0306] Expression was also high when the C-terminal His-tags were omitted.

[0307] Immunological data (serum bactericidal assay) were also obtained using the deletion mutants, against the homologous (2996) and heterologous MenB strains, as well as MenA (F6124 strain) and MenC (BZ133 strain):

	2996	BZ232	MC58	NGH38	394/98	MenA	MenC
287-his	32000	16	4096	4096	512	8000	16000
Δ1 287-His	16000	128	4096	4096	1024	8000	16000
Δ2 287-His	16000	128	4096	>2048	512	16000	>8000
Δ3 287-His	16000	128	4096	>2048	512	16000	>8000
Δ4 287-His	64000	128	4096	64000	1024	64000	32000

[0308] The same high activity for the Δ4 deletion was seen using the sequence from strain MC58.

[0309] As well as showing superior expression characteristics, therefore, the mutants are immunologically equivalent or superior.

EXAMPLE 15

[0310] Poly-Glycine Deletions

[0311] The ‘Δ1 287-His’ construct of the previous example differs from 287-His and from ‘287untagged’ only by a short N-terminal deletion (GGGGGS). Using an expression vector which replaces the deleted serine with a codon present in the Nhe cloning site, however, this amounts to a deletion only of (Gly)6. Thus, the deletion of this (Gly)6 sequence has been shown to have a dramatic effect on protein expression.

[0312] The protein lacking the N-terminal amino acids up to GGGGGG is called ‘ΔG 287’. In strain MC58, its sequence (leader peptide underlined) is:

    ΔG287
1   MFKRSVIAMA CIFALSACGG GGGGSPDVKS ADTLSKPAAP
VVSEKETEAK
51  EDAPQAGSQG QGAPSAQGSQ DMAAVSEENT GNGGAVTADN
PKNBDEVAQN
101 DMPQNAAGTD SSTPNHTPDP NMLAGNNENQ ATDAGESSQP
ANQPDMANAA
151 DGMQGDDPSA GGQNAGNTAA QGANQAGNNQ AAGSSDPIPA
SNPAPANGGS
201 NFGRVDLANG VLIDGPSQNI TLTHCKGDSC SGNNFLDBEV
QLKSEFEKLS
251 DADKISNYKK DGKNDKFVGL VADSVQMKGI NQYIIFYKPK
PTSFARPRRS
301 ARSEPSLPAE MPLIPVNQAD TLIVDGEAVS LTGHSGNIFA
PEGNYRYLTY
351 GABKLPGGSY ALRVQGEPAK GEKLAGAAVY NGEVLRFHTE
NGRPYPTRGR
401 FAAKVDFGSK SVDGIIDSGD DLMHGDQKFK AAIDGNGFKG
TWTENGSGDV
451 SGKFYGPAGE RVAGKYSYRP TDAEKGGFGV FAGKKEQD*

[0313] ΔG287, with or without His-tag (‘ΔG287-His’ and ‘ΔG287K’, respectively), are expressed at very good levels in comparison with the ‘287-His’ or ‘287untagged’.

[0314] On the basis of gene variability data, variants of ΔG287-His were expressed in E.coli from a number of MenB strains, in particular from strains 2996, MC58, 1000, and BZ232. The results were also good.

[0315] It was hypothesised that poly-Gly deletion might be a general strategy to improve expression. Other MenB lipoproteins containing similar (Gly)n motifs (near the N-terminus, downstream of a cysteine) were therefore identified, namely Tbp2 (NMB0460), 741 (NMB 1870) and 983 (NMB1969):

TBP2 ΔGTbp2
1    MNNPLVNQAA MVLPVFLLSACWGGGSFDL DSVDTEAPRP
APKYQDVFSB
51   KPQAQKDQGG YGFAMRLKER NWYPQAXEDB VKLDESDWHA
TGLPDEPKEL
101  PKRQRSVIBK VRTDSDNNIY SSPYLKPSNH QNGNTGNGIN
QPKNQAXDYE
151  NFKYVYSGWF YKHAKREFNL KVBPKSAKNG DDGYIFYHGK
EPSRQLPASG
201  KITYKGVWHF ATDTKKGQKF REIIQPSKBQ GDRYSGFSGD
DGEEYSNKNK
251  STLTDGQEGY GFTSNLEVDF HNKKLTGKLI RNNANTDNNQ
ATTTQYYSLB
301  AQVTGNRPNG KATATDKPQQ NSETXBHPPV SDSSSLSGGF
FGPQGEELGF
351  RPLSDDQKVA VVGSAKTKDK PANGNTAAAS GGTDAAASNG
AAGTSSENGK
401  LTTVLDAVEL KLGDKEVQKL DNFSNAAQLV VDGIMIPLLP
EASESGNNQA
451  NQGTNGGTAP TRKFDHTPES DKKDAQAGTQ TNGAQTASNT
AGDTNGKTKT
501  YEVEVCCSNL NYLKYGMLTR KNSKSAMQAG ESSSQADAKT
EQVEQSMFLQ
551  GERTDEKEIP SEQNIVYRGS WYGYIANDXS TSWSGNASNA
TSGNRAEFTV
601  NFADKKITGT LTADNRQEAT FTIDGNIKDN GFEGTAKTAE
SGFDLDQSNT
651  TRTPKAYITD AKVQGGPYGP KAEELGGWFA YPGDKQTKNA
TNASGNSSAT
701  VVFGAKRQQP VR*
741  ΔG741
1    VNRTAPCCLS LTTALILTAC SSGGGGVAAD IGAGLADALT
APLDHKDKGL
51   QSLTLDQSVR KNEKLKLAAQ GAEKTYGNGD SLNTGKLKND
KVSRFDFIRQ
101  IEVDGQLITL ESGEFQVYKQ SHSALTAPQT EQIQDSEHSG
KMVAKRQFRI
151  GDIAGEHTSF DKLPEGGRAT YRGTAFGSDD AGGKLTYTID
FAAKQGNGKI
201  EHLKSPELNV DLAAADIKPD GKRHAVISGS VLYNQAEKGS
YSLGIFGGKA
251  QEVAGSAEVK TVNGIRHIGL AAKQ*
983  ΔG983
1    MRTTPTPPTK TDXPTAMALA VATTLSACLG GGGGGTSAPD
FNAGGTGIGS
51   NSRATTAKSA AVSYAGIKNE HCKDRSNLCA GRDDVAVTDR
DAKINAPPPN
101  LHTGDFPNPN DAYKNLINLK PAIEAGYTGR GVEVGIVDTG
ESVGSISFPE
151  LYGRKEHGYN ENYKNYTAYM RKEAPEDGGG KDIEASFDDE
AVIETEAKPT
201  DIRHVKEIGR IDLVSHIIGG RSVDGRPAGG IAPDATLHIM
NTNDETKNEM
251  MVAAIRNAWV KLGERGVPJV NNSPGTTSEA GTADLFQIAN
SEEQYRQALL
301  DYSGGDKTDE GIRLMQQSDY GNLSYHIRNK NMLFXFSTGN
DAQAQPNTYA
351  LLPFYEKDAQ KGIITVAGVD RSGEKFKREM YGRPGTEPLR
YGSNHCGITA
401  MWCLSAPYEA SVRPTRTNPI QIAGTSFSAP IVTGTAALLL
QKTPWMSNDN
451  LRTTLLTTAQ DIGAVGVDSK FGWGLLDAGK AMNGPASFPF
GDPTADTKGT
501  SDIAYSFRND ISGTGGLIKK GGSQLQLHGN NTYTGKTXIE
GGSLVLYGNN
551  KSDMRVETKG ALIYNGAASG GSLNSDGIVY LADTDQSGAN
BTVHIXGSLQ
601  LDGKGTLYTR LGKLLKVDGT AIIGGKLYMS ARGKGAGYLN
STGRRVPFLS
651  AAKIGQDYSF FTNXETDGGL LASLDSVBKT AGSEGDTLSY
YVRRGNAART
701  ASAAAHSAPA GLKHAVEQGG SNLENLMVEL DASRSSATPE
TVETAAADRT
751  DMPGIRPYGA TFRAAAAVQH ANAADGVRIF NSLAATVYAD
STAAHADMQG
801  RRLKAVSDGL DHNGTGLRVI AQTQQDGGTW EQGGVEGKMR
GSTQTVGIAA
851  KTGENTTAAA TLGMGRSTWS ENSANAKTDS ISLFAGIRHD
AGDIGYLKGL
901  FSYGRYKNSI SRSTGADEHA EGSVNGTLMQ LGALGGVNVP
PAATGDLTVE
951  GGLRYDLLKQ DAFAEKGSAL GWSGNSLTEG TLVGLAGLKL
SQPLSDKAVL
1001 FATAGVERDL NGRDYTVTGG FTGATAATGK TGARMNPHTR
LVAGLGADVE
1051 FGNGWNGLAR YSYAGSKQYG NHSGRVGVGY RF*

[0316] Thp2 and 741 genes were from strain MC58; 983 and 287 genes were from strain 2996. These were cloned in pET vector and expressed in E.coli without the sequence coding for their leader peptides or as “ΔG forms”, both fused to a C-terminal His-tag. In each case, the same effect was seen—expression was good in the clones carrying the deletion of the poly-glycine stretch, and poor or absent if the glycines were present in the expressed protein:

ORF	Express.	Purification	Bact. Activity
287-His(2996)	+/−	+	+
‘287untagged’(2996)	+/−	nd	nd
ΔG287-His(2996)	+	+	+
ΔG287K(2996)	+	+	+
ΔG287-His(MC58)	+	+	+
ΔG287-His(1000)	+	+	+
ΔG287-His(BZ232)	+	+	+
Tbp2-His(MC58)	+/−	nd	nd
ΔGTbp2-His(MC58)	+	+
741-His(MC58)	+/−	nd	nd
ΔG741-His(MC58)	+	+
983-His (2996)
ΔG983-His (2996)	+	+

[0317] SDS-PAGE of the proteins is shown in FIG. 13.

[0318] ΔG287 and Hybrids

[0319] ΔG287 proteins were made and purified for strains MC58, 1000 and BZ232. Each of these gave high ELISA titres and also serum bactericidal titres of >8192. ΔG287K, expressed from pET-24b, gave excellent titres in ELISA and the serum bactericidal assay. ΔG-287-ORF46.1K may also be expressed in pET-24b.

[0320] ΔG287 was also fused directly in-frame upstream of 919, 953, 961 (sequences shown below) and ORF46.1:

ΔG287-919
1    ATGGCTAGCC CCGATGTTAA ATCGGCGGAC ACGCTGTCAA AACCGGCCGC
51   TCCTGTTGTT GCTGAAAAAG AQACAGAGGT AAAAGAAGAT GCGCCACAGG
101  CAGGTTCTCA AGGACAGGGC GCGCCATCCA CACAAGGCAG CCAAGATATG
151  GCGGCAGTTT CGGCAGAAAA TACAGGCAAT GGCGGTGCGG CAACAACGGA
201  CAAACCCAAA AATGAAGACG AGGGACCGCA AAATGATATG CCGCAAAATT
251  CCGCCGAATC CGCAAATCAA ACAGGGAACA ACCAACCCGC CGATTCTTCA
301  GATTCCGCCC CCGCGTCAAA CCCTGCACCT GCGAATGGCG GTAGCAATTT
351  TGGAAGGGTT GATTTGGCTA ATGGCGTTTT GATTGATGGG CCGTCGCAAA
401  ATATAACGTT GACCCACTGT AAAGGCGATT CTTGTAATGG TGATAATTTA
451  TTGGATGAAG AAGCACCGTC AAAATCAGAA TTTGAAAATT TAAATGAGTC
501  TGAACGAATT GAGAAATATA AGAAAGATGG GAAAAGCGAT AAATATACTA
551  ATTTGGTTGC GACAGCAGTT CAAGCTAATG GAAATAACAA ATATGTCATC
601  ATTTATAAAG ACAAGTCCGC TTCATCTTCA TCTGCGCGAT TCAGGCGTTC
651  TGCACGGTCG AGGAGGTCGC TTCCTGCCGA GATGCCGCTA ATCCCCGTCA
701  ATCAGGCGGA TACGCTGATT GTCGATGGGG AAGCGGTCAG CCTGACGGGG
751  CATTCCGGCA ATATCTTCGC GCCCGAAGGG AATTACCGGT ATCTGACTTA
801  CGGGGCGGAA AAATTGCCCG GCGGATCGTA TGCCCTCCGT GTGCAAGGCG
851  AACCGGCAAA AGGCGAAATG CTTGCTGGCA CGGCCGTGTA CAACGGCGAA
901  GTGCTGCATT TTCATACGOA AAACGGCCGT CCGTACCCGA CTAGAGGCAG
951  GTTTGCCGCA AAAGTCGATT TCGGCAGCAA ATCTGTGGAC GGCATTATCG
1001 ACAGCGGCGA TGATTTGCAT ATGGGTACGC AAAAATTCAA AGCCGCCATC
1051 GATGGAAACG GCTTTAAGGG GACTTGGACG GAAAATGGCG GCGGGGATGT
1101 TTCCGGAAGG TTTTACGGCC CGGCCOGCGA GGAAGTGGCG GGAAAATACA
1151 GCTATCGCCC GACAGATGCG GAAAAGGGCG GATTCGGCGT GTTTGCCGGC
1201 AAAAAAGAGC AGGATGGATC CGGAGGAGGA GGATGCCAAA GCAAGAGCAT
1251 CCAAACCTTT CCGCAACCCG ACACATCCGT CATCAACGGC CCGGACCGGC
1301 CGGTCGGCAT CCCCGACCCC GCCGGAACGA CGGTCGGCGG CGGCGGGGCC
1351 GTCTATACCG TTGTACCGCA CCTGTCCCTG CCCCACTGGG CGGCGCAGGA
1401 TTTCGCCAAA AGCCTGCAAT CCTTCCGCCT CGGCTGCGCC AATTTGAAAA
1451 ACCGCCAAGG CTGGCAGGAT GTGTGCGCCC AAGCCTTTCA AACCCCCGTC
1501 CATTCCTTTC AGGCAAAACA GTTTTTTGAA CGCTATTTCA CGCCGTGGCA
1551 GGTTGCAGGC AACGGAAGCC TTGCCGGTAC GGTTACCGGC TATTACGAGC
1601 CGGTGCTGAA GGGCGACGAC AGGCGGACGG CACAAGCCCG CTTCCCGATT
1651 TACGGTATTC CCGACGATTT TATCTCCGTC CCCCTGCCTG CCGGTTTGCG
1701 GAGCGGAAAA GCCCTTGTCC GCATCAGGCA GACGGGAAAA AACAGCGGCA
1751 CAATCGACAA TACCGGCGGC ACACATACCG CCGACCTCTC CCGATTCCCC
1801 ATCACCGCGC GCACAACGGC AATCAAAGGC AGGTTTGAAG GAAGCCGCTT
1851 CCTCCCCTAC CACACGCGCA ACCAAATCAA CGGCGGCGCG CTTQACGGCA
1901 AAGCCCCGAT ACTCGGTTAC GCCGAAGACC CCGTCGAACT TTTTTTTATG
1951 CACATCCAAG GCTCGGGCCG TCTGAAAACC CCGTCCGGCA AATACATCCG
2001 CATCGGCTAT GCCGACAAAA ACGAACATCC CTACGTTTCC ATCGGACGCT
2051 ATATGGCGGA CAAAGGCTAC CTCAAGCTCG GGCAGACCTC GATGCAGGGC
2101 ATCAAAGCCT ATATGCGGCA AAATCCGCAA CGCCTCGCCG AAGTTTTGGG
2151 TCAAAACCCC AGCTATATCT TTTTCCGCGA GCTTGCCGGA AGCAGCAATG
2201 ACGGTCCCGT CGGCOCACTG GGCACGCCGT TGATGGGGGA ATATGCCGGC
2251 GCAGTCGACC GGCACTACAT TACCTTGGGC GCGCCCTTAT TTGTCGCCAC
2301 CGCCCATCCG GTTACCCGCA AAGCCCTCAA CCGCCTGATT ATGGCGCAGG
2351 ATACCGGCAG CGCGATTAAA GGCGCGGTGC GCGTGGATTA TTTTTGGGGA
2401 TACGGCGACG AAGCCGGCGA ACTTGCCGGC AAACAGAAAA CCACGGGTTA
2451 CGTCTGGCAG CTCCTACCCA ACGGTATGAA GCCCGAATAC CGCCCGTAAC
2501 TCGAG
1    MASPDVKSAD TLSKPAAPVV AEKETEVKED APQAGSQGQG APSTQGSQDM
51   AAVSAENTGN GGAATTDKPK NEDEGPQNDM PQNSAESANQ TGNNQPADSS
101  DSAPASNPAP ANGGSNFGRV DLANGVLIDG PSQNITLTHC KGDSCNGDNL
151  LDEEAPSKSE FENLNESERI EKYKKDGKSD KFTNLVATAV QANGTNKYVI
201  IYKDKSASSS SAPPRRSARS RRSLPAEMPL IPVNQADTLI VDGEAVSLTG
251  HSGNIFAPEG NYRYLTYGAE KLPGGSYMJR VQGEPAXGEM LAGTAVYNGE
301  VLHFHTENGR PYPTRGRPAA KVDFGSKSVD GIIDSGDDLH HGTQKFKAAI
351  DGNGFKGTWT ENGGGDVSGR FYGPAGEEVA GKYSYRPTDA EKGGFGVFAG
401  KKEQDGSGGG GCQSKSIQTP PQPDTSVING PDEPVGIPDP AGTTVGOGGA
451  VYTVVPELSL PHWAAQDFAK SLQSFRLGCA NLKNRQGWQD VCAQAFQTPV
501  HSFQAKQFFE RYFTPWQVAG NGSLAGTVTG YYEPVLKGDD RRTAQARFPI
551  YGIPDDFISV PLPAGLRSGK ALVRIRQTGK NSGTIDNTGG THTADLSRFP
601  ITARTTAIKG RFEGSRPLPY HTRNQINGGA LDGKAPILGY AEDPVELFFM
651  HIQGSGRLKT PSGKYIRIGY ADKNEHPYVS IGRYMADKGY LKLGQTSMQG
701  IKAYMRQNPQ RLAEVLGQNP SYIPFRELAD SBIWGPVGMJ GTPIMGEYAG
751  AVDRHYITLG APLFVATAHP VTRKALNELI MAQDTGSAIK GAVRVDYFWG
801  YGDEAGELAG KQKTTGYVWQ LLPNGMKPEY RP*
ΔG287-953
1    ATGGCTAGCC CCGATGTTAA ATCGGCGGAC ACGCTGTCAA AACCGGCCGC
51   TCCTGTTGTT GCTGAAAAAG AGACAGAGGT AAAAGAAGAT GCGCCACAGG
101  CAGGTTCTCA AGGACAGGGC GCGCCATCCA CACAAGGCAG CCAAGATATG
151  GCGGCAGTTT CGGCAGAAAA TACAGGCAAT GGCGGTGCGG CAACAACGGA
201  CAAACCCAAA AATGAAGACG AGGGACCGCA AAATGATATG CCGCAAAATT
251  CCGCCGAATC CGCAAATCAA ACAGGGAACA ACCAACCCGC CGATTCTTCA
301  GATTCCGCCC CCGCGTCAAA CCCTGCACCT GCGAATGGCG GTAGCAATTT
351  TGGAAGGGTT GATTTGGCTA ATGGCGTTTT GATTGATGGG CCGTCGCAAA
401  ATATAACGTT GACCCACTGT AAAGGCGATT CTTGTAATGG TGATAATTTA
451  TTGGATGAAG AAGCACCGTC AAAATCAGAA TTTGAAAATT TAAATGAGTC
501  TGAACGAATT GAGAAATATA AGAAAGATGG GAAAAGCGAT AAATTTACTA
551  ATTTGGTTGC GACAGCAGTT CAAGCTAATG GAACTAACAA ATATGTCATC
601  ATTTATAAAG ACAAGTCCGC TTCATCTTCA TCTGCGCGAT TCAGGCGTTC
651  TGCACGGTCG AGGAGGTCGC TTCCTGCCGA GATGCCGCTA ATCCCCGTCA
701  ATCAGGCGGA TACGCTGATT GTCGATGGGG AAGCGGTCAG CCTGACGAGG
751  CATTCCGGCA ATATCTTCGC GCCCGAAGGG AATTACCGGT ATCTGACTTA
801  CGGGGCGGAA AAATTGCCCG GCGGATCGTA TGCCCTCCGT GTGCAAGGCG
851  AACCGGCAAA AGGCGAAATG CTTGCTGGCA CGGCCGTGTA CAACGGCGAA
901  GTGCTGCATT TTCATACGGA AAACGGCCGT CCGTACCCGA CTAGAGGCAG
951  GTTTGCCGCA AAAGTCGATT TCGGCAGCAA ATCTGTGGAC GGCATTATCG
1001 ACAGCGGCGA TGATTTGCAT ATGGGTACGC AAAAATTCAA AGCCGCCATC
1051 GATGGAAACG GCTTTAAGGG GACTTGGACG GAAAATGGCG GCGGGGATGT
1101 TTCCGGAAGG TTTTACGGCC CGCCCCGCGA GGAAGTGGCG GGAAAATACA
1151 GCTATCGCCC GACAGATGCG GAAAAGGGCG GATTCGGCGT GTTTGCCGGC
1201 AAAAAAGAGC AGGATGGATC CGGAGGAGGA GGAGCCACCT ACAAAGTGGA
1251 CGAATATCAC GCCAACGCCC GTTTCGCCAT CGACCATTTC AACACCAGCA
1301 CCAACGTCGG CGGTTTTTAC GGTCTGACCG GTTCCGTCGA GTTCGACCAA
1351 GCAAAACGCG ACGGTAAAAT CGACATCACC ATCCCCGTTG CCAACCTGCA
1401 AAGCGGTTCG CAACACTTTA CCGACCACCT GAAATCAGCC GACATCTTCG
1451 ATGCCGCCCA ATATCCGGAC ATCCGCTTTG TTTCCACCAA ATTCAACTTC
1501 AACGGCAAAA AACTGGTTTC CGTTGACGGC AACCTGACCA TGCACGGCAA
1551 AACCGCCCCC GTCAAACTCA AAGCCGAAAA ATTCAACTGC TACCAAAGCC
1601 CGATGGCGAA AACCGAAGTT TGCGGCGGCG ACTTCAGCAC CACCATCGAC
1651 CGCACCAAAT GGGGCGTGGA CTACCTCGTT AACGTTGGTA TGACCAAAAG
1701 CGTCCGCATC GACATCCAAA TCGAGGCAGC CAAACAATAA CTCGAG
1    MASPDVKSAD TLSKPAAPVV AEKETEVKED APQAGSQGQG APSTQGSQDM
51   AAVSAENTGN GGAATTDKPK NBDEGPQNDM PQNSAESANQ TGNNQPADSS
101  DSAPASNPAP ANGGSNFGRV DLANGVLIDG PSQNITLTHC KGDSCNGDNL
151  LDEEAPSKSE FENLNESERI ERYKKDGKSD KFTNLVATAV QANGTNKYVI
201  IYKDKSASSS SARFRRSARS RRSLPAEMPL IPVNQADTLI VDGRAVSLTG
251  RSGNIFAPEG NYRYLTYGAE KLPGGSYALR VQGEPAKGEH LAGTAVYNGE
301  VLHFETENGR PYPTRGRFAA KVDFGSKSVD GIIDSGDDLH MGTQKFKAAI
351  DGNGFKGTWT ENGGGDVSGR PYGPAGBEVA GKYSYRPTDA EKGGFGVFAG
401  KKEQDGSGGG GATYRVDEYH ANAPPAIDHF NTSTNVGGFY GLTGSVBFDQ
451  AXRDGKIDIT IPVANLQSGS QHFTDHLKSA DIFDAAQYPD IRFVSTKFNF
501  NGKKLVSVDG NLTMHGKTAP VKLKAEKFNC YQSPMAKTEV CGGDFSTTID
551  RTKWGVDYLV NVVGMTKSVRI DIQIEAAKQ*
ΔG287-961
1    ATGGCTAGCC CCGATGTTAA ATCGGCGGAC ACGCTGTCAA AACCGGCCGC
51   TCCTGTTGTT GCTGAAAAAG AGACAGAGGT AAAAGAAGAT GCGCCACAGG
101  CAGGTTCTCA AGGACAGGGC GCGCCATCCA CACAAGGCAG CCAAGATATG
151  GCGGCAGTTT CGGCAGAAAA TACAGGCAAT GGCGGTGCGG CAACAACGGA
201  CAAACCCAAA AATGAAGACG AGGGACCGCA AAATGATATG CCGCAAAATT
251  CCGCCGAATC CGCAAATCAA ACAGGGAACA ACCAACCCGC CGATTCTTCA
301  GATTCCGCCC CCGCGTCAAA CCCTGCACCT GCGAATGGCG GTAGCAATTT
351  TGGAAGGGTT GATYTGGCTA ATGGCGTTTT GATTGATGGG CCGTCGCAAA
401  ATATAACGTT GACCCACTGT AAAGGCGATT CTTGTAATGG TGATAATTTA
451  TTGGATGAAG AAGCACCGTC AAAATCAGAA TTTGAAAATT TAAATGAGTC
501  TGAACGAATT GAAAAATATA AGAAAGATGG GAAAAGCGAT AAATTTACTA
551  ATTTGGTTGC GACAGCAGTT CAAGCTAATG GAACTAACAA ATATGTCATC
601  ATTTATAAAG ACAAGTCCGC TTCATCTTCA TCTGCGCGAT TCAGGCGTTC
651  TGCACGGTCG AAGAGGTCGC TTCCTGCCGA GATGCCGCTA ATCCCCGTCA
701  ATCAGGCGGA TACGCTGATT GTCGATGGGG AAGCGGTCAG CCTGACGGGG
751  CATTCCGGCA ATATCTTCGC GCCCGAAGGG AATTACCGGT ATCTGACTTA
801  CGGGGCGGAA AAATTGCCCG GCGGATCGTA TGCCCTCCGT GTGCAAGGCG
851  AACCGQCAAA AGGCGAAATG CTTGCTGGCA CGGCCGTGTA CAACGGCGAA
901  GTGCTGCATT TTCATACGGA AAACGGCCGT CCGTACCCGA CTAGAGGCAG
951  GTTTGCCGCA AAAGTCGATT TCGGCAGCAA ATCTGTGGAC GGCATTATCG
1001 ACAGCGGCGA TGATTTGCAT ATGGGTACGC AAAAATTCAA AGCCGCCATC
1051 GATGGAAACG GCTTTAAGGG GACTTGGACG GAAAATGGCG GCGGGGATGT
1101 TTCCGGAAGG TTTTACGGCC CGGCCGGCGA GGAAGTGGCG GGAAAATACA
1151 GCTATCGCCC GACAGATGCG GAAAAGGGCG GATTCGGCGT GTTTGCCGGC
1201 AAAAAAGAGC AGGATGGATC CGGAGGAGGA GGAGCCACAA ACGACGACGA
1251 TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCAGTG TGGCCATTGC TGCTGCCTAC AACAATGGCC
1301 AAGAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA CCATCTACGA CATTGATGAA
1351 GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT GCAGCCGATG TTGAAGCCGA
1401 CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT CGTGACTAAC CTGACCAAAA
1451 CCGTCAATGA AAACAAACAA AACGTCGATG CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA
1501 TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA GCAGACACTG ATGCCGCTTT
1551 AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT
1601 TGGGAGAAAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA
1651 AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT GATACCGTGG ACAAGCATGC
1701 CGAAGCATTC AACGATATCG CCGATTCATT GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG
1751 CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG CCAAACAGAC GGCCGAAGAA
1801 ACCAAACAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG
1851 CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGCTG GCACAGCTAA TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG
1901 AAGCTGTCGC TGCAAAAGTT ACCGACATCA AA~CTGATAT CGCTACGAAC
1951 AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA
2001 AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG
2051 AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC
2101 GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA GTGTCAGACC TGCGCAAAGA
2151 AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC
2201 CTTACAACGT GGGTCGGTTC AATGTAACGG CTGCAGTCGG CGGCTACAAA
2251 TCCGAATCGG CAGTCGCCAT CGGTACCGGC TTCCGCTTTA CCGAAAACTT
2301 TGCCGCCAAA GCAGGCGTGG CAGTCGGCAC TTCGTCCGGT TCTTCCGCAG
2351 CCTACCATGT CGGCGTCAAT TACGAGTGGT AACTCGAG
1    MASPDVKSAD TLSKPAAPVV AEKETEVKED APQAGSQGQG APSTQGSQDM
51   AAVSAENTGN GGAATTDKPK NEDEGPQNDM PQNSAESANQ TGNNQPADSS
101  DSAPASNPAP ANGGSNFGRV DLANGVLIDG PSQNITLTHC KGDSCNGDNL
151  LDEEAPSKSE FENLNESERI EKYKKDGKSD KFTNLVATAV QANGTNKYVI
201  IYKDKSASSS SARFRSARS ERSLPAEHPL IPVNQADTLI VDGEAVSLTG
251  HSGNIFAPEG NYRYLTYGAE KLPGGSYALR VQGBPAKGEK LAGTAVNGE
301  VYJHFHTENGR PYPTRGRPAA KVDFGSKSVD GIIDSGDDLH MGTQKPKAAI
351  DGNGFKGTWT ENGGGDVSGR FYGPAGEEVA GKYSYRPTDA EKGGPGVFAG
401  KKEQDGSGGG GATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE
451  DGTITKKDAT AADVEADDFK GLGLKKVVTN LTKTVNENQK NVDAXVXAAE
501  SEIEKLTTKL ADTDAALADT DAALDAFTNA LNKLGENITT FAEETKTNZV
551  KIDEKLEAVA DTVDKHARAF NDIADSLDET NTKADEAVKT ANEAKQTAEE
601  TKQNVDAKVK AAETAAGKAE AAAGTANTAA DKAEAVAAKV TDIKADIATN
651  KDNIAXKANS ADVYTREESD SKFVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTRL ASAEKSIADH
701  DTRLNGLDKT VSDLRKETRQ GLAEQAALSG LPQPYNVGRP NVTAAVGGYK
751  SESAVAIGTG FRPTENFAAK AGVAVGTSSG SSAAYHVGVN YEW*

[0321]

	ELISA	Bactericidal
	ΔG287-953-His	3834	65536
	ΔG287-961-His	108627	65536

[0322] The bactericidal efficacy (homologous strain) of antibodies raised against the hybrid proteins was compared with antibodies raised against simple mixtures of the component antigens (using 287-GST) for 919 and ORF46.1:

		Mixture with 287	Hybrid with ΔG287
	919	32000	128000
	ORF46.1	128	16000

[0323] Data for bactericidal activity against heterologous MenB strains and against serotypes A and C were also obtained:

	919		ORF46.1
	Strain	Mixture	Hybrid	Mixture	Hybrid
	NGH38	1024	32000	—	16384
	MC58	512	8192	—	512
	BZ232	512	512	—	—
	MenA (F6124)	512	32000	—	8192
	MenC (C11)	>2048	>2048	—	—
	MenC (BZ133)	>4096	64000	—	8192

[0324] The hybrid proteins with ΔG287 at the N-terminus are therefore immunologically superior to simple mixtures, with ΔG287-ORF46.1 being particularly effective, even against heterologous strains. ΔG287-ORF46.1K may be expressed in pET-24b.

[0325] The same hybrid proteins were made using New Zealand strain 394/98 rather than 2996:

ΔG287NZ-919
1    ATGGCTAGCC CCGATGTCAA GTCGGCGGAC ACGCTGTCAA AACCTGCCGC
51   CCCTGTTGTT TCTGAAAAAG AGACAGAGGC AAAGGAAGAT GCGCCACAGG
101  CAGGTTCTCA AGGACAGGGC GCGCCATCCG CACAAGGCGG TCAAGATATG
151  GCGGCGGTTT CGGAAGAAAA TACAGQCAAT GGCGGTGCGG CAGCAACGGA
201  CAAACCCAAA AATGAAGACG AGGGGGCGCA AAATGATATG CCGCAAAATG
251  CCGCCGATAC AGATAGTTTG ACACCGAATC ACACCCCGGC TTCGAATATG
301  CCGGCCGGAA ATATGGAAAA CCAAGCACCG GATGCCGGGG AATCGGAGCA
351  GCCGGCAAAC CAACCGGATA TGGCAAATAC GGCGGACGGA ATGCAGGGTG
401  ACGATCCGTC GGCAGGCGGG GAAAATGCCG GCAATACGGC TGCCCAAGGT
451  ACAAATCAAG CCGAAAACAA TCAAACCGCC GGTTCTCAAA ATCCTGCCTC
501  TTCAACCAAT CCTAGCGCCA CGAATAGCGG TGGTGATTTT GGAAAGACGA
551  ACGTGGGCAA TTCTGTTGTG ATTGACGGGC CGTCGCAAAA TATAACGTTG
601  ACCCACTGTA AAGGCGATTC TTGTAGTGGC AATAATTTCT TGGATGAAGA
651  AGTACAGCTA AAATCAGAAT TTGAAAAATT AAGTGATGCA GACAAAATAA
701  GTAATTACAA GAAAGATGGG AAGAATGACG GGAAGAATGA TAAATTTGTC
751  GGTTTGGTTG CCQATAGTGT GCAGATGAAG GGAATCAATC AATATATTAT
801  CTTTTATAAA CCTAAACCCA CTTCATTTGC GCGATTTAGG CGTTCTGCAC
851  GGTCGAGGCG GTCGCTTCCG GCCGATATGC CGCTGATTCC CGTCAATCAG
901  GCGGATACGC TGATTGTCGA TGGGGAAGCG GTCAGCCTGA CGGGGCATTC
951  CGGCAATATC TTCGCGCCCG AAGGGAATTA CCGGTATCTG ACTTACGGGG
1001 CGGAAAAATT GCCCGGCGGA TCGTATGCCC TCCGTGTTCA AGGCGAACCT
1051 TCAAAAGGCG AAATGCTCGC GGGCACGGCA GTGTACAACG GCGAAGTGCT
1101 GCATTTTCAT ACGGAAAACG GCCGTCCGTC CCCGTCCAGA GGCAGGTTTG
1151 CCGCAAAAGT CGATTTCGGC AGCAAATCTG TGGACGGCAT TATCGACAGC
1201 GGCGATGGTT TGCATATGGG TACGCAAAAA TTCAAAGCCG CCATCGATGG
1251 AAACGGCTTT AAGGGGACTT GGACGGAAAA TGGCGGCGGG GATGTTTCCG
1301 GAAAGTTTTA CGGCCCGGCC GGCGAGGAAG TGGCGGGAAA ATACAGCTAT
1351 CGCCCAACAG ATGCGGAAAA GGGCGGATTC GGCGTGTTTG CCGGCAAAAA
1401 AGAGCAGGAT GGATCCGGAG GAGGAGGATG CCAAAGCAAG AGCATCCAAA
1451 CCTTTCCGCA ACCCGACACA TCCGTCATCA ACGGCCCGGA CCGGCCGGTC
1501 GGCATCCCCG ACCCCGCCGG AACGACGGTC GGCGGCGGCG GGGCCGTCTA
1551 TACCGTTGTA CCGCACCTGT CCCTGCCCCA CTGGGCGGCG CAGGATTTCG
1601 CCAAAAGCCT GCAATCCTTC CGCCTCGGCT GCGCCAATTT GAAAAACCGC
1651 CAAGGCTGGC AGGATGTGTG CGCCCAAGCC TTTCAAkCCC CCGTCCATTC
1701 CTTTCAGGCA AAACAGTTTT TTGAACGCTA TTTCACGCCG TGGCAGGTTG
1751 CAGGCAACGG AAGCCTTGCC GGTACGGTTA CCGGCTATTA CGAGCCGGTG
1801 CTGAkGGGCG AGGACAGGCG GACGGCACAA GCCCGCTTCC CGATTTACGG
1851 TATTCCCGAC GATTTTATCT CCGTCCCCCT GCCTGCCGGT TTGCGGAGCG
1901 GAAAAGCCCT TGTCCGCATC AGGCAGACGG GAAAAAACAG CGGCACAATC
1951 GACAATACCG GCGGCACACA TACCGCCGAC CTCTCCCGAT TCCCCATCAC
2001 CGCGCGCACA ACGGCAATCA AAGCAAGGTT TGAAGGAAGC CGCTTCCTCC
2051 CCTACCACAC GCGCAACCAA ATCAACGGCG GCGCGCTTGA CGGCAAAGCC
2101 CCGATACTCG GTTACGCCGA AGACCCCGTC GAACTTTTTT TTATGCACAT
2151 CCAAGGCTCG GGCCGTCTGA AAACCCCGTC CGGCAAATAC ATCCGCATCG
2201 GCTATGCCGA CAAAAACGAA CATCCCTACG TTTCCATCGG ACGCTATATG
2251 GCGGACAAAG GCTACCTCAA GCTCGGGCAG ACCTCGATGC AGGGCATCAA
2301 AGCCTATATG CGGCAAAATC CGCAACGCCT CGCCGAAGTT TTGGGTCAAA
2351 ACCCCAGCTA TATCTTTTTC CGCGAGCTTG CCGGAAGCAG CAATGACGGT
2401 CCCGTCGGCG CACTGGGCAC GCCGTTGATG GGGGAATATG CCGGCGCAGT
2451 CGACCGGCAC TACATTACCT TGGGCGCGCC CTTATTTGTC GCCACCGCCC
2501 ATCCGGTTAC CCGCAAAGCC CTCAACCGCC TGATTATGGC GCAGGATACC
2551 GGCAGCGCGA TTAAAGGCGC GGTGCGCGTG GATTATTTTT GGGGATACGG
2601 CGACGAAGCC GGCGAACTTG CCGGCAAACA GAAAACCACG GGTTACGTCT
2651 GGCAGCTCCT ACCCAACGGT ATGAAGCCCG AATACCGCCC GTAAAAGCTT
1    MASPDVKSAD TLBKPAAPVV SEKETEAKED APQAGSQGQG APSAQGGQDH
51   AAVSEENTGN GGAAATDKPK NEDEGAQNDM PQNAADTDSL TPNHTPASNH
101  PAGNMENQAP DAGESEQPAN QPDMANTADG HQGDDPSAGG ENAGNTAAQG
151  TNQAENNQTA GSQNPASSTN PSATNSGGDF GRTNVGNSVV IDGPSQNITL
201  THCKGDSCSG NNPLDEEVQL KSEFEKLSDA DKISNYKKDG KNDGKNDKFV
251  GLVADSVQHK GINQYZIFYK PKPTSFARFR RSARSRRSLP AEHPLIPVNQ
301  ADTLIVDGEA VSLTGHSGNI FAPEGNYRYL TYGAEKLPGG SYALRVQGEP
351  SRGEHLAGTA VYNGEVLHFH TENGRPSPSR GRFAAKVDFG SKSVDGIIDS
401  GDGLHMGTQK FKAAIDGNGF KGTWTENGGG DVSGKFYGPA GEEVAGKYSY
451  RPTDAEKGGF GVFAGKKEQD GSGGGGCQSK SIQTFPQPDT SVINGPDRPV
501  GIPDPAGTTV GGGGAVYTVV PHLSLPHWAA QDFAKSLQSF RLGCANLKNR
551  QGWQDVCAQA FQTPVHSFQA KQFFERYFTP WQVAGNGSLA GTVTGYYEPV
601  LKGDDRRTAQ ARFPIYGIPD DPISVPLPAG LRSGKALVRZ RQTGKNSGTI
651  DNTGGTHTAD LSRFPITART TAIRGEPEGS EPLPYHTRNQ INGGALDGKA
701  PILGYAEDPV ELFFMHIQGS GRLKTPSGKY IRIGYADKNE HPYVSIGRYM
751  ADKGYLKLGQ TSMQGIKAYH RQNPQRLAEV LGQNPSYZFF RELAGSSNDG
801  PVGALGTPLM GEYAGAVDEH YITLGAPLFV ATAHPVTRKA LNRLIMAQDT
851  GSAIKGAVRV DYFWGYGDEA GELAGKQKTT GYVWQLLPNG HKPEYRP*
ΔG287NZ-953
1    ATGGCTAGCC CCGATGTCAA GTCGGCGGAC ACGCTGTCAA AACCTGCCGC
51   CCCTGTTGTT TCTGAAAAAG AGACAGAGGC AAAGGAAGAT GCGCCACAGG
101  CAGGTTCTCA AGGACAGGGC GCGCCATCCG CACAAGGCGG TCAAGATATG
151  GCGGCGGTTT CGGAAGAAAA TACAGGCAAT GGCGGTGCGG CAGCAACGGA
201  CAAACCCAAA AATGAAGACG AGGGGGCGCA AAATGATATG CCGCAAAATG
251  CCGCCGATAC AGATAGTTTG ACACCGAATC ACACCCCGGC TTCGAATATG
301  CCGGCCGGAA ATATGGAAAA CCAAGCACCG GATGCCGGGG AATCGGAGCA
351  GCCGGCAAAC CAACCGGATA TGGCAAATAC GGCGGACGGA ATGCAGGGTG
401  ACGATCCGTC GGCAGGCGGG GAAAATGCCG GCAATACGGC TGCCCAAGGT
451  ACAAATCAAG CCGAAAACAA TCAAACCGCC GGTTCTCAAA ATCCTGCCTC
501  TTCAACCAAT CCTAGCGCCA CGAATAGCGG TGGTGATTTT GGAAGGACGA
551  ACGTGGGCAA TTCTGTTGTG ATTGACGGGC CGTCGCAAAA TATAACGTTG
601  ACCCACTGTA AAGGCGATTC TTGTAGTGGC AATAATTTCT TGGATGAAGA
651  AGTACAGCTA AAATCAGAAT TTGAAAAATT AAGTGATGCA GACAAAATAA
701  GTAATTACAA GAAAGATGGG AAGAATGACG GGAAGAATGA TAAATTTGTC
751  GGTTTGGTTG CCGATAGTGT GCAGATGAAG GGAATCAATC AATATATTAT
801  CTTTTATAAA CCTAAACCCA CTTCATTTGC GCGATTTADG CGTTCTGCAC
851  GGTCGAGGCG GTCGCTTCCG GCCGAGATGC CGCTGATTCC CGTCAATCAG
901  GCGGATACGC TGATTGTCGA TGGGGAAGCG GTCAGCCTGA CGGGGCATTC
951  CGGCAATATC TTCGCGCCCG AAGGGAAATA CCGGTATCTG ACTTACGGGG
1001 CGGAAAAATT GCCCGGCGGA TCGTATGCCC TCCGTGTTCA AGGCGAACCT
1051 TCAAAAGGCG AAATGCTCGC GGGCACGGCA GTGTACAACG GCGAAGTGCT
1101 GCATTTTCAT ACGGAAAACG GCCGTCCGTC CCCGTCCAGA GGCAGGTTTG
1151 CCGCAAAAGT CGATTTCGGC AGCAAATCTG TGGACGGCAT TATCGACAGC
1201 GGCGATGGTT TGCATATGGG TACGCAAAAA TTCAAAGCCG CCATCGATGG
1251 AAACGGCTTT AAGGGGACTT GGACGGAAAA TGGCGGCGGG GATGTTTCCG
1301 GAAAGTTTTA CGGCCCGGCC GGCGAGGAAG TGGCGGGAAA ATACAGCTAT
1351 CGCCCAACAG ATGCGGAAAA GGGCGGATTC GGCGTGTTTG CCGGCAAAAA
1401 AGAGCAGGAT GGATCCGGAG GAGGAGGAGC CACCTACAAA GTGGACGAAT
1451 ATCACGCCAA CGCCCGTTTC GCCATCGACC ATTTCAACAC CAGCACCAAC
1501 GTCGGCGGTT TTTACGGTCT GACCGGTTCC GTCGAGTTCG ACCAAGCAAA
1551 ACGCGACGGT AAAATCGAGA TCACCATCCC CGTTGCCAAC CTGCAAAGCG
1601 GTTCGCAACA CTTTACCGAC CACCTGAAAT CAGCCGACAT CTTCGATGCC
1651 GCCCAATATC CGGACATCCG CTTTGTTTCC ACCAAATTCA ACTTCAACGG
1701 CAAAAAACTG GTTTCCGTTG ACGGCAACCT GACCATOCAC GGCAAAACCG
1751 CCCCCGTCAA ACTCAAAGCC GAAAAATTCA ACTGCTACCA AAGCCCGATG
1801 GCGAAAACCG AAGTTTGCGG CGGCGACTTC AGCACCACCA TCGACCGCAC
1851 CAAATGGGGC GTGGACTACC TCGTTAACGT TGGTATGACC AAAAGCGTCC
1901 GCATCGACAT CCAAATCGAG GCAGCCAAAC AATAAAAGCT T
1    MASPDVKSAD TLSKPAAPVV SEKBTEAKED APQAGSQGQG APSAQGGQDM
51   AAVSEENTGN GGAAATDKPK NEDEGAQNDM PQNAADTDSL TPNHTPASNM
101  PAGNALMENQAP DAGEESEQPAN QPDMANTADG MQGDDPSAGG ENAGNTAAQG
151  TNQAENNQTA GSQNPASSTN PSATNSGGDF GRTNVGNSVV IDGPSQNITL
201  THCKGDSCSG NNFLNEEVQL KSEPEKLSDA DKISNYKKDG KNDGKNDKFV
251  GLVADSVQMK GINQYIIFYK PKPTSFARPR RSARSRRSLP AEMPLIPVNQ
301  ADTLIVDGEA VSLTGHSGNI FAPEGNYRYL TYGAEKLPGG SYALRVQGEP
351  SKGENLAGTA VYNGEVLHFH TENGRPSPSR GRPAAKVDPG SKSVDGIIDB
401  GDGIJHMGTQK PKAAIDGNGF KGTWTENGGG DVSGKFYGPA GEEVAGRYSY
451  RPTDAEKGGF GVFAGKKEQD GSGGGGATYK VDEYHANARF AIDHFNTSTN
501  VGGFYGLTGS VEFDQAKRDG KIDITIPVAN LQSGSQHFTD NLKSADIFDA
551  AQYPDIRFVS TKFNFNGKKL VSVDGNLTKKL GKTAPVKLKA EKFNCYQSPM
601  AKTEVCGGDF STTIDRTKWG VDYLVNVGMT KSVRIDIQIE AAKQ*
ΔG2B7NZ-961
1    ATGGCTAGCC CCGATGTCAA GTCGGCGGAC ACGCTGTCAA AACCTGCCGC
51   CCCTGTTGTT TCTGAAAAAG AGACAGAGGC AAAGGAAGAT GCGCCACAGG
101  CAGGTTCTCA AGGACAGGGC GCGCCATCCG CACAAGGCGG TCAAGATATC
151  GCGGCGGTTT CGGAAGAAAA TACAGGCAAT GGCGGTGCGG CAGCAACGGA
201  CAAACCCAAA AATGAAGACG AGGGGGCGCA AAATGATATG CCGCAAAATG
251  CCGCCGATAC AGATAGTTTG ACACCGAATC ACACCCCGGC TTCGAATATG
301  CCGGCCGGAA ATATGGAAAA CCAAGCACCG GATGCCGGGG AATCGGAGCA
351  GCCGGCAAAC CAACCGGATA TGGCAAATAC GGCGGACGGA ATGCAGGGTG
401  ACGATCCGTC GGCAGGCGGG GAAAATGCCG GCAATACGGC TGCCCAAGGT
451  ACAAATCAAG CCGAAAACAA TCAAACCGCC GGTTCTCAAA ATCCTGCCTC
501  TTCAACCAAT CCTAGCGCCA CGAATAGCGG TGGTGATTTT GGAAGGACGA
551  ACGTGGGCAA TTCTGTTGTG ATTGACGGGC CGTCGCAAAA TATAACGTTG
601  ACCCAGTGTA AAGGCGATTC TTGTAGTGGC AATAATTTCT TGGATGAAGA
651  AGTACAGCTA AAATCAGAAT TTGAAAAATT AAGTGATGCA GACAAAATAA
701  GTAAATACAA GAAAGATGGG AAGAATGACG GGAAGAATGA TAAATTTGTC
751  GGTTTGGTTG CCGATAGTGT GCAGATGAAG GGAATCAATC AATATATTAT
801  CTTTTATAAA CCTAAACCCA CTTCATTTGC GCGATTTAGG CGTTCTGCAC
851  GGTCGAGGCG GTCGCTTCCG GCCGAGATGC CGCTGATTCC CGTCAATCAG
901  GCGGATACGC TGATTGTCGA TGGGGAAGCG GTCAGCCTGA CGGGGCATTC
951  CGGCAATATC TTCGCGCCCG AAGGGAATTA CCGGTATCTG ACTTACGGGG
001  CGGAAAAATT GCCCGGCGGA TCGTATGCCC TCCGTGTTCA AGGCGAACCT
1051 TCAAAAGGCG AAATGCTCGC GGGCACGGCA GTGTACAACG GCGAAGTGCT
1101 GCATTTTCAT ACGGAAAACG GCCGTCCGTC CCCGTCCAGA GGCAGGTTTG
1151 CCGCAAAAGT CGATTTCGGC AGCAAATCTG TGGACGGCAT TATCGACAGC
1201 GGCGATGGTT TGCATATGGG TACGCAAAAA TTCAAAGCCG CCATCGATGG
1251 AAACGGCTTT AAGGGGACTT GGACGGAAAA TGGCGGCGGG GATGTTTCCG
1301 GAAAGTTTTA CGGCCCGGCC GGCGAGGAAG TGGCGGGAAA ATACAGCTAT
1351 CGCCCAACAG ATGCGGAAAA GGGCGGATTC GGCGTGTTTG CCGGCAAAAA
1401 AGAGCAGGAT GGATCCGGAG GAGGAGGAGC CACAAACGAC GACGATGTTA
1451 AAAAAGCTGC CACTGTGGCC ATTGCTGCTG CCTACAACAA TGGCCAAGAA
1501 ATCAACGGTT TCAAAGCTGG AGAGACCATC TACGACATTG ATGAAGACGG
1551 CACAATTACC AAAAAAGACG CAACTGCAGC CGATGTTGAA GCCGACGACT
1601 TTAAAGGTCT GGGTCTGAAA AAAGTCGTGA CTAACCTGAC CAAAACCGTC
1651 AATGAAAACA AACAAAACGT CGATGCCAAA GTAAAAGCTG CAGAATCTGA
1701 AATAGAAAAG TTAACAAcCA AGTTAGCAGA CACTGATGCC GCTTTAGCAG
1751 ATACTGATGC CGCTCTGGAT GCAACCACCA ACGCCTTGAA TAAATTGGGA
1801 GAAAATATAA CGACATTTGC TGAAGAGACT AAGACAAATA TCGTAAAAAT
1851 TGATGAAAAA TTAGAAGCCG TGGCTGATAC CGTCGACAAG CATGCCGAAG
1901 CATTCAACGA TATCGCCGAT TCATTGGATG AAACCAACAC TAAGGCAGAC
1951 GAAGCCGTCA AAACCGCCAA TGAAGCCAAA CAGACGGCCG AAGAAACCAA
2001 ACAAAACGTC GATGCCAAAG TAAAAGCTGC AGAAACTGCA GCAGGCAAAG
2051 CCQAAGOTGC CGCTGGCACA GCTAATACTG CAGCCGACAA GGCCGAAGCT
2101 GTCGCTGCAA AAGTTACCGA CATCAAAGCT GATATCGCTA CGAACAAAGA
2151 TAATATTGCT AAAAAAGCAA ACAGTGCCGA CGTGTACACC AGAGAAGAGT
2201 CTGACAGCAA ATTTGTCAGA ATTGATGGTC TGAACGCTAC TACCGAAAAA
2251 TTGGACACAC GCTTGGCTTC TGCTGAAAAA TCCATTGCCG ATCACGATAC
2301 TCGCCTGAAC GGTTTGGATA AAACAGTGTC AQACCTGCGC AAAGAAACCC
2351 GCCAAGGCCT TGCAGAACAA GCCGCGCTCT CCGGTCTGTT CCAACCTTAC
2401 AACGTGGGTC GGTTCAATGT AACGGCTGCA GTCGGCGGCT ACAAATCCGA
2451 ATCGGCAGTC GCCATCGGTA CCGGCTTCCG CTTTACCGAA AACTTTGCCG
2501 CCAAAGCAGG CGTGGCAGTC GGCACTTCGT CCGGTTCTTC CGCAGCCTAC
2551 CATGTCGGCG TCAATTACGA GTGGTAAAAG CTT
1    MASPDVKSAD TLSKPAAPVV SBKETEAXBD APQAGSQGQG APSAQGGQDM
51   AAVSEENTGN GGAAATDKPK NEDEGAQNDM PQNAADTDSL TPNHTPASNH
101  PAGNMENQAP DAGESEQPAN QPDMANTADG HQGDDPSAGG ENAGNTAAQG
151  TNQAENNQTA GSQNPASSTN PSATNSGGDF GRTNVGNSVV IDGPSQNITL
201  THCKGDSCSG NFLDEHVQL KSEFEKLSDA DKISNYKKDG KNDGKNDKFV
251  GLVADSVQKM GINQYIIFYK PKPTSFARPR RSARSERSLP AEHPLIPVNQ
301  ADTLIVDGEA VSLTGHSGNI FAPEGNYRYL TYGAEKLPGG SYALRVQGEP
351  SKGEMLAGTA VYKGEVLHFH TBNGRPSPSR GEPAAKVDFG SKBVDGIIDS
401  GDGLHMGTQK FKAAIDGNGF RGTWTENGGG DVSGKFYGPA GERVAGRYSY
451  RPTDAEKGGF GVFAGKKEQD GSGGGGATND DDVKKAATVA IAAAYNNGQE
501  INGFKAGETI YDIDEDGTIT KKDATAADVE ADDFKGIGLK KVVTNLTKTV
551  NENKQNVDAK VRAAESEIEK LTTKLADTDA ALADTDAALD ATTNMJNKLG
601  ENITTFAEET KTNIVKIDEK LEAVADTVDK HAEAFNDIAD SLDETNTKAD
651  EAVKTANEAK QTAEETKQNV DAKVKAAETA AGKAEAAAGT ANTAADKAEA
701  VAAXVTDIKA DIATNKDNIA KKANSADVYT REESDSKFVR IDGLNATTEK
751  LDTELASAEK SIADHDTRLN GLDKTVSDLR KETRQGLAEQ AALSGLFQPY
801  NVGEFNVTAA VGGYKSESAV AIGTGFEPTE NFAAKAGVAV GTSSGSSAAY
851  HVGVNYEW*

[0326] ΔG983 and Hybrids

[0327] Bactericidal titres generated in response to ΔG983 (His-fusion) were measured against various strains, including the homologous 2996 strain:

		2996	NGH38	BZ133
	ΔG983	512	128	128

[0328] ΔG983 was also expressed as a hybrid, with ORF46.1, 741, 961 or 961c at its C-terminus:

     ΔG983-ORF46.1
1    ATGACTTCTG CGCCCGACAA CAATGCAGGC GGTACCGGTA TCGGCAGCAA
51   CAGCAGAGCA ACAACAGCGA AATCAGCAGC AGTATCTTAC GCCGGTATCA
101  AGAACGAAAT GTGCAAGAC AGAAGCATGC TCTGTGCCGG TCGGQATGAC
151  GTTGCGGTTA CAGACAGGGA TGCCAAAATC AATGCCCCCC CCCCGAATCT
201  GCATACCGGA GACTTTCCAA ACCCAAATGA CGCATACAAG AATTTGATCA
251  ACCTCAAACC TGCAATTGAA GCAGGCTATA CAGGACGCGG GGTAGAGGTA
301  GGTATCGTCG ACACAGGCGA ATCCGTCGGC AGCATATCCT TTCCCGAACT
351  GTATGGCAGA AAAGAACACG GCTATAACGA AAATTACAAA AACTATACGG
401  CGTATATGCG GAAGGAAGCG CCTGAAGAGG GAGGCGGTAA ACACATTGAA
451  GCTTCTTTCG ACGATGAGGC CGTTATAGAG ACTGAAGCAA ACCCGACGGA
501  TATCCGCCAC GTAAAAQAAA TCGGACACAT CGATTTGGTC TCCCATATTA
551  TTGGCGGGCG TTCCGTGGAC GGCAGACCTG CAGGCGGTAT TGCGCCCGAT
601  GCGACGCTAC ACATAATGAA TACGAATGAT GAAACCAAGA ACGAAATGAT
651  GGTTGCAGCC ATCCGCAATG CATGGGTCAA GCTGGGCGAA CGTGGCGTGC
701  GCATCGTCAA TAACAGTTTT GGAACAACAT CGAGGGCAGG CACTGCCGAC
751  CTTTTCCAAA TAGCCAATTC GGAGGAGCAG TACCGCCAAG CGTTGCTCGA
801  CTATTCCGGC GGTGATAAAA CAGACGAGGG TATCCGCCTG ATGCAACAGA
851  GCGATTACGG CAACCTGTCC TACCACATCC GTAATAAAAA CATGCTTTTC
901  ATCTTTTCGA CAGGCAATGA CGCACAAGCT CAGCCCAACA CATATGCCCT
951  ATTGCCATTT TATGAAAAAG ACGCTCAAAA AGGCATTATC ACAGTCGCAG
1001 GCGTAGACCG CAGTGGAGAA AAGTTCAAAC GGGAAATGTA TGGAGAACCG
1051 GGTACAGAAC CGCTTGAGTA TGGCTCCAAC CATTGCGGAA TTACTGCCAT
1101 GTGGTGCCTG TCGGCACCCT ATGAAGCAAG CGTCCGTTPC ACCCGTACAA
1151 ACCCGATTCA AATTGCCGGA ACATCCTTTT CCGCACCCAT CGTAACCGGC
1201 ACGGCGGCTC TGCTGCTGCA GAAATACCCG TGGATGAGCA ACGACAACCT
1251 GCGTACCACG TTGCTGACGA CGGCTCAGGA CATCGGTGCA GTCGGCGTGG
1301 ACAGCAAGTT CGGCTGGGGA CTGCTGGATG CGGGTAAGGC CATGAACGGA
1351 CCCGCGTCCT TTCCGTTCGG CGACTTTACC GCCGATACGA AAGGTACATC
1401 CGATATTGCC TACTCCTTCC GTAACGACAT TTCAGGCACG GGCGGCCTGA
1451 TCAAAAAAGG CGGCAGCCAA CTGCAACTGC ACGGCAACAA CACCTATACG
1501 GGCAAAACCA TTATCGAAGG CGGTTCGCTG GTGTTGTACG GCAACAACAA
1551 ATCGGATATG CGCGTCGAAA CCAAAGGTGC GCTGATTTAT AACGGGGCGG
1601 CATCCGGCGG CAGCCTGAAC AGCGACGGCA TTGTCTATCT GGCAGATACC
1651 GACCAATCCG GCGCAAACGA AACCGTACAC ATCAAAGGCA GTCTGCAGCT
1701 GGACGGCAAA GGTACGCTGT ACACACGTTT GGGCAAACTG CTGAAAGTGG
1751 ACGGTACGGC GATTATCGGC GGCAAGCTGT ACATGTCGGC ACGCGGCAAG
1801 GGGGCAGGCT ATCTCAACAG TACCGGACGA CGTGTTCCCT TCCTGAGTGC
1851 CGCCAAAATC GGGCAGGATT ATTCTTTCTT CACAAACATC GAAACCGACG
1901 GCGGCCTGCT GGCTTCCCTC GACAGCGTCG AAAAAACAGC GGGCAGTGAA
1951 GGCGACACGC TGTCCTATTA TGTCCGTCGC GGCAATGCGG CACGGACTGC
2001 TTCGGCAGCG GCACATTCCG CGCCCGCCGG TCTGAAACAC GCCGTAGAAC
2051 AGGGCGGCAG CAATCTGGAA AACCTGATGG TCGAACTGGA TGCCTCCGAA
2101 TCATCCGCAA CACCCGAGAC GGTTGAAACT GCGGCAGCCG ACCGCACAGA
2151 TATGCCGGGC ATCCGCCCCT ACGGCGCAAC TTTCCGCGCA GCGGCAGCCG
2201 TACAGCATGC GAATGCCGCC GACGGTGTAC GCATCTTCAA CAGTCTCGCC
2251 GCTACCGTCT ATGCCGACAG TACCGCCGCC CATGCCGATA TGCAGGGACG
2301 CCGCCTGAAA GCCGTATCGG ACGGGTTGGA CCACAACGGC ACGGGTCTGC
2351 GCGTCATCGC GCAAACCCAA CAGGACGGTG GAACGTGGGA ACAGGGCGGT
2401 GTTGAAGGCA AAATGCGCGG CAGTACCCAA ACCGTCGGCA TTGCCGCQAA
2451 AACCGGCGAA AATACGACAG CAGCCGCCAC ACTGGGCATG GGACGCAGCA
2501 CATGGAGCGA AAACAGTGCA AATGCAAAAA CCGACAGCAT TAGTCTGTTT
2551 GCAGGCATAC GGCACGATGC GGGCGATATC GGCTATCTCA AAGGCCTGTT
2601 CTCCTACGGA CGCTACAAAA ACAGCATCAG CCGCAGCACC GGTGCGGACG
2651 AACATGCGGA AGGCAGCGTC AACGGCACGC TGATGCAGCT GGGCGCACTG
2701 GGCGGTGTCA ACGTTCCGTT TGCCGCAACG GGAGATTTGA CGGTCGAAGG
2751 CGGTCTGCGC TACGACCTGC TCAAACAGGA TGCATTCGCC GAAAAAGGCA
2801 GTGCTTTGGG CTGGAGCGGC AACAGCCTCA CTGAAGGCAC GCTGGTCGGA
2851 CTCGCGGGTC TGAAGCTGTC GCAACCCTTG AGCGATAAAG CCGTCCTGTT
2901 TGCAACGGCG GGCGTGGAAC GCGACCTGAA CGGACGCGAC TACAGGGTAA
2951 CGGGCGGCTT TACCGGCGCG ACTGCAGCAA CCGGCAAGAC GGGGGCACGC
3001 AATATGCCGC ACACCCGTCT GGTTGCCGGC CTGGGCGCGG ATGTCGAATT
3051 CGGCAACGGC TGGAACGGCT TGGCACGTTA CAGCTAQGCC GGTTCCAAAC
3101 AGTACGGCAA CCACAGCGGA CGAGTCGGCG TAGGCTACCG GTTCCTCGAC
3151 GGTGGCGGAG GCACTGGATC CTCAGATTTG GCAAACGATT CTTTTATCCG
3201 GCAGGTTCTC GACCGTCAGC ATTTCGAACC CGACGGGAAA TACCACCTAT
3251 TCGGCAGCAG GGGGGAACTT GCCGAGCGCA GCGGCCATAT CGGATTGGGA
3301 AAAATACAAA GCCATCAGTT GGGCAACCTG ATGATTCAAC AGGCGGCCAT
3351 TAAAGGAAAT ATCGGCTACA TTGTCCGCTT TTCCGATCAC GGGCACGAAG
3401 TCCATTCCCC CTTCGACAAC CATGCCTCAC ATTCCGATTC TGATQAAGCC
3451 GGTAGTCCCG TTGACGGATT TAGCCTTTAC CGCATCCATT GGGACGGATA
3501 CGAACACCAT CCCGCCGACG GCTATGAQGG GCCACAGGGC GGCGGCTATC
3551 CCGCTCCCAA AGGCGCGAGG GATATATACA GCTACGACAT AAAAGGCGTT
3601 GCCCAAAATA TCCGCCTCAA CCTGACCGkC AACCGCAGCA CCGGACAACG
3651 GCTTGCCGAC CGTTTCCACA ATGCCGGTAG TATGCTGACG CAAGGAGTAG
3701 GCGACGGATT CAAACGCGCC ACCCGATACA GCCCCGAGCT GGACAGATCG
3751 GGCAATGCCG CCGAAGCCTT CAACGGCACT GCAGATATCG TTAAAAACAT
3801 CATCGGCGCG GCAGGAGAAA TTGTCGGCGC AGGCGATGCC GTGCAGGGCA
3851 TAAGCGAAGG CTCAAACATT GCTGTCATGC ACGGCTTGGG TCTGCTTTCC
3901 ACCGAAAACA AGATGGCGCG CATCAACGAT TTGGCAGATA TGGCGCAACT
3951 CAAAGACTAT GCCGCAGCAG CCATCCGCGA TTGGGCAGTC CAAAACCCCA
4001 ATGCCGCACA AGGCATAGAA GCCGTCAGCA ATATCTTTAT GGCAGCCATC
4051 CCCATCAAAG GGATTGQAGC TGTTCGGGGA AAATACGGCT TGGGCGGCAT
4101 CACGGCACAT CCTATCAAGC GGTCGCAGAT GGGCGCGATC GCATTGCCGA
4151 AAGGGAAATC CGCCGTCAGC GACAATTTTG CCGATGCGGC ATACGCCAAA
4201 TACCCGTCCC CTTACCATTC CCGAAATATC CGTTCAAACT TGGAGCAGCG
4251 TTACGGCAAA GAAAACATCA CCTCCTCAAC CGTGCCGCCG TCAAACGGCA
4301 AAAATGTCAA ACTGGCAGAC CAACGCCACC CGAAGACAGG CGTACCGTTT
4351 GACGGTAAAG GGTTTCCGAA TTTTGAGAAG CACGTGAAAT ATGATACGCT
4401 CGAGCACCAC CACCACCACC ACTGA
1    MTSAPDFNAG GTGIGSNSRA TTAKSAAVSY AGIKNEMCKD RSMLCAGRDD
51   VAVTDRDAKI NAPPPNLHTG DFPNPNDAYK NLINLKPAIE AGYTGRGVEV
101  GIVDTGESVG SISPPELYGR KEHGYNENYK NYTAYMRKEA PEDGGGKDIE
151  ASFflDEAVIE TRAKPTDIRH VKEIGHIDLV SHIIGGRSVD GRPAGGIAPD
201  ATLHIMNTND BTKNEMMVAA IENAWVKLGE RGVRIVNNSF GTTSRAGTAD
251  LFQIANSEBQ YRQALLDYSG GDKTDEGIEL MQQSDYGNLS YHIRNKNMLF
301  IFSTGNDAQA QPNTYALLPF YEKDAQKGII TVAGVDRSGE KFKREMYGEP
351  GTEPLBYGSN HCGITAMWCL SAPYEASVRF TRTNPIQIAG TSFSAPIVTG
401  TAALLLQKYP WMSNDNLRTT LLTTAQDIGA VGVDSKFGWG LLDAGKANNG
451  PASFPFGDFT ADTKGTSDIA YSPRNDISGT GGLIKKGGSQ LQLHGNNTYT
501  GKTIIEGGSL VLYGNNKSDM RVBTKGMJIY NGAASGGSLN SDGIVYLADT
551  DQSGANETVH IKGSLQLDQK GTLYTRLGKL LKVDGTAIIG GKLYMSARGK
601  GAGYLNSTGR RVPFLSAAKI GQDYSFFTNI ETDGGLLASL DSVBKTAGSE
651  GDTLSYYVER GNAARTASAA AHSAPAGLKH AVEQGGSNLE NLMVELDASE
701  SSATPBTVET AAADRTDMPG IRPYGATFRA AAAVQHANAA DGVRIFNSLA
751  ATVYADSTAA HADMQGRRLK AVSDGLDHNG TGLRVIAQTQ QDGGTWEQGG
801  VEGKMRGSTQ TVGIAAKTGE NTTAAATLGM GRSTWSENSA NAKTDSISLF
851  AGIRHDAGDI GYLKGLFSYG RYKNSISRST GADEHAEGSV NGTLNQLGAL
901  GGVNVPFAAT GDLTVEGGLR YDLLKQDAFA EKGSALGWSG NSLTEGTLVG
951  LAGLKLSQPL SDKAVLFATA GVERDLNGRD YTVTGGFTGA TAATGKTGAR
1001 NMPHTRLVAG LGADVEPGNG WNGLARYSYA GSKQYGNHSG RVGVGYRFLD
1051 GGGGTGSSDL ANDSFIRQVL DRQHFEPDGK YHLFGSRGEL AERSGHIGI1G
1101 KIQSHQLGNL MIQQAAIKGN ZGYIVRPSDH GHEVHSPFDN HASHSDSDEA
1151 GSPVDGFSLY RIHWDGYEHH PADGYDGPQG GGYPAPKGAR DIYSYDIKGV
1201 AQNIELNLTD NRSTGQRLAD RPHNAGSMLT QGVGDGFKRA TRYSPEWRS
1251 GNAAEAFNGT ADIVKNIIGA AGBIVGAGDA VQGISEGSNI AVMHGWLLS
1301 TENKMARIND LADMAQLKDY AAAAIRDWAV QNPNAAQGIE AVSNIFKAAI
1351 PIKGIGAVRG KYGLGGITAR PIKRSQMGAI ALPKGKSAVS DNFADAAYAK
1401 YPSPYHSRNI RSNLEQRYGK ENITSSTVPP SNGDKVKLAD QRHPKTGVPF
1451 DGKGFPNFEK HVKYDTLEHH HHHH*
ΔG983-741
1    ATGACTTCTG CGCCCGACTT CAATGCAGGC GGTACCGGTA TCGGCAGCAA
51   CAGCAGACCA ACAACAGCGA AATCAGCAGC AGTATCTTAC GCCGGTATCA
101  AGAACGAAAT GTGCAAAGkC AGAAGCATGC TCTGTGCCGG TCGGGATGAC
151  GTTGCGGTTA CAGACAGGGA TGCCAAAATC AATGCCCCCC CCCCGAATCT
201  GCATACCGGA GACTTTCCAA ACCCAAATGA CGCATACAAG AATTTGATCA
251  ACCTCAAACC TGCAATTGAA GCAGGCTATA CAGGACGCGG GGTAGAGGTA
301  GGTATCGTCG ACACAGGCGA ATCCGTCGGC AGCATATCCT TTCCCGAACT
351  GTATGGCAGA AAAGAACACG GCTATAACQA AAATTACAAA AACTATACGG
401  CGTATATGCG GAAGGAAGCG CCTGAAGACG GAGGCGGTAA AGACATTGAA
451  GCTTCTTTCG ACGATGAGGC CGTTATAGAG ACTGAAGCAA AGCCGACGGA
501  TATCCGCCAC GTAAAAGAAA TCGGACACAT CGATTTGGTC TCCCATATTA
551  TTGGCGGGCG TTCCGTGGAC GGCAGACCTG CAGGCGGTAT TGCGCCCGAT
601  GCGACGCTAC ACATAATGAA TACGAATGAT GAAACCAAGA ACGAAATGAT
651  GGTTGCAGCC ATCCGCAATG CATGGGTCAA GCTGGGCGAA CGTGGCGTGC
701  GCATCGTCAA TAACAGTTTT GGAACAACAT CGAGGGCAGG CACTGCCGAC
751  CTTTTCCAAA TAGCCAATTC GGAGGAGCAG TACCGCCAAG CGTTGCTCGA
801  CTATTCCGGC GGTGATAAAA CAGACGAGGG TATCCGCCTG ATGCAkCAGA
851  GCGATTACGQ CAACCTGTCC TACCACATCC GTAATAAAAA CATGCTTTTC
901  ATCTTTTCGA CAGGCAATQA CGCACAAGCT CAGCCCAAQA CATATGCCCT
951  ATTGCCATTT TATGAAAAAG ACGCTCAAAA AGGCATTATC ACAGTCGCAG
1001 GCGTAGACCG CAGTGGAGAA AAGTTCAAAC GGGAAATGTA TGGAGAACCG
1051 GGTACAGAAC CGCTTGAGTA TGGCTCCAAC CATTGCGGAA TTACTGCCAT
1101 GTGGTGCCTG TCGGCACCCT ATGAAGCAAG CGTCCGTTTC ACCCGTACAA
1151 ACCCGATTCA AATTGCCGGA ACATCCTTTT CCGCACCCAT CGTAACCGGC
1201 ACGGCGGCTC TGCTGCTGCA GAAATACCCG TGGATGAGCA ACGACAACCT
1251 GCGTACCACG TTGCTGACGA CGGCTCAGGA CATCGGTGCA GTCGGCGTGG
1301 ACAGCAAGTT CGGCTGGGGA CTGCTGGATG CGGGTAAGGC CATGAACGGA
1351 CCCGCGTCCT TTCCGTTCGG CGACTTTACC GCCGATACGA AAGGTACATC
1401 CGATATTGCC TACTCCTTCC GTAACGACAT TTCAGGCACG GGCGGCCTGA
1451 TCAAAAAAGG CGGCAGCCAA CTGCAAATGC ACGGCAACAT CACCTATACG
1501 GGCAAAACCA TTATCGAAGG CGGTTCGCTG GTGTTGTACG GCAACAACAA
1551 ATCGGATATG CGCGTCGAAA CCAAAGGTGC GCTGATTTAT AACGGGGCGG
1601 CATCCGGCGG CAGCCTGAAC AGCGACGGCA TTGTCTATCT GGCAGATACC
1651 GACCAATCCG GCGCAAACGA AACCGTACAC ATCAAAGGCA GTCTGCAGCT
1701 GGACGGCAAA GGTACGCTGT ACACACGTTT GGGCAAACTG CTGAAAGTGG
1751 ACGGTACGGC GATTATCGGC GGCAAGCTGT ACATGTCGGC ACGCGGCAAG
1801 GGGGCAGGCT ATCTCAACAG TACCGGACGA CGTGTTCCCT TCCTGAGTGC
1851 CGCCAAAATC GGGCAGGATT ATTCTTTCTT CACAAACATC GAAACCGACG
1901 GCGGCCTGCT GGCTTCCCTC GACAGCGTCG AAAAAACAGC GGGCAGTGAA
1951 GGCGACACGC TGTCCTATTA TGTCCGTCGC GGCAATGCGG CACGGACTGC
2001 TTCGGCAGCG GCACATTCCG OGCCCGCCGG TCTGAAACAC GCCGTAGAAC
2051 AGGGCGGCAG CAATCTGGAA AACCTGATGG ICGAACTGGA TGCCTCCGAA
2101 TCATCCGCAA CACCCGAGAC GGTTGAAACT GCGGCAGCCG ACCGCACAGA
2151 TATGCCGGGC ATCCGCCCCT ACGGCGCAAC TTTCCGCGCA GCGGCAGCCG
2201 TACAGCATGC GAATGCCGCC GACGGTGTAC GCATCTTCAA CAGTCTCGCC
2251 GCTACCGTCT ATGCCGACAG TACCGCCGCC CATGCCGATA TGCAGGGACG
2301 CCGCCTGAAA GCCGTATCGG ACGGGTTGGA CCACAACGGC ACGGGTCTGC
2351 GCGTCATCGC GCAAACCCAA CAGGACGGTG GAACGTGGGA ACAGGGCGGT
2401 GTTGAAGGCA AAATGCGCGG CAGTACCCAA ACCGTCGGCA TTGCCGCGAA
2451 AACCGGCGAA AATACGACAG CAGCCGCCAC ACTGGGCATG GGACGCAGCA
2501 CATGGAGCGA AAACAGTGCA AATGCAAAAA CCGACAGCAT TAGTCTGTTT
2551 GCAGGCATAC GGCACGATGC GGGCGATATC GGCTATCTCA AAGGCCTGTT
2601 CTCCTACGGA CGCTACAAAA ACAGCATCAG CCGCAGCACC GGTGCGGACG
2651 AACATGCGGA AGGCAGCGTC AACGGCACGC TGATGCAGCT GGGCGCACTG
2701 GGCGGTGTCA ACGTTCCGTT TGCCGCAACG GGAGATTTGA CGGTCGAAGG
2751 CGGTGTGCGC TACGACCTGC TCAAACAGGA TGCATTCGCC GAAAAAGGCA
2801 GTGCTTTGGG CTGGAGCGGC AACAGCCTCA CTGAAGGCAC GCTGGTCGGA
2851 CTCGCGGGTC TGAAGCTGTC GCAACCCTTG AGCGATAAAG CCGTCCTGTT
2901 TGCAACGGCG GOCGTGGAAC GCGACCTGAT CGGACGCGAC TACACGGTAA
2951 CGGGCGGCTT TACCGGCGCG ACTGCAGCAA CCGGCAAGAC GGGGGCACGC
3001 AATATGCCGC ACACCCGTCT GGTTGCCGGC CTGGGCGCGG ATGTCGAATT
3051 CGGCAACGGC TGGAACGGCT TGGCACGTTA CAGCTACGCC GGTTCCAAAC
3101 AGTACGGCAA CCACAGCGGA CGAGTCGGCG TAGGCTACCG GGTTCCTCGA
3151 GGATCCGGAG GGGGTGGTGT CGCCGCCGAC ATCGGTGCGG GGCTTGCCGA
3201 TGCACTAACC GCACCGCTCG ACCATAAAGA CAAAGGTTTG CAGTCTTTGA
3251 CGCTGGATCA GTCCGTCAGG AAAAACGAGA AACTGAAGCT GGCGGCACAA
3301 GGTGCGGAAA AAACTTATGG AAACGGTGAC AGCCTCAATA CGGGCAAATT
3351 GAAGAACGAC AAGGTCAGCC GTTTCGACTT TATCCGCCAA ATCGAAGTGG
3401 ACGGGCAGCT CATTACCTTG GAGAGTGGAG AGTTCCAAGT ATACAAACAA
3451 AGCCATTCCG CCTTAACCGC CTTTCAGACC GAGCAAATAC AAGATTCGGA
3501 GCATTCCGGG AAGATGGTTG CGAAACGCCA GTTCAGAATC GGCGACATAG
3551 CGGGCGAACA TACATCTTTT GACAAGCTTC CCGAAGGCGG CAGGGCGACA
3601 TATCGCGGGA CGGCGTTCGG TTCAGACGAT GCCGGCGGAA AACTGACCTA
3651 CACCATAGAT TTCGCCGCCA AGCAGGGAAA CGGCAAAATC GAACATTTGA
3701 AATCGCCAGA ACTCAATGTC GACCTGGCCG CCGCCGATAT CAAGCCGGAT
3751 GGAAAACGCC ATGCCGTCAT CAGCGGTTCC GTCCTTTACA ACCAAGCCGA
3801 GAAAGGCAGT TACTCCCTCG GTATCTTTGG CGGAAAAGCC CAGGAAGTTG
3851 CCGGCAGCGC GGAAGTGAAA ACCGTAAACG QCATACGCCA TATCGGCCTT
3901 GCCGCCAAGC AACTCGAGCA CCACCACCAC CACCACTGA
1    MTSAPDFNAG GTGIGSNBRA TTAKSAAVSY AGIKNEHCKD RSMLCAGRDD
51   VAVTDRDAKI NAPPPNLHTG DFPNPNDAYK NLINLKPAIE AGYTGRGVZV
101  GXVDTGBSVQ SISFPELYGR KEHGYNENYK NYTAYMRKEA PBDGGGKDIB
151  ASFDDEAVIE TRAKPTDIRIRH VKEIGHIDLV SHIIGGRSVD GRPAGGIAPD
201  ATLHIMNTND ETKNEMMVAA IRNAWVKLGB RGVRIVNNSF GTTSRAGTAD
251  LFQLANSEBQ YRQALLDYSG GDKTDEGIRL MQQSDYGNLS YHIRNKNMLF
301  IFSTGNDAQA QPNTYALLPF YBKDAQKGII TVAGVDRSGE FKRENYGEP
351  GTEPLEYGSN HCGITAMWCL SAPYEASVRP TRTNPIQIAG TSFSAPIVTG
401  TAALIJLQKYP WMSNDNLRTT LLTTAQDIGA VGVDSKFGWG LLDAGKAMNG
451  PASFPFGDFT ADTKGTSDIA YSFENDISGT GGLIKKGGSQ LQLHGNNTYT
501  GKTIIEGGSL VLYGNNKSDN RVETKGALIY NQAASGGSLN SDGIVYLADT
551  DQSGANETVH IKGSLQLDGK GTLYTRLGKL LKVDGTAIIG GKLYMSARGK
601  GAGYLNSTGR RVPPLBAAKI GQDYBPFTNI HTDGGLLASL DSVEKTAGSE
651  GDTLSYYVRR GNAARTASAA AHSAPAGLKH AVEQGGSNLE NLMVELDABE
701  SSATPETVBT AAADRTDMPG IRPYGATFRA AAAVQHANAA DGVRIFNSLA
751  ATVYADSTAA HADMQGRRLK AVSDGLDHNG TGLRVIAQTQ QDGGTWBQGG
801  VHGKMRGSTQ TVGIAAKTGE NTTAAATLGM GRSTWBENSA NAKTDSISLP
851  AGIRHDAGDI GYLKGLFBYG RYKNSISEST GADBHAEGSV NGTLMQLGAL
901  GGVNVPFAAT GDLTVEGGLR YDLLKQDAFA HKGSALQWSG NSLTEQTLVG
951  LAGLKLSQPL SDKAVLFATA GVERDLNGRD YTVTGGFTGA TAATGKTGAR
1001 NHPHTRLVAG LGADVHFGNG WNGLARYSYA GSKQYGNHSG RVGVGYRFLE
1051 GSGGGGVAAD IGAGLADALT APLDHXDKGL QSLTDQSVR KNEKLKLAAQ
1101 GAEKTYGNGD SLNTGKLKND KVSPPDFIRQ IEVDGQLITL ESGEFQVYXQ
1151 SHSALTAPQT EQIQDSEHSG KMVAKRQFRI GDIAGEHTFP DKLPEGGRAT
1201 YRGTAFGSDD AGGKLTYTID FAAKQGNGKI EHLKSPELNV DLAAADIKPD
1251 GKPHAVISGS VLYNQAEKGS YSLGIFOGKA QEVAGSAEVK TVNGIEHIGL
1301 AAKQLEHHHH HH*
ΔG983-961
1    ATGACTTCTG CGCCCGACTT CAATGCAGGC GGTACCGGTA TCGGCAGCAA
51   CAGCAGAGCA ACAACAGCGA AATCAGCAGC AGTATCTTAC GCCGGTATCA
101  AGAACGAAAT GTGCAAAGAC AGAAGCATGC TCTGTGCCGG TCGGGATGAC
151  GTTGCGGTTA CAGACAGGGA TGCCAAAATC AATGCCCCCC CCCCGAATCT
201  GCATACCGGA GACTTTCCAA ACCCAAATGA CGCATACAAG AATTTGATCA
251  ACCTCAAACC TGCAATTGAA GCAGGCTATA CAGGAQGCGG GGTAGAGGTA
301  GGTATCGTCG ACACAGGCGA ATCCGTCGGC AGCATATCCT TTCCCGAACT
351  GTATGGCAGA AAAGAACACG GCTATAACGA AAATTACAAA AACTATACGG
401  CGTATATGCG GAAGGAAGCG CCTGAAGACG GAGGCGGTAA AGACATTGAA
451  GCTTCTTTCG ACGATGAGGC CGTTATAGAG ACTGAAGCAA AGCCGACGGA
501  TATCCGCCAC GTAAAAGAAA TOOGACACAT CGATTTGGTC TCCCATATTA
551  TTGGCGGGCG TTCCGTGGAC GGCAGACCTG CAGGCGGTAT TGCGCCCGAT
601  GCGACGCTAC ACATAATGAA TACGAATGAT GAAACCAAGA ACGAAATGAT
651  GGTTGCAGCC ATCCGCAATG CATGGGTCAA GCTGGGCGAA CGTGGCGTGC
701  GCATCGTCAA TAACAGTTTT GGAACAACAT CGAGGGCAGG CACTGCCGAC
751  CTTTTCCAAA TAGCCAATTC GGAGGAGCAG TACCGCCAAG CGTTGCTCGA
801  CTATTCCGGC GGTGATAAAA CAGACGAGGC TATCCGCCTG ATGCAACAGA
851  GCGATTACGG CAACCTGTCC TACCACATCC GTAATAAAAA CATGCTTTTC
901  ATCTTTTCGA CAGGCAATGA CGCACAAGCT CAGCCCAACA CATATGCCCT
951  ATTGCCATTT TATGAAAAAG ACGCTCAAAA AGGCATTATC ACAQTCGCAG
1001 GCGTAQACCG CAGTGGAGAA AAGTTCAAAC GGGAAATGTA TGGAGAACCG
1051 GGTACAGAAC CGCTTGAGTA TGGCTCCAAC CATTGCGGAA TTACTGCCAT
1101 GTGGTGCCTG TCGGCACCCT ATGAAGCAAG CGTCCGTTTC ACCCGTACAA
1151 ACCCGATTCA AATTGCCGGA ACATCCTTTT CCGCACCCAT CGTAACCGGC
1201 ACGGCGGCTC TGCTGCTGCA GAAATAGCCG TGGATGAGCA ACGACAACCT
1251 GCGTACCACG TTGCTGACGA CGGCTCAGGA CATCGGTGCA GTCGGCGTGG
1301 ACAGCAAGTT CGGCTGGGGA CTGCTGGATG CGGGTAAGGC CATGAACGGA
1351 CCCGCGTCCT TTCCGTTCGG CGACTTTACC GCCGATACGA AAGGTACATC
1401 CGATATTGCC TACTCCTTCC GTAACGACAT TTCAGGCACG GGCGGCCTGA
1451 TCAAAAAAGG CGGCAGCCAA CTGCAACTGC ACGGCAACAA CACCTATACG
1501 GGCAAAACCA TTATCGAAGG CGGTTCGCTG GTGTTGTACG GCAACAACAA
1551 ATCGGATATG CGCGTCGAAA CCAAAGGTGC GCTGATTTAT AACGGGGCGG
1601 CATCCGGCGG CAGCCTGAAC AGCGACGGCA TTGTCTATCT GGCAGATACC
1651 GACCAATCCG GCGCAAACGA AACCGTACAC ATCAAAGGCA GTCTGCAGCT
1701 GGACGGCAAA GGTACGCTGT ACACACGTTT GGGCAAAGTG CTGAAAGTGG
1751 ACGGTACGGC GATTATCGGC GGCAAGCTGT ACATGTCGGC ACGCGGCAAG
1801 GGGGCAGGCT ATCTCAACAG TACCGGACGA CGTGTTCCCT TCCTGAGTGC
1851 CGCCAAAATC GGGCAGGATT ATTCTTTCTT CACAAACATC GAAACCGACG
1901 GCGGCCTGCT GGCTTCCCTC GACAGCGTCG AAAAAACAGC GGGCAGTGAA
1951 GGCGACACGC TGTCCTATTA TGTCCGTCGC GGCAATGCGG CACGGACTGC
2001 TTCGGCAGCG GCACATTCCG CGCCCGCCGG TCTGAAACAC GCCGTAGAAC
2051 AGGGCGGCAG CAATCTGGAA AACCTGATGG TCGAACTGGA TGCCTCCGAA
2101 TCATCCGCAA CACCCGAGAC GGTTGAAACT GCGGCAGCCG ACCGCACAQA
2151 TATGCCGGGC ATCCGCCCCT ACGGCGCAAC TTTCCGCGCA GCGGCAGCCG
2201 TACAGCATGC GAATGCCGCC GACGGTGTAC GCATCTTCAA CAGTCTCGCC
2251 GCTACCGTCT ATGCCGACAG TACCGCCGCC CATGCCGATA TGCAGGGAGG
2301 CCGCCTGAAA GCCGTATCGG ACGGGTTGGA CCACAACGGC ACGGGTCTGC
2351 GCGTCATCGC GCAAACCCAA CAGGACGGTG GAACGTGGGA ACAGCGCGGT
2401 GTTGAAGCCA AAATGCGCGG CAGTACCCAA ACCGTCGGCA TTGCCGCGAA
2451 AACCGGCGAA AATACGACAG CAGCCGCCAC ACTGGGCATG GGACGCAGCA
2501 CATGGAGCGA AAACAGTGCA AATGCAAAAA CCGACAGCAT TAGTCTGTTT
2551 GCAGGCATAC GGCACGATGC GGGCGATATC GGCTATCTCA AAGGCCTGTT
2601 CTCCTACGGA CGCTACAAAA ACAGCATCAG CCGCAGCACC GGTGCGGACG
2651 AACATGCGGA AGGCAGCGTC AACGGCACGC TGATGCAGCT GGGCGCACTG
2701 GGCGGTGTCA ACGTTCCGTT TGCCGCAACG GGAGATTTGA CGGTCGAAGG
2751 CGGTCTGCGC TACGACCTGC TCAAACADGA TGCATTCGCC GAAAAAGGCA
2801 GTGCTTTGGG CTGGAGCGGC AACAGCCTCA CTGAAGGCAC GCTGGTCGGA
2851 CTCGCGGGTC TGAAGCTGTC GCAACCCTTG AGCGATAAAG CCGTCCTGTT
2901 TGCAACGGCG GGCGTGGAAC GCGACCTGAA CGGACGCGAC TACACGGTAA
2951 CGGGCGGCTT TACCGGCGCG ACTGCAGCAA CCGGCAAGAC GGGGGCACGC
3001 AATATGCCGC ACACCCGTCT GGTTGCCGGC CTGGGCGCGG ATGTCGAATT
3051 CGGCAACGGC TGGAACGGCT TGGCACGTTA CAGCTACGCC GGTTCCAAAC
3101 AGTACGGCAA CCACAGCGGA CGAGTCGGCG TAGGCTACCG GTTCCTCGAG
3151 GGTGGCGGAG GCACTGGATC CGCCACAAAC GACGACGATG TTAAAAAAGC
3201 TGCCACTGTG GCCATTGCTG CTGCCTACAA CAATGGCCAA GAAATCAACG
3251 GTTTCAAAGC TGGAGAGACC ATCTACGACA TTGATGAAGA CGGCACAATT
3301 ACCAAAAAAG ACGCAACTGC AGCCGATGTT GAAGCCGACG ACTTTAAAGG
3351 TCTGGGTCTG AAAAAAGTCG TGACTAACCT GACCAAAACC GTCAATGAAA
3401 ACAAACAAAA CGTCGATGCC AAAGTAAAAG CTGCAGAATC TGAAATAGAk
3451 AAGTTAACAA CCAAGTTAGC AGACACTGAT GCCGCTTTAG CAGATACTGA
3501 TGCCGCTCTG QATGCAACCA CCAACGCCTT GAATAAATTG GGAGAAAATA
3551 TAACGACATT TGCTGAAGAG ACTAAGACAA ATATCGTAAA AATTGATGAA
3601 AAATTAGAAG CCGTGGCTGA TACCGTCGAC AAGCATGCCG AAGCATTCAA
3651 CGATATCGCC GATTCATTGG ATGAAACCAA CACTAAGGCA GACGAAGCCG
3701 TCAAAACCGC CAATGAAGCC AAACAGACGG CCGAAGAAAC CAAACAAAAC
3751 GTCGATGCCA AAGTAAAAGC TGCAGAAACT GCAGCAGGCA AAGCCGAAGC
3801 TGCCGCTGGC ACAGCTAATA CTGCAGCCGA CAAGGCCGAA GCTGTCGCTG
3851 CAAAAGTTAC CGACATCAAA GCTGATATCG CTACGAACAA AGATAATATT
3901 GCTAAAAAAG CAAACAGTGC CGACGTGTAC ACCAGAGAAG AGTCTGACAG
3951 CAAATTTGTC AGAATTGATG GTCTGAACGC TACTACCGAA AAATTGGACA
4001 CACGCTTGGC TTCTGCTGAA AAATCCATTG CCGATCACGA TACTCGCCTG
4051 AACGGTTTGG ATAAAACAGT GTCAGACCTG CGCAAAGAAA CCCGCCAAGQ
4101 CCTTGCAGAA CAAGCCGCGC TCTCCGGTCT GTTCCAACCT TACAACGTGG
4151 GTCGGTTCAA TGTAACGGCT GCAGTCGGCG GCTACAAATC CGAATCGGCA
4201 GTCGCCATCG GTACCGGCTT CCGCTTTACC GAAAACTTTG CCGCCAAAGC
4251 AGGCGTGGCA GTCGGCACTT CGTCCGGTTC TTCCGCAGCC TACCATGTCG
4301 GCGTCAATTA CGAGTGGCTC GAGCACCACC ACCACCACCA CTGA
1    MTSAPDFNAG GTGIGSNSRA TTAKSAAVSY AGIKNRMCKD RSMLCAGRDD
51   VAVTDRDAKI NAPPPNLHTG DFPNPNDAYK NLINLKPAIE AGYTGRGVEV
101  GIVDTGBSVG SISFPELYGR KEHGYNENYK NYTAYNRKEA PEDGGGKDIE
151  ASFDDEAVIE TEAKPTDIEH VKEIGHIDLV SHIIGGRSVD GRPAGGIAPD
201  ATLHIMNTND ETKNEMMVAA IRNAWVKLGE RGVRIVNNSF GTTSRAGTAD
251  LFQIANSEEQ YRQALLDYSG GDKTDEGIRL MQQSDYGNLS YHIRNKNMLF
301  IFSTGNDAQA QPNTYALLPF YRKDAQRGII TVAGVDRSGE KFKREHYGEP
351  GTEPLEYGSN HCGITAMWCL BAPYEASVRF TRTNPIQIAG TSFSAPIVTG
401  TAALLLQKYP WMSNDNLRTT LLTTAQDIGA VGVDSKFGWG LLDAGKAMNG
451  PASFPFGDFT ADTKGTSDIA YSFRIWISGT GGLIKKGGSQ LQLHGNNTYT
501  GKTIIEGGSL VLYGNNKBDM RVETKGMJZY NGAABGGSLN SDGIVYLADT
551  DQSGAETVH IKGSLQLDGK GTLYTRLGKL LRVDGTAIIG GKLYHSARGK
601  GAGYLNSTGR RVPFLSAAKI GQDYSFFTNI BTDGGLLABL DSVEKTAGSE
651  GDTLSYYVRR GNAARTASAA AHSAPAGLKH AVRQGGSNLE NLMVELDASE
701  SSATPBTVET AAADRTDMPG IRPYGATFRA AAAVQHANAA DGVRIPNSLA
751  ATVYADSTAA HADMQGRRLK AVSDGLDHNG TGLRVZAQTQ QDGGTWEQGQ
801  VEGKMRGSTQ TVGIAAKTGE NTTAAATLGM GRBTWSENSA NAKTDBISLF
851  AGIRHDAGDI GYLKGLFBYG RYKNSISRST GADEHAEGSV NGTLMQLGAL
901  GGVNVPFAAT GDLTVRGGLR YDIILKQDAPA EKGSALGWSG NSLTEGTLVG
951  LAGLKLSQPL SDKAVLFATA GVERDLNGRD YTVTGGFTGA TAATGKTGAR
1001 NMPHTRLVAG LGADVEFGNG WNGLARYSYA GSKQYGNHSG RVGVGYRPLB
1051 GGGGTGSATN DDDVKKAATV AIAAAYNNGQ EINGFKAGET IYDIDEDGTI
1101 TKKDATAADV EADDFKGLGL KKVVTNLTKT VNENKQNVDA KVKAAESBIB
1151 KLTTKLADTD AALADTDAAL DATTNALNKL GENITTFAEE TKTNIVKIDE
1201 KLEAVADTVD KHAEAPNDIA DSLDETNTKA DEAVKTAUEA KQTABETKQN
1251 VDAKVKAABT AAGKAEAAAG TANTAADKAE AVAAKVTDIK ADIATNKDNI
1301 AKKANSADVY TREESDSKFV RIDGLNATTE KLDTRLASAE KSIADHDTRL
1351 NGLDKTVSDL RKETRQGLAE QAALSGLFQP YNVGRFNVTA AVGGYKSESA
1401 VAIGTGFRFT ENFAAKAGVA VGTSSGSSAA YHVGVNYEWL EHHHHHH*
ΔG983-961c
1    ATGACTTCTG CGCCCGACTT CAATGCAGGC GGTACCGGTA TCGGCAGCAA
51   CAGCAGAGCA ACAACAGCGA AATCAGCAQC AGTATCTTAC GCCGGTATCA
101  AGAACGAAAT GTGCAAAGAC AGAAGCATGC TCTGTGCCGG TCGGGATGAC
151  GTTGCGGTTA CAGACAGQGA TGCCAAAATC AATGCCCCCC CCCCGAATCT
201  GGATACCOGA GACTTTCCAA ACCCAAATGA CGCATACAAG AATTTGATCA
251  ACCTCAAACC TGCAATTGAA GCAGGCTATA CAGGACGCGG GGTAGAGGTA
301  GGTATCGTCG ACACAGGCGA ATCCGTCGGC AGCATATCCT TTCCCGAACT
351  GTATGGCAGA AAAGAACACG GCTATAACGA AAATTACAAA AACTATACGG
401  CGTATATGCG GAAGGAAGCG CCTGAAGACG GAGGCGGTAA AGACATTGAA
451  GCTTCTTTCG ACGATGAGGC CGTTATAGAG ACTGAAGCAA AGCCGACGGA
501  TATCCGCCAC GTAAAAGAAA TCGGACACAT CGATTTGGTC TCCCATATTA
551  TTGGCGGGCG TTCCGTGGAC GGCAGACCTG CAGGCGGTAT TGCGCCCGAT
601  GCGACGCTAC ACATAATGAA TACGAATGAT GAAACCAAGA ACGAAATGAT
651  GGTTGCAGCC ATCCGCAATG CATGGGTCAA GCTGGGCGAA CGTGGCGTGC
701  GCATCGTCAA TAACAGTTTT GGAACAACAT CGAGGGCAGG CACTGCCGAC
751  CTTTTCCAAA TAGCCAATTC GGAGGAGCAG TACCGCCAAG CGTTGCTCGA
801  CTATTCCGGC GGTGATAAAA CAGACGAGGG TATCCGCCTG ATGCAACAGA
851  GCGATTACGG CAACCTGTCC TACCACATCC GTAATAAAAA CATGCTTTTC
901  ATCTTTTCGA CAGGCAATGA CGCACAAGCT CAGCCCAACA CATATGCCCT
951  ATTGCCATTT TATGAAAAAG ACGCTCAAAA AGGCATTATC ACAGTCGCAG
1001 GCGTAGACCG CAGTGGAGAA AAGTTCAAAC GGGAAATGTA TGGAGAACCG
1051 GGTACAGAAC CGCTTGAGTA TGGCTCCAAC CAFPTGCGGAA TTACTGCCAT
1101 GTGGTGCCTG TCGGCACCCT ATGAAGCAAG CGTCCGTTTC ACCCGTACAA
1151 ACCCGATTCA AATTGCCGGA ACATCCTTTT CCGCACCCAT CGTAACCGGC
1201 ACGGCGGCTC TGCTGCTGCA GAAATACCCG TGGATGAGCA ACGACAACCT
1251 GCGTACCACG TTGCTGACGA CGGCTCAGGA CATCGGTGCA GTCGGCGTGG
1301 ACAGCAAGTT CGGCTGGGGA CTGCTGGATG CGGGTAAGGC CATGAACGGA
1351 CCCGCGTCCT TTCCGTTCGG CGACTTTACC GCCGATACGA AAGGTACATC
1401 CGATATTGCC TACTCCTTCC GTAACGACAT TTCAGGCACG GGCGGCCTGA
1451 TCAAAAAAGG CGGCAGCCAA CTGCAACTGC ACGGCAACAA CACCTATACG
1501 GGCAAAACCA TTATCGAAGG CGGTTCGCTG GTGTTGTACG GCAACAACAA
1551 ATCGGATATG CGCGTCGAAA CCAAAGGTGC GCTGATTTAT AACGGGGCGG
1601 CATCCGGCGG CAGCCTGAAC AGCGACGGCA TTGTCTATCT GGCAGATACC
1651 GACCAATCCG GCGCAAACGA AACCGTACAC ATCAAAGGCA GTCTGCAGCT
1701 GGACGGCAAA GGTACGCTGT ACACACGTTT GGGCAAACTG CTGAAAGTGG
1751 ACGGTACGGC GATTATCGGC GGCAAGCTGT ACATGTCGGC ACGCGGCAAG
1801 GGGGCAGGCT ATCTCAACAG TACCGGACGA CGTGTTCCCT TCCTGAGTGC
1851 CGCCAAAATC GGGCAGQATT ATTCTTTCTT CACAAACATC GAAACCGACG
1901 GCGGCCTGCT GGCTTCCCTC GACAGCGTCG AAAAAACAGC GGGCAGTGAA
1951 GGCGACACGC TGTCCTATTA TGTCCGTCGC GGCAATGCGG CACGGACTGC
2001 TTCGGCAGCG GCACATTCCG CGCCCOCCGG TCTGAAACAC GCCGTAGAAC
2051 AGGGCGGCAG CAATCTGGAA AACCTGATGG TCGAACTGQA TGCCTCCGAA
2101 TCATCCGCAA CACCCGAGAC GGTTGAAACT GCGGCAGCCG ACCGCACAGA
2151 TATGCCGGGC ATCCGCCCCT ACGGCGCAAC TTTCCGCGCA GCGGCAGCCG
2201 TACAGCATGC GAATGCCGCC GACGGTGTAC GCATCTTCAA CAGTCTCGCC
2251 GCTACCGTCT ATGCCGACAG TACCGCCGCC CATGCCGATA TGCAGGGACG
2301 CCGCCTGAAA GCCGTATCGG ACGGGTTGGA CCACAACGGC ACGGGTCTGC
2351 GCGTCATCGC GCAAACCCAA CAGGAQGGTG GAACGTGGGA ACAGGGCGGT
2401 GTTGAAGGCA AAATGCGCGG CAGTACCCAA ACCGTCGGCA TTGCCGCGAA
2451 AACCGGCGAA AATACGACAG CAGCCGCCAC ACTGGGCATG GGACGCAGCA
2501 CATGGAGCGA AAACAGTGCA AATGCAAAAA CCGACAGCAT TAGTCTGTTT
2551 GCAGGCATAC GGCACGATGC GGGCGATATC GGCTATCTCA AAGGCCTGTT
2601 CTCCTACGGA CGCTACAAAA ACAGCATCAG CCGCAGCACC GGTGCGGACG
2651 AACATGCGGA AGOCAGCGTC AACGGCACGC TGATGCAGCT GGGCGCACTG
2701 GGCGGTGTCA ACGTTCCGTT TGCCGCAkCG GGAGATTTGA CGGTCGAAGG
2751 CGGTCTGCGC TACGACCTGC TCAAACAGQA TGCATTCGCC GAAAAAGGCA
2801 GTGCTTTGGG CTGQkGCGGC AACAGCCTCA CTGAAGGCAC GCTGGTCGGA
2851 CTCGCGGGTC TGAAGCTGTC GCAACCCTTG AGCGATAAAG CCGTCCTGTT
2901 TGCAACGGCG GGCGTGGAAC GCGACCTGAA CGGACGCGAC TACACGGTAA
2951 CGGGCGGCTT TACCGGCGCG ACTGCAGCAA CCGGCAAGAC GGGGGCACGC
3001 AATATGCCGC ACACCCGTCT GGTTGCCGGC CTGGGCGCGG ATGTCGAATT
3051 CGGCAACGGC TGGAACGGCT TGGCACGTTA CAGCTACGCC GGTTCCAAAC
3101 AGTACGGCAA CCACAGCGGA CGAGTCGGCG TAGGCTACCG GTTCCTCGAG
3151 GGTGOCGGAG GCACTGGATC CGCCACAAAC GACGACGATG TTAAAAAAGC
3201 TGCCACTGTG GCCATTGCTG CTGCCTACAA CAATGGCCAA GAAATCAACG
3251 GTTTCAAAGC TGGAGAGACC ATCTACGACA TTGATGAAGA CGGCACAATT
3301 ACCAAAAAAG ACGCAACTGC AGCCGATGTT GAAGCCGACG ACTTTAAkGG
3351 TCTGGGTCTG AAAAAAGTCG TGACTAACCT GACCAAAACC GTCAATGAAA
3401 ACAAACAAAA CGTCGATGCC AAAGTAAAAG CTGCAGAATC TGAAATAGAk
3451 AAGTTAACAA CCAAGTTAGC AGACAQTGAT GCCGCTTTAG CAGATACTGA
3501 TGCCGCTCTG GATGCAACCA CCAAGGCCTT GAATAAATTG GGAGAAAATA
3551 TAACGACATT TGCTGAAGAG ACTAAGACAA ATATCGTAAA AATTGATGAA
3601 AAATTAGAAG CCGTGGCTGA TACCGTCGAC AAGCATGCCG AAGCATTCAA
3651 CGATATCGCC GATTCATTGG ATGAAACCAA CACTAAGGCA GACGAAGCCG
3701 TCAAAACCGC CAATGAAGCC AAACAGACGG CCGAAGAAAC CAAACAAAAC
3751 GTCGATGCCA AAGTAAAAGC TGCAGAAACT GCAGCAGGCA AAGCCGAAGC
3801 TGCCGCTGGC ACAGCTAATA CTGCAGCCGA CAAGGCCGAA GCTGTCGCTG
3851 CAAAAGTTAC CGACATCAAA GCTGATATCG CTACGAACAA AGATAATATT
3901 GCTAAAAAAG CAAACAGTGC CGACGTGTAC ACCAGAGAAG AGTCTGACAG
3951 CAAATTTGTC AGAATTGATG GTCTGAACGC TACTACCGAA AAATTGGACA
4001 CACGCTTGGC TTCTGCTGAA AAATCCATTG CCGATCACGA TACTCGCCTG
4051 AACGGTTTGG ATAAAACAGT GTCAGACCTG CGCAAAGAAA CCCGCCAAGG
4101 CCTTGCAGAA CAAGCCGCGC TCTCCGGTCT GTTCCAACCT TACAACGTGG
4151 GTCTCGAGCA CCACCACCAC CACCACTGA
1    MTSAPDFNAG GTGIGSNSRA TTAXSAAVSY AGIKNEHCKD RSNIJCAGRDD
51   VAVTDRflAKI NAPPPNLHTG DFPNPNDAYK NLINLKPAIE AGYTGRGVEV
101  GIVDTGESVG SISFPELYGR KERGYNENYK NYTAYMEKEA PEDGGGKDIE
151  ASFDDEAVIE TEAKPTDThH VKEIGHIDLV SHIIGGRSVD GRPAGGIAPD
201  ATLHIMNTND ETKNEMMVAA IPNAWVKLGE RGVRIVNNSP GTTSRAGTAD
251  LFQIANSEEQ YRQALLDYSG GDKTDEGIRL MQQSDYGNLS YHIRNKNMLF
301  IFSTGNDAQA QPNTYALLPF YEKDAQKGII TVAGVDRSGE KFKEEMYGEP
351  GTEPLEYGSN HCGITAMWCL SAPYBASVRP TRTNPIQIAG TSPSAPIVTG
401  TAALLLQKYP WMSNDNLRTT LLTTAQDIGA VGVDSKEGWG LLDAGKAMNG
451  PASFPFGDFT ADTKGTSDIA YSFENDISGT GGLIDCGGSQ LQLHGNNTYT
501  QKTIIEGGSL VLYGNNKSDH RVETKGALIY NGAASGGSLN SDGIVYLADT
551  DQSGANETVH IKGSLQLDGK GTLYTRLGKL LKVDGTAIIG GKLYMSARGK
601  GAGYLNSTGR RVPFLSAAKI GQDYSFFTNI ETDGGLLASL DSVEKTAGSE
651  GDTLSYYVRR GNAARTASAA AHSAPAGLKH AVEQGGSNLE NLMVBLDASE
701  SSATPETVET AAADRTDMPG IRPYGATFRA AAAVQHANAA DGVRIPNSLA
751  ATVYADSTAA HADMQGPELK AVSDGLDHNG TGLRVIAQTQ QDGGTWEQGG
801  VHGKHRGSTQ TVGIAAKTGE NTTAAATLGM GRSTWSENSA NAKTDSISLF
851  AGIEHDAGDI GYLKGLPSYG RYENSISRST GADEHAEGSV NGTLKQLGAL
901  GGVNVPFAAT GDLTVBGGLR YDLLKQDAPA EKGSALGWSG NSLTEGTLVG
951  LAGLKLSQPL SDKAVLPATA GVERDLNGED YTVTGGFTGA TAATGKTGAR
1001 NMPHTRLVAG LGADVEFGNG WNGLARYSYA GSKQYGNHSG RVGVGYRFLE
1051 GGGGTGSATN DDDVKKAATV AIAAAYNNGQ BINGFKkGET IYDIDEDGTI
1101 TKKDATAADV EADDFKGLGL KKVVTNLTKT VNENKQNVDA KVKAAESEIE
1151 KLTTKLADTD AALADTDAAL DATTNALNKL GENITTFAEE TKTNIVKIDE
1201 KLEAVAflTVD KHAEAFNDIA DSLDETNTKA DEAVKTANEA KQTAEETKQN
1251 VDAKVKAAET AAGKAEAAAG TANTAADKAE AVAAKVTDIK ADIATNKDNI
1301 AERANSADVY TRERSDSKFV RIDGLNATTE KLDTRLASAE KSIADHDTRL
1351 NGLDKTVSDL RKETRQGLAE QAALBGLFQP YNVGLEHHHH HH*

[0329] ΔG741 and Hybrids

[0330] Bactericidal titres generated in response to ΔG741 (His-fusion) were measured against various strains, including the homologous 2996 strain:

	2996	MC58	NGH38	F6124	BZ133
	ΔG741	512	131072	>2048	16384	>2048

[0331] As can be seen, the ΔG741-induced anti-bactericidal titre is particularly high against heterologous strain MC58.

[0332] ΔG741 was also fused directly in-frame upstream of proteins 961, 961c, 983 and ORF46.1:

ΔG741-961
1    ATGGTCGCCG CCGACATCGG TGCGGGGCTT GCCGATGCAC TAACCGCACC
51   GCTCGACCAT AAAGACAAAG GTTTGCAGTC TTTGACGCTG GATCAGTCCG
101  TCAGGAAAAA CGAGAAACTG AAGCTGGCGG CACAAGGTGC GGAAAAAACT
151  TATGGAAACG GTGACAGCCT CAATACGGGC AAATTGAAGA ACGACAAGGT
201  CAGCCGTTTC GACTTTATCC GCCAAATCGA AGTGGACGGG CAGCTCATTA
251  CCTTGGAGAG TGGAGAGTTC CAAGTATACA AACAAAGCCA TTCCGCCTTA
301  ACCGCCTTTC AGACCGAGCA AATACAAGAT TCGGAGCATT CCGGGAAGAT
351  GGTTGCGAAA CGCCAGTTCA GAATCGGCGA CATAGCGGGC GAACATACAT
401  CTTTTGACAA GCTTCCCGAA GGCGGCAGGG CGACATATCG CGGGACGGCG
451  TTCGGTTCAG ACGATGCCGG CGQAAAACTG ACCTACACCA TAGATTTCGC
501  CGCCAAGCAG GGAAACGGCA AAATCGAACA TTTGAAATCG CCAGAACTCA
551  ATGTCGACCT GGCCGCCGCC GATATCAAGC CGGATGGAAA AOGCCATGCC
601  GTCATCAGCG GTTCCGTCCT TTACAACCAA GCCGAGAAAG GCAGTTACTC
651  CCTCGGTATC TTTGGCGGAA AAGCCCAGGA AGTTGCCGGC AGCGCGGAAG
701  TGAAAACCGT AAACGGCATA CGCCATATCG GCCTTGCCGC CAAGCAACTC
751  GAGGGTGGCG GAGGCACTGG ATCCGCCACA AACGACGACG ATGTTAAAAA
801  AGCTGCCACT GTGGCCATTG CTGCTGCCTA CAACAATGGC CAAGAAATCA
851  ACGGTTTCAA AGCTGGAGAG ACCATCTACG ACATTGATGA AGACGGCACA
901  ATTACCAAAA AAGACGCAAC TGCAGCCGAT GTTGAAGCCG ACGACTTTAA
951  AGGTCTGGGT CTGAAAAAAG TCGTGACTAA CCTGACCAAA ACCGTCAATG
1001 AAAACAAACA AAACGTCGAT GCCAAAGTAA AAGCTGCAGA ATCTGAAATA
1051 GAAAAGTTAA CAACCAAGTT AGCAGACACT GATGCCGCTT TAGCAGATAC
1101 TGATGCCGCT CTGGATGCAA CCACCAACGC CTTGAATAAA TTGGGAGAAA
1151 ATATAACGAC ATTTGCTGAA GAGACTAAGA CAAATATCGT AAAAATTGAT
1201 GAAAAATTAG AAGCCGTGGC TGATACCGTC GACAAGCATG CCGAAGCATT
1251 CAACGATATC GCCGATTCAT TGGATGAAAC CAACACTAAG GCAGACGAAG
1301 CCGTCAAAAC CGCCAATGAA GCCAAACAGA CGGCCGAAGA AACCAAACAA
1351 AACGTCGATG CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA ACTGCAGCAG GCAAAGCCGA
1401 AGCTGCCGCT GGCACAGCTA ATACTGCAGC CGACAAGGCC GAAGCTGTCG
1451 CTGCAAAAGT TACCGACATC AAAGCTGATA TCGCTACGAA CAAAGATAAT
1501 ATTGCTAAAA AAGCAAACAG TGCCGACGTG TACACCAGAG AAGAGTCTGA
1551 CAGCAAATTT GTCAGAATTG ATGGTCTGAA CGCTACTACC GAAAAATTGG
1601 ACACACGCTT GGCTTCTGCT GAAAAATCCA TTGCCGATCA CGATACTCGC
1651 CTGAACGGTT TGGATAAAAC AGTGTCAGAC CTGCGCAAAG AAACCCGCCA
1701 AGGCCTTGCA GAACAAGCCG CGCTCTCCGG TCTGTTCCAA CCTTACAACG
1751 TGGGTCGGTT CAATGTAACG GCTGCAGTCG GCGGCTACAA ATCCGAATCG
1802 GCAGTCGCCA TCGGTACCGG CTTCCGCTTT ACCGAAAACT TTGCCGCCAA
1851 AGCAGGCGTG GCAGTCGGCA CTTCGTCCGG TTCTTCCGCA GCCTACCATG
1901 TCGGCGTCAA TTACGAGTGG CTCGAGCACC ACCACCACCA CCACTGA
1    MVAADIGAGL ADMJTAPLDH KDKGLQSLTL DQSVRKNEKL KLAAQGAEKT
51   YGNGDSLNTG KLKNDKVSRF DFIRQIEVDG QLITLESGBF QVYKQSHSAL
101  TAPQTEQIQD SESGKMVAK RQFRIGDIAG EHTSFDKLPE GGRATYRGTA
151  FGSDDAGGKL TYTIDFAAXQ GNGKIEHLKS PELNVDLAAA DIKPDGKEEA
201  VISGSVLYNQ AEKGSYSLGI FGGKAQEVAG SAEVKTVNGI RHIGLAAKQL
251  EGGGGTGSAT NDDDVKKAAT VAIAAAYNNG QEINGFKAGE TIYDIDBDGT
301  ITKKDATAAD VEADDFKGLG LKKVVTNLTK TVNENKQNVD AKVKAAESEI
351  EKLTTKLADT DAALADTDAA LDATTNALNK LGRNZTTFAB BTKTNIVKID
401  EKLEAVADTV DKHAEAFNDI ADSLDETNTK ADEAVKTANE AKQTAEETKQ
451  NVDAKVKAAB TAAGRAEAAA GTANTAADRA EAVAAKVTDI KADIATNKDN
501  IAKKANSADV YTREESDSKF VRIDGLNATT ELKDTRLASA BKSIADHDTR
551  LNGLDKTVSD LRKETRQGLA EQAALSGLFQ PYNVGRFNVT AAVGGYKSES
601  AVAIGTGFRF TENFAAKAGV AVGTSSGSSA AYHVGVNYEW LHHHHHHH*
ΔG741-961c
1    ATGGTCGCCG CCGACATCGG TGCGGGGCTT GCCGATGCAC TAACCGCACC
51   GCTCGACCAT AAAGACAAAG GTTTGCAGTC TTTGACGCTG GATCAGTCCG
101  TCAGGAAAAA CGAGAAACTG AAGCTGGCGG CACAAGGTGC GGAAAAAACT
151  TATGGAAACG GTGACAGCCT CAATACGGGC AAATTGAAGA ACGACAAGGT
201  CAGCCGTTTC GACTTTATCC GCCAAATCGA AGTGGACGGG CAGCTCATTA
251  CCTTGGAGAG TGGAGAGTTC CAAGTATACA AACAAAGCCA TTCCGCCTTA
301  ACCGCCTTTC AGACCGAGCA AATACAAGAT TCGGAGCATT CCGGGAAGAT
351  GGTTGCGAAA CGCCAGTTCA GAATCGGCGA CATAGCGGGC GAACATACAT
401  CTTTTGACAA GCTTCCCGAA GGCGGCAGGG CGACATATCG CGGGACGGCG
451  TTCGGTTCAG ACGATGCCGG CGGAAAACTG ACCTACACCA TAGATTTCGC
501  CGCCAAGCAG GGAAACGGCA AAATCGAACA TTTGAAATCG CCAGAACTCA
551  ATGTCGACCT GGCCGCCGCC GATATCAAGC CGGATGGAAA ACGCCATGCC
601  GTCATCAGCG GTTCCGTCCT TTACAACCAA GCCGAAAAAG GCAGTTACTC
651  CCTCGGTATC TTTGGCGGAA AAGCCCAGGA AGTTGCCGGC AGCGCGGAAG
701  TGAAAACCGT AAACGGCATA CGCCATATCG GCCTTGCCGC CAAGCAACTC
751  GAGGGTGGCG GAGGCACTGG ATCCGCCACA AACGACGACG ATGTTAAAAA
801  AGCTGCCACT GTGGCCATTG CTGCTGCCTA CAACAATGGC CAAGAAATCA
851  ACGGTTTCAA AGCTGGAGAG ACCATCTACG ACATTGATGA AGACGGCACA
901  ATTACCAAAA AAGACGCAAC TGCAGCCGAT GTTGAAGCCG ACGACTTTAA
951  AGGTCTGGGT CTGAAAAAAG TCGTGACTAA CCTGACCAAA ACCGTCAATG
1001 AAAACAAACA AAACGTCGAT GCCAAAGTAA AAGCTGCAGA ATCTGAAATA
1051 GAAAAGTTAA CAACCAAGTT AGCAGACACT GATGCCGCTT TAGCAGATAC
1101 TGATGCCGCT CTGGATGCAA CCACCAACGC CTTGAATAAA TTGGGAGAAA
1151 ATATAACGAC ATTTGCTGAA GAGACTAAGA CAAATATCGT AAAAATTGAT
1201 GAAAAATTAG AAGCCGTGGC TGATACCGTC GACAAGCATG CCGAAGCATT
1251 CAACGATATC GCCGATTCAT TGGATGAAAC CAACACTAAG GCAGACGAAG
1301 CCGTCAAAAC CGCCAATGAA GCCAAACAGA CGGCCGAAGA AACCAAACAA
1351 AACGTCGATG CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA ACTGCAGCAG GCAAAGCCGA
1401 AGCTGCCGCT GGCACAGCTA ATACTGCAGC CGACAAGGCC GAAGCTGTCG
1451 CTGCAAAAGT TACCGACATC AAAGCTGATA TCGCTACGAA CAAAGATAAT
1501 ATTGCTAAAA AAGCAAACAG TGCCGACGTG TACACCAGAG AAGAGTCTGA
1551 CAGCAAATTT GTCAGAATTG ATGGTCTGAA CGCTACTACC GAAAAATTGG
1601 ACACACGCTT GGCTTCTGCT GAAAAATCCA TTGCCGATCA CGATACTCGC
1651 CTGAACGGTT TGGATAAAAC AGTGTCAGAC CTGCGCAAAG AAACCCGCCA
1701 AGGCCTTGCA GAACAAGCCG CGCTCTCCGG TCTGTTCCAA CCTTACAACG
1751 TGGGTCTCGA GCACCACCAC CACCACCACT GA
1    MVAADIGAGL ADALTAPLDH KDKGLQSLTL DQSVEXNEKL KLAAQGAEKT
51   YGNGDSLNTG KLKNDKVSRF DFIRQIEVDG QLITLBSGEF QVYKQSHSAL
101  TAPQTBQIQD SEHSGKMVAK RQFRIGDIAG EHTSFDKLPE GGRATYRGTA
151  FGSDDAGGKL TYTIDFAAKQ GNGKIEfflZKS PELNVDLAAA DIKPDGKRHA
201  VISGSVLYNQ AEKGSYSLGI FGGKAQEVAG SAEVKTVNGI RHIGLAAXQL
251  EGGGGTGSAT NDDDVKKAAT VAIAAAYNNG QHINGFKAGE TIYDIDEDGT
301  ITKKDATAAfl VEADDFRGLG LKKVVTNLTK TVNENKQNVD AKVKAAESEI
351  EKLTTKLADT DAALADTDAA LDATTNALNK LGENITTFAE ETKTNIVKID
401  EKLEAVADTV DKHAEPJPNDI ADSLDETNTK ADEAVKTANE AKQTAEETKQ
451  NVDAKVKAAE TAAGKAEAAA GTANTAADKA EAVAAKVTDI KADIATNKDN
501  IAKKANSADV YTREESDSKF VRIDGLNATT EKLDTPLASA EKSIADHDTR
551  LNGLDKTVVSD LRKETRQGLA EQAALSGLPQ PYNVGLEHHH HHH*
ΔG741-983
1    ATGGTCGCCG CCGACATCGG TGCGGGGCTT GCCGATGCAC TAACCGCACC
51   GCTCGACCAT AAAGACAAAG GTTTGCAGTC TTTGACGCTG GATCAGTCCG
101  TCAGGAAAAA CGAGAAACTG AAGCTGGCGG CACAAGGTGC GGAAAAAACT
151  TATGGAAACG GTGACAGCCT CAATACGGGC AAATTGAAGA ACGACAADGT
201  CAGCCGTTTC GACTTTATCC GCCAAATCGA AGTGGACGGG CAGCTCATTA
251  CCTTGGAGAG TGGAGAGTTC CAAGTATACA AACAAAGCCA TTCCGCCTTA
301  ACCGCCTTTC AGACCGAGCA AATACAAGAT TCGGAGCATT CCGGGAAGAT
351  GGTTGCGAAA CGCCAGTTCA GAATCGGCGA CATAGCGGGC GAACATACAT
401  CTTTTGACAA GCTTCCCGAA GGCGGCAGGG CGACATATCG CGGGACGGCG
451  TTCGGTTCAG ACGATGCCGG CGGAAAACTG ACCTACACCA TAGATTTCGC
501  CGCCAAGCAG GGAAACGGCA AAATCGAACA TTTGAAATCG CCAGAACTCA
551  ATGTCGACCT GGCCGCCGCC GATATCAAGC CGGATGGAAA ACGCCATGCC
601  GTCATCAGCG GTTCCGTCCT TTACAACCAA GCCGAGAAAG GCAGTTACTC
651  CCTCGGTATC TTTGGCGGAA AAGCCCAGGA AGTTGCCGGC AGCGCGGAAG
701  TGAAAACCGT AAACGGCATA CGCCATATCG GCCTTGCCGC CAAGCAACTC
751  GAGGGATCCG GCGGAGGCGG CACTTCTGCG CCCGACTTCA ATGCAGGCGG
801  TACCGGTATC GGCAGCAACA GCAGAGCAAC AACAGCGAAA TCAGCAGCAG
851  TATCTPACGC CGGTATCAAG AACGAAATGT GCAAAGACAG AAGCATGCTC
901  TGTGCCGGTC GGGATGACGT TGCGGTTACA GACAGGGATG CCAAAATCAA
951  TGCCCCCCCC CCGAATCTGC ATACCGQAGA CTTTCCAAAC CCAAATGACG
1001 CATACAAGAA TTTGATCAAC CTCAAACCTG CAATTGAAGC AGCCTATACA
1051 GGACGCGGGG TAGAGGTAGG TATCGTCGAC ACAGGCGAAT CCGTCGGCAG
1101 CATATCCTTT CCCGAACTGT ATGGCAGAAA AGAACACGGC TATAACGAAA
1151 ATTACAAAAA CTATACGGCG TATATGCGGA AGGAAGCGCC TGAAGACGGA
1201 GGCGGTAAAG ACATTGAAGC TTCTTTCGAC GATGAGGCCG TTATAGAGAC
1251 TGAAGCAAAG CCGACGGATA TCCGCCACGT AAAAGAAATC GGACACATCG
1301 ATTTGGTCTC CCATATTATT GGCGGGCGTT CCGTGGACGG CAGACCTGCA
1351 GGCGGTATTG CGCCCGATGC GACGCTACAC ATAATGAATA CGAATGATGA
1401 AACCAAGAAC GAAATGATGG TTGCAGCCAT CCGCAATGCA TGGGTCAAGC
1451 TGGGCGAACG TGGCGTGCGC ATCGTCAATA ACAGTTTTGG AACAACATCG
1501 AGGGCAGGCA CTGCCGACCT TTTCCAAATA GCCAATTCGG AGGAGCAGTA
1551 CCGCCAAGCG TTGCTCGACT ATTCCGGCGG TGATAAAACA GACGAGGGTA
1601 TCCGCCTGAT GCAACAGAGC GATTACGGCA ACCTGTCCTA CCACATCCGT
1651 AATAAAAACA TGCTTTTCAT CTTTTCGACA GGCAATGACG CACAAGCTCA
1701 GCCCAACACA TATGCCCTAT TGCCATTTTA TGAAAAAGAC GCTCAAAAAG
1751 GCATTATCAC AGTCGCAGGC GTAGACCOCA GTGGAGAAAA GTTCAAACGG
1801 GAAATGTATG GAGAACCGGG TACAGAACCG CTTGAGTATG GCTCCAACCA
1851 TTGCGGAATT ACTGCCATGT GGTGCCTGTC GGCACCCTAT GAAGCAAGCG
1901 TCCGTTTCAC CCGTACAAAC CCGATTCAAA TTGCCGGAAC ATCCTTTTCC
1951 GCACCCATCG TAACCGGCAC GGCGGCTCTG CTGCTGCAGA AATACCCGTG
2001 GATGAGCAAC GACAACCTGC GTACCACGTT GCTGACGACG GCTCAGGACA
2051 TCGGTGCAGT CGGCGTGGAC AGCAAGTTCG GCTGGGGACT GCTGGATGCG
2101 GGTAAGGCCA TGAACGGACC CGCGTCCTTT CCGTTCGGCG ACTTTACCGC
2151 CGATACGAAA GGTACATCCG ATATTGCCTA CTCCTTCCGT AACGACATTT
2201 CAGGCACGGG CGGCCTGATC AAAAAAGGCG GCAGCCAACT GCAACTGCAC
2251 GGCAACAACA CCTATACGGG CAAAACCATT ATCGAAGGCG GTTCGCTGGT
2301 GTTGTACGGC AACAACAAAT CGGATATGCG CGTCGAAACC AAAGGTGCGC
2351 TGATTTATAA CGGGGCGGCA TCCGGCGGCA GCCTGAACAG CGACGGCATT
2401 GTCTATCTGG CAGATACCGA CCAATCCGGC GCAAACGAAA CCGTACACAT
2451 CAAAGGCAGT CTGCAGCTGG ACGGCAAAGG TACGCTGTAC ACACGTTTGG
2501 GCAAACTGCT GAAAGTGGAC GGTACGGCGA TTATCGGCGG CAAGCTGTAC
2551 ATGTCGGCAC GCGGCAAGGG GGCAGGCTAT CTCAACAGTA CCGGACGACG
2601 TGTTCCCTTC CTGAGTGCCG CCAAAkTCGG GCAGGATTAT TCTTTCTTCA
2651 CAAACATCGA AACCGACGGC GGCCTGCTGG CTTCCCTCGA CAGCGTCGAA
2701 AAAACAGCGG GCAGTGAAGG CGACACGCTG TCCTATTATG TCCGTCGCGG
2751 CAATGCGGCA CGGACTGCTT CGGCAGCGGC ACATTCCGCG CCCGCCGGTC
2801 TGAAACACGC CGTAGAACAG GGCGGCAGCA ATCTGGAAAA CCTGATGGTC
2851 GAACTGGATG CCTCCGAATC ATCCGCAACA CCCGAGACGG TTGAAACTGC
2901 GGCAGCCGAC CGCACAGATA TGCCGGGCAT CCGCCCCTAC GGCGCAACTT
2951 TCCGOGCAGC GGCAGCCGTA CAGCATGCGA ATGCCGCCGA CGGTGTACGC
3001 ATCTTCAACA GTCTCGCCGC TACCGTCTAT GCCGACAGTA CCGCCGCCCA
3051 TGCCGATATG CAGGGACGCC GCCTGAAAGC CGTATCGGAC GGGTTGGACC
3101 ACAACGGCAC GGGTCTGCGC GTCATCGCGC AAACCCAACA GGACGGTGGA
3151 ACGTGGGAAC AGGGCGGTGT TGAAGGCAAA ATGCGCGGCA GTACCCAAAC
3201 CGTCGGCATT GCCGCGAAAA CCGGCGAAAA TAAGACAGCA GCCGCCACAC
3251 TGGGCATGGG ACGCAGCACA TGGAGCGAAA ACAGTGCAAA TGCAAAAACC
3301 GACAGCATTA GTCTGTTTGC AGGCATACGG CACGATGCGG GCGATATCGG
3351 CTATCTCAAA GGCCTGTTCT CCTACGGACG CTACAAAAAC AGCATCAGCC
3401 GCAGCACCGG TGCGGACGAA CATGCGGAAG GCAGCGTCAA CGGCACGCTG
3451 ATGCAGCTGG GCGCACTGGG CGGTGTCAAC GTTCCGTTTG CCGCAACGGG
3501 AGATTTGACG GTCGAAGGCG GTCTGCGCTA CGACCTGCTC AAACAGGATG
3551 CATTCGCCGA AAAAGGCAGT GCTTTGGGCT GGAGCGGCAA CAGCCTCACT
3601 GAAGGCACGC TGGTCGGACT CGCGGGTCTG AACCTGTCGC AACCCTTGAG
3651 CGATAAAGCC GTCCTGTTTG CAACGGCGGG CGTGGAACGC GACCTGAACG
3701 GACGCGACTA CACGGTAACG GGCGGCTTTA CCGGCGCGAC TGCAGCAACC
3751 GGCAAGACGG GGGCACGCAA TATGCCGCAC ACCCGTCTGG TTGCCGGCCT
3801 GGGCGCGGAT GTCGAATTCG GCAACGGCTG GAACGGCTTG GCACGTTACA
3851 GCTACGCCGG TTCCAAACAG TACGGCAACC ACAGCGGACG AGTCGGCGTA
3901 GGCTACCGGT TCCTCGAGCA CCACCACCAC CACCACTGA
1    MVAADIGAQL ADALTAPLDH KDKGLQSLTL DQSVRKEKL KLAAQGAEKT
51   YGNGDSLNTG KLKNDKVSRP DFIRQIEVDG QLITLESGEF QVYKQSHSAL
101  TAFQTEQIQD SEHSGKNVAK RQFRIGDIAG EHTSFDKLPE GGRATYRGTA
151  FGSDDAGGKL TYTIDFAAKQ GNGKIEHLKS PELNVDLAAA DIKPDGKRHA
201  VISGSVLYNQ ARKGSYSLGI FGGKAQEVAG SABVKTVNGI RHIGLAAKQL
251  EGSGGGGTSA PDPNAGGTGI GSNSRATTAK SAAVSYAGIK NEMCKDRBML
301  CAGRDDVAVT DRDAKINAPP PNLHTGDFPN PIWAYKNLIN LKPAIEAGYT
351  GRGVEVGIVD TGESVGSISF PELYGRKEHG YNENYKNYTA YHRKRAPEDG
401  GGKDIEASFD DEAVIHTEAK PTDIRHVKBI GHIDLVSHII GGRSVDGRPA
451  GGIAPDATLH IMNTNDETKN EMMVAAIRNA WVKLGERGVR IVNNSFGTTS
501  RAGTADLPQI ANSEBQYRQA LLDYSGGDKT DEGIPLMQQS DYGNLSYHIR
551  NKNHLFIFST GNDAQAQPNT YALLPFYEKD AQKGIITVAG VDRSGEKFKR
601  EMYGBPGTRP LEYGSNHCGI TANWOLSAPY EASVEFTRTN PIQIAGTSFS
651  APIVTGTAAL LLQKYPWHSN DNLRTTLLTT AQDIGAVGVD SKFGWGLLDA
701  GKAMNGPASF PFGDFTADTK GTSDIAYSFR NDISGTGGLI KKGGSQLQLH
751  GNNTYTGRTI IEGGSLVLYG NNKSDMRVET KGALIYNGAA SGGSLNSDGI
801  VYLADTDQSG ANETVHIKGS LQLDGKGTLY TRLGKLLKVD GTAIIGGKLY
851  MSARGKGAGY LNSTGRRVPF LSAAKIGQDY SFFTNIBTDG GLLASLDSVB
901  KTAGSEGDTL SYYVRRGNAA RTASAAAHSA PAGLKHAVEQ GGSNLENLMV
951  ELDASESSAT PETVETAAAD RTDMPGIRPY GATFRAAAAV QHANAADGVR
1001 IFNSLAATVY ADSTAAHADH QGRRLKAVSD GLDHNGTGLR VIAQTQQDGG
1051 TWBQGGVEGK MRGSTQTVGI AAKTGENTTA AATLGMGRST WSENSANART
1101 DSISLFAGIR HDAGDIGYLK GLFSYGRYKN SISRSTGADE HAEGSVNGTL
1151 MQLGALGGVN VPFAATGDLT VEGGLRYDLL KQDAFAEKGS ALGWSGNSLT
1201 EGTLVGLAGL KLSQPLSDKA VLFATAGVER DLNGRDYTVT GGFTGATAAT
1251 GKTGARNMPH TRLVAGLGAD VBFGNGWNGL ARYSYAGSKQ YGNHSGRVGV
1301 GYRFLEHHHH HH*
ΔG741-ORF46.1
1    ATGGTCGCCG CCGACATCGG TGCGGGGCTT GCCGATGCAC TAACCGCACC
51   GCTQGACCAT AAAGACAAAG GTTTGCAGTC TTTGACGCTG GATCAGTCCG
101  TCAGGAAAAA CGAGAAACTG AAGCTGGCGG CACAAGGTGC GGAAAAAACT
151  TATGGAAACG GTGACAGCCT CAATACGGGC AAATTGAAGA ACGACAAGGT
201  CAGCCGTTTC GACTTTATCC GCCAAATCGA AGTGGACGGG CAGCTCATTA
251  CCTTGGAGAG TGGAGAGTTC CAAGTATACA AACAAAGCCA TTCCGCCTTA
301  ACCGCCTTTC AGACCGAGCA AATACAAGAT TCGGAGCATT CCGGGAAGAT
351  GGTTGCGAAA CGCCAGTTCA GAATCGGCGA CATAGCGOGC GAACATACAT
401  CTTTTGACAA GCTTCCCGAA GGCGGCAGGG CGACATATCG CGGGACGGCG
451  TTCGGTTCAG ACGATGCCGG CGGAAAACTG ACCTACACCA TAGATTTCGC
501  CGCCAAGCAG GGAAACGGCA AAATCGAACA TTTGAAATCG CCAGAACTCA
551  ATGTCGACCT GOCCGCCGCC GATATCAAGC CGGATGGAAA ACGCCATGCC
601  GTCATCAGCG GTTCCGTCCT TTACAACCAA GCCGAGAGAG GCAGTTACTC
651  CCTCGGTATC TTTGGCGGAA AAGCCCAGGA AGTTGCCGGC AGCGCGGAAG
701  TGAAAACCGT AAACGGCATA CGCCATATCG GCCATGCCGC CAAGCAACTC
751  GACGGTGGCG GAGGCACTGG ATCCTCAGAT TTGGCAAACG ATTCTTTTAT
801  CCGGCAGGTT CTCGACCGTC AGCATTTCGA ACCCGACGGG AAATACCACC
851  TATTCGGCAG CAGGGGGGAA CTTGCCGAGC GCAGCGGCCA TATCGGATTG
901  GGAAAAATAC AAAGCCATCA GTTGGGCAAC CTGATGATTC AACAGGCGGC
951  CATTAAAGGA AATATCGGCT ACATTGTCCG CTTTTCCGAT CACGGGCACG
1001 AAGTCCATTC CCCCTTCGAC AACCATGCCT CACATTCCGA TTCTGATGAA
1051 GCCGGTAGTC CCGTTGACGG ATTTAGCCTT TACCGCATCC ATTGGGACGG
1101 ATACGAACAC CATCCCGCCG ACGGCTATGA CGGGCCACAG GGCGGCGGCT
1151 ATCCCGCTCC CAAAGGCGCG AGGGATATAT ACAGCTAGGA CATAAAAGGC
1201 GTTGCCCAAA ATATCCGCCT CAACCTGACC GACAACCGCA GCACCGGACA
1251 ACGGCTTGCC GACCGTTTCC ACAATGCCGG TAGTATGCTG ACGCAAGGAG
1301 TAGGCGACGG ATTCAAACGC GCCACCCGAT ACAGCCCCGA GCTGGACAGA
1351 TCGGGCAATG CCGCCGAAGC CTTCAACGGC ACTGCAGATA TCGTTAAAAA
1401 CATCATCGGC GCGGCAGGAG AAATTGTCGG CGCAGOCGAT GCCGTGCAGG
1451 GCATAAGGGA AGGCTCAAAC ATTGCTGTCA TGCACGGCTT GGGTCTGCTT
1501 TCCACCGAAA ACAAGATGGC GCGCATCAAC GATTTGGCAG ATATGGCGCA
1551 ACTCAAAGAC TATGCCGCAG CAGCCATCCG CGATTGGGCA GTCCAAAACC
1601 CCAATGCCGC ACAAGGCATA GAAGCCGTCA GCAATATCTT TATGGCAGCC
1651 ATCCCCATCA AAGOQATTGG AGCTGTTCGG GGAAAATACG GCTTGGGCGG
1701 CATCACGGCA CATCCTATCA AGCGGTCGCA GATGGGCGCG ATCGCATTGC
1751 CGAAAGGGAA ATCCGCCGTC AGCGACAATT TTGCCGATGC GGCATACGCC
1801 AAATACCCGT CCCCTTACCA TTCCCGAAAT ATCCGTTCAA ACTTGGAGCA
1851 GCGTTACGGC AAAGAAAACA TCACCTCCTC AACCGTGCCG CCGTCAAACG
1901 GCAAAAATGT CAAACTGGCA GACCAACGCC ACCCGAAGAC AGGCGTACCG
1951 TTTGACGGTA AAGGGTTTCC GAATTTTGAG AAGCACGTGA AATATGATAC
2001 GCTCGAGCAC CACCACCACC ACCACTGA
1    MVAADIGAGL AflALTAPLDH KDKGLQSLTL DQSVRKNBKL KLAAQGAEKT
51   YGNGDSLNTG KLKNDKVSEP DFIRQIEVDG QLITLESGEF QVYKQSHSAL
101  TAFQTEQIQD SEHSGKMVAK RQFRIGDIAG EHTSFDKLPE GGEATYRGTA
151  PGSDDAGGKL TYTIDFAAKQ GNGKIEHLKS PELNVDLAAA DIKPDGKRHA
201  VISGSVLYNQ AEKGSYSLGI FGGKAQEVAG SAEVKTVNGI RHIGLAAKQL
251  DGGGGTGSSD LANDSFIRQV LDRQHFEPDG KYHLFGSRGE LAERSGHIGL
301  GKIQSHQLGN LHIQQAAIKG NIGYIVEPSD HGHEVESPFD NHASHSDSDE
351  AGSPVDGPSL YRIHWDGYEH HPADGYDGPQ GGQYPAPKGA RDIYSYDIKG
401  VAQNIRLNLT DNESTGQELA DRPHNAGSML TQGVGDGFKR ATRYSPBLDR
451  SGNAAEAFNG TADIVKNIIG AAGEIVGAGD AVQGISEGSN IAVMHGLGLL
501  STENKMAPJN DLADMAQLKD YAAAAIRDWA VQNPNAAQGI EAVSNIFMAA
551  IPIKGIGAVR GKYGLGGITA HPIKRSQMGA IALPKGKSAV SDNFADAAYA
601  KYPSPYHSRN IESNLEQRYG KENITSSTVP PSNGKNVKLA DQRHPRTGVP
651  FDGKGPPNFE KHVKYDTLEH HHHHH

EXAMPLE 16

[0333] C-Terminal Fusions (‘Hybrids’) with 287/ΔG287

[0334] According to the invention, hybrids of two proteins A & B may be either NH2-A-B—COOH or NH2—B-A-COOH. The effect of this difference was investigated using protein 287 either C-terminal (in ‘287-His’ form) or N-terminal (in ΔG287 form—sequences shown above) to 919, 953 and ORF46.1. A panel of strains was used, including homologous strain 2996. FCA was used as adjuvant:

	287 & 919	287 & 953	287 & ORF46.1
Strain	ΔG287-919	919-287	ΔG287-953	953-287	ΔG287-46.1	46.1-287
2996	128000	16000	65536	8192	16384	8192
BZ232	256	128	128	<4	<4	<4
1000	2048	<4	<4	<4	<4	<4
MC58	8192	1024	16384	1024	512	128
NGH38	32000	2048	>2048	4096	16384	4096
394/98	4096	32	256	128	128	16
MenA (F6124)	32000	2048	>2048	32	8192	1024
MenC (BZ133)	64000	>8192	>8192	<16	8192	2048

[0335] Better bactericidal titres are generally seen with 287 at the N-terminus (in the ΔG form)

[0336] When fused to protein 961 [NH2-ΔG287-961COOH—sequence shown above], the resulting protein is insoluble and must be denatured and renatured for purification. Following renaturation, around 50% of the protein was found to remain insoluble. The soluble and insoluble proteins were compared, and much better bactericidal titres were obtained with the soluble protein (FCA as adjuvant):

	2996	BZ232	MC58	NGH38	F6124	BZ133
Soluble	65536	128	4096	>2048	>2048	4096
Insoluble	8192	<4	<4	16	n.d.	n.d.

[0337] Titres with the insoluble form were, however, improved by using alum adjuvant instead:

Insoluble

32768

128

4096

>2048

>2048

2048

EXAMPLE 17

[0338] N-Terminal Fusions (‘Hybrids’) to 287

[0339] Expression of protein 287 as full-length with a C-terminal His-tag, or without its leader peptide but with a C-terminal His-tag, gives fairly low expression levels. Better expression is achieved using a N-terminal GST-fusion.

[0340] As an alternative to using GST as an N-terminal fusion partner, 287 was placed at the C-terminus of protein 919 (‘919-287’), of protein 953 (‘953-287’), and of proteins ORF46.1 (‘ORF46.1-287’). In both cases, the leader peptides were deleted, and the hybrids were direct in-frame fusions.

[0341] To generate the 953-287 hybrid, the leader peptides of the two proteins were omitted by designing the forward primer downstream from the leader of each sequence; the stop codon sequence was omitted in the 953 reverse primer but included in the 287 reverse primer. For the 953 gene, the 5′ and the 3′ primers used for amplification included a NdeI and a BamHI restriction sites respectively, whereas for the amplification of the 287 gene the 5′ and the 3′ primers included a BamHI and a XhoI restriction sites respectively. In this way a sequential directional cloning of the two genes in pET21b+, using NdeI-BamHI (to clone the first gene) and subsequently BamHI-XhoI (to clone the second gene) could be achieved.

[0342] The 919-287 hybrid was obtained by cloning the sequence coding for the mature portion of 287 into the XhoI site at the 3′-end of the 919-His clone in pET21b+. The primers used for amplification of the 287 gene were designed for introducing a SalI restriction site at the 5′- and a XhoI site at the 3′- of the PCR fragment. Since the cohesive ends produced by the SalI and XhoI restriction enzymes are compatible, the 287 PCR product digested with SalI-XhoI could be inserted in the pET21b-919 clone cleaved with XhoI.

[0343] The ORF46.1-287 hybrid was obtained similarly.

[0344] The bactericidal efficacy (homologous strain) of antibodies raised against the hybrid proteins was compared with antibodies raised against simple mixtures of the component antigens:

		Mixture with 287	Hybrid with 287
	919	32000	16000
	953	8192	8192
	ORF46.1	128	8192

[0345] Data for bactericidal activity against heterologous MenB strains and against serotypes A and C were also obtained for 919-287 and 953-287:

	919	953	ORF46.1
Strain	Mixture	Hybrid	Mixture	Hybrid	Mixture	Hybrid
MC58	512	1024	512	1024	—	1024
NGH38	1024	2048	2048	4096	—	4096
BZ232	512	128	1024	16	—	—
MenA (F6124)	512	2048	2048	32	—	1024
MenC (C11)	>2048	n.d.	>2048	n.d.	—	n.d.
MenC (BZ133)	>4096	>8192	>4096	<16	—	2048

[0346] Hybrids of ORF46.1 and 919 were also constructed. Best results (four-fold higher titre) were achieved with 919 at the N-terminus.

[0347] Hybrids 919-519His, ORF97-225His and 225-ORF97His were also tested These gave moderate ELISA fitres and bactericidal antibody responses.

EXAMPLE 18

[0348] The Leader Peptide from ORF4

[0349] As shown above, the leader peptide of ORF4 can be fused to the mature sequence of other proteins (e.g. proteins 287 and 919). It is able to direct lipidation in E.coli.

EXAMPLE 19

[0350] Domains in 564

[0351] The protein ‘564’ is very large (2073aa), and it is difficult to clone and express it in complete form. To facilitate expression, the protein has been divided into four domains, as shown in FIG. 8 (according to the MC58 sequence):

	Domain
	A	B	C	D
Amino Acids	79-360	361-731	732-2044	2045-2073

[0352] These domains show the following homologies:

[0353] Domain A shows homology to other bacterial toxins:

gb|AAG03431.1|AE004443_9probab1e hemagglutinin [Pseudoiuonas aeruginosa] (38%)
gb|AAC31981.1|(139897) HecA [Pectobacterium cbrysanthemi] (45%)
emb|CAA36409.1|(X52156) filamentous hemagglutinin [Bordetella pertussis] (31%)
gb|AAC79757.1|(AF057695) large supernatant protein1 [Haemophulus ducreyi] (26%)
gb|AAA25657.1|(M30186) HpmA precursor [Proteus mirabilis] (29%)

[0354] Domain B shows no homology, and is specific to 564.

[0355] Domain C shows homology to:

gb|AAP84995.1|AE004032 HA-like secreted protein [Xylella fastidiosa] (33%)
gb|AAG05850.1|AE004673 hypothetical protein [Pseudomonas aeruginosa] (27%)
gb|AAFS8414.1AF237928  putative FHA [Pasteurella multocisida] (23%)
gb|AAC79757.1|(AF057695)large supernatant protein1 [Haemophilus ducreyi] (23%)
piR||S21010            FHA B precursor [Bordetella pertussis] (20%)

[0356] Domain D shows homology to other bacterial toxins:

[0357] gb|AAF84995.1|AE004032—14 HA-like secreted protein [Xylella fastidiosa] (29%)

[0358] Using the MC58 strain sequence, good intracellular expression of 564ab was obtained in the form of GST-fusions (no purification) and his-tagged protein; this domain-pair was also expressed as a lipoprotein, which showed moderate expression in the outer membrane/supernatant fraction.

[0359] The b domain showed moderate intracellular expression when expressed as a his-tagged product (no purification), and good expression as a GST-fusion.

[0360] The c domain showed good intracellular expression as a GST-fusion, but was insoluble. The d domain showed moderate intracellular expression as a his-tagged product (no purification). The cd protein domain-pair showed moderate intracellular expression (no purification) as a GST-fusion.

[0361] Good bactericidal assay titres were observed using the c domain and the bc pair.

EXAMPLE 20

[0362] The 919 Leader Peptide

[0363] The 20mer leader peptide from 919 is discussed in example 1 above:

[0364] MKKYLFRAAL YGIAAAILAA

[0365] As shown in example 1, deletion of this leader improves heterologous expression, as does substitution with the ORF4 leader peptide. The influence of the 919 leader on expression was investigated by fusing the coding sequence to the PhoC reporter gene from Morganella morganii [Thaller et al. (1994) Microbiology 140:1341-1350]. The construct was cloned in the pET21-b plasmid between the NdeI and XhoI sites (FIG. 9):

1 MKKYLFRAAL YGIAAAILAA AIPAGNDATT KPDLYYLKNB
QAIDSLKLLP
51 PPPEVGSIQF LNDQAMYEKG RMLRNTERGK QAQADADLAA
GGVATAFSGA
101 FGYPITEKDS PELYKLLTNM IEDAGDLATR SAKEHYMRIR
PFAFYGTETC
151 NTKDQKKI1ST NGSYPSGHTS IGWATALVLA EVNPANQDAI
LEEGYQLGQS
201 RVICGYHWQS DVDAARIVGS AAVATLHSDP AFQAQLAKAX
QEFAQKSQK*

[0366] The level of expression of PhoC from this plasmid is >200-fold lower than that found for the same construct but containing the native PhoC signal peptide. The same result was obtained even after substitution of the T7 promoter with the E.coli Plac promoter. This means that the influence of the 919 leader sequence on expression does not depend on the promoter used.

[0367] In order to investigate if the results observed were due to some peculiarity of the 919 signal peptide nucleotide sequence (secondary structure formation, sensitivity to RNAases, etc.) or to protein instability induced by the presence of this signal peptide, a number of mutants were generated. The approach used was a substitution of nucleotides of the 919 signal peptide sequence by cloning synthetic linkers containing degenerate codons. In this way, mutants were obtained with nucleotide and/or amino acid substitutions.

[0368] Two different linkers were used, designed to produce mutations in two different regions of the 919 signal peptide sequence, in the first 19 base pairs (L1) and between bases 20-36 (S1).

L1: 5′ T ATG AAa/g TAc/t c/tTN TTt/c a/cGC GCC GCC CTG TAC GGC ATC GCC GCC
GCC ATC CTC GCC GCC GCG ATC CC 3′
S1: 5′ T ATG AAA AAA TAC CTA TTC CGa/g GCN GCN c/tTa/g TAc/t GGc/g ATC GCC
GCC GCC ATC CTC GCC GCC GCG ATC CC 3′

[0369] The alignment of some of the mutants obtained is given below.

L1 mutants:
9L1-a ATGAAAAATACTTCCGCGCCGCC˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
9L1-e ATGAAAAAATACTTTTTCCGCGCCGCC˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
9L1-d ATGAAAAAATACTTTTTCCGCGCCGCC˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
9L1-f ATGAAAAAATATCTCTTTAGCGCCGCCCTGTACGGCATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
919sp ATGAAAAAATACCTATTCCGCGCCGCCCTGTACGGCATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
9L1a  MKKYLFSAA˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
9L1e  MKKYFFRAA˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
9L1d  MKKYFFRAA˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜˜
9L1f  MKKYLFSAALYGIAAAILAA
919sp MKKYLFRAALYGIAAAILAA (i.e. native signal peptide)
S1 mutants:
9S1-e ATGAAAAAATACCTATTC..................ATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
9S1-c ATGAAAAAATACCTATTCCGAGCTGCCCAATACGGCATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
9S1-b ATGAAAAAATACCTATTCCGGGCCGCCCAATACGGCATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
9S1-i ATGAAAAAATACCTATTCCGGGCGGCTTTGTACGGGATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
919sp ATGAAAAAATACCTATTCCGCGCCGCCCTGTACGGCATCGCCGCCGCCATCCTCGCCGCC
9S1e  MKKYLF......IAAAILAA
9S1c  MKKYLFRAAQYGIAAAILAA
9S1b  MKKYLFRAAQYGIAAAILAA
9S1i  MKKYLFRAALYGIAAAILAA
919sp MKKYLFRAALYGIAAAILAA

[0370] As shown in the sequences alignments, most of the mutants analysed contain in-frame deletions which were unexpectedly produced by the host cells.

[0371] Selection of the mutants was performed by transforming E. coli BL21(DE3) cells with DNA prepared from a mixture of L1 and S1 mutated clones. Single transformants were screened for high PhoC activity by streaking them onto LB plates containing 100 μg/ml ampicillin, 50 μg/ml methyl green, 1 mg/ml PDP (phenolphthaleindiphosphate). On this medium PhoC-producing cells become green (FIG. 10).

[0372] A quantitative analysis of PhoC produced by these mutants was carried out in liquid medium using pNPP as a substrate for PhoC activity. The specific activities measured in cell extracts and supernatants of mutants grown in liquid medium for 0, 30, 90, 180 min. were:

		0	30	90	180
CELL EXTRACTS
	control	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	9phoC	1.11	1.11	3.33	4.44
	9S1e	102.12	111.00	149.85	172.05
	9L1a	206.46	111.00	94.35	83.25
	9L1d	5.11	4.77	4.00	3.11
	9L1f	27.75	94.35	82.14	36.63
	9S1b	156.51	111.00	72.15	28.86
	9S1c	72.15	33.30	21.09	14.43
	9S1i	156.51	83.25	55.50	26.64
	phoCwt	194.25	180.93	149.85	142.08
SUPERNATANTS
	control	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
	9phoC	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
	9S1e	0.11	0.22	0.44	0.89
	9L1a	4.88	5.99	5.99	7.22
	9L1d	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11
	9L1f	0.11	0.22	0.11	0.11
	9S1b	1.44	1.44	1.44	1.67
	9S1c	0.44	0.78	0.56	0.67
	9S1i	0.22	0.44	0.22	0.78
	phoCwt	34.41	43.29	87.69	177.60

[0373] Some of the mutants produce high amounts of PhoC and in particular, mutant 9L1a can secrete PhoC in the culture medium. This is noteworthy since the signal peptide sequence of this mutant is only 9 amino acids long. This is the shortest signal peptide described to date.

EXAMPLE 21

[0374] C-Terminal Deletions of Maf-Related Proteins

[0375] MafB-related proteins include 730, ORF46 and ORF29.

[0376] The 730 protein from MC58 has the following sequence:

1 VKPLRRLTNL LAACAVAAAA LIQPALAADL AQDPFITDNA
QRQHYEPGGK
51 YHLFGDPRGS VSDRTGKINV IQDYTHQMGN LLIQQANING
TIGYHTRFSG
101 HGHEBHAPFD NHAADSASEE KGNVDEGPTV YRLNWEGHEH
HPADAYDGPK
151 GGNYPKPTGA RDEYTYHVNG TARSIKTJNPT DTRSIRQRIS
DNYSNLGSNF
201 SDRADEANRK NFEHNAKLDR WGNBNEFING VAAQALNPFI
SAGEALGIGD
251 ILYGTRYAID KAAMRNIAPL PAEGKFAVIG GLGSVAGFEK
NTREAVDRWI
301 QENPNAAETV EAVPNVAAAA KVAKLAKAAK PGKAAVSGDF
ADSYKKKLAL
351 SDSARQLYQN AKYIREALDIH YEDLIRRXTD GSSKFINGRE
IDAVTNDALI
401 QAKRTISAID KPKNFLNQKN RKQIKATIEA ANQQGKRAEF
WFKYGVHSQV
451 KSYIESKGGI VKTGLGD*

[0377] The leader peptide is underlined.

[0378] 730 shows similar features to ORF46 (see example 8 above):

[0379] as for Orf46, the conservation of the 730 sequence among MenB, MenA and gonococcus is high (>80%) only for the N-terminal portion. The C-terminus, from ˜340, is highly divergent.

[0380] its predicted secondary structure contains a hydrophobic segment spanning the central region of the molecule (aa. 227-247).

[0381] expression of the full-length gene in E. coli gives very low yields of protein. Expression from tagged or untagged constructs where the signal peptide sequence has been omitted has a toxic effect on the host cells. In other words, the presence of the full-length mature protein in the cytoplasm is highly toxic for the host cell while its translocation to the periplasm (mediated by the signal peptide) has no detectable effect on cell viability. This “intracellular toxicity” of 730 is particularly high since clones for expression of the leaderless 730 can only be obtained at very low frequency using a recA genetic background (E. coli strains: HB 101 for cloning; HMS 174(DE3) for expression).

[0382] To overcome this toxicity, a similar approach was used for 730 as described in example 8 for ORF46. Four C-terminal truncated forms were obtained, each of which is well expressed. All were obtained from intracellular expression of His-tagged leaderless 730.

[0383] Form A consists of the N-terminal hydrophilic region of the mature protein (aa 28-226). This was purified as a soluble His-tagged product, having a higher-than-expected MW.

[0384] Form B extends to the end of the region conserved between serogroups (aa 28-340). This was purified as an insoluble His-tagged product.

[0385] The C-terminal truncated forms named C1 and C2 were obtained after screening for clones expressing high levels of 730-His clones in strain HMS174(DE3). Briefly, the pET21b plasmid containing the His-tagged sequence coding for the full-length mature 730 protein was used to transform the recA strain HMS174(DE3). Transformants were obtained at low frequency which showed two phenotypes: large colonies and very small colonies. Several large and small colonies were analysed for expression of the 730-His clone. Only cells from large colonies over-expressed a protein recognised by anti-730A antibodies. However the protein over-expressed in different clones showed differences in molecular mass. Sequencing of two of the clones revealed that in both cases integration of an E. coli IS sequence had occurred within the sequence coding for the C terminal region of 730. The two integration events have produced in-frame fusion with 1 additional codon in the case of C1, and 12 additional codons in the case of C2 (FIG. 11). The resulting “mutant” forms of 730 have the following sequences:

730-C1 (due to an IS1 insertion - FIG. 11A)
1 MADLAQDPFI TDNAQRQHYE PGGXYHLFGD PRGSVSDRTG
KINVIQDYTH
51 QMGNLLIQQA NINGTIGYHT RFSGHGHEEH APFDNHAADS
ASEEKGNVDE
101 GFTVYRLNWE GHEHHPADAY DGPKGGNYPK PTGARDEYTY
HVNGTARSIK
151 LNPTDTRSIR QRISDNYSNL GSNFSDRADB ANRKMFEHNA
KLDRWGNSNB
201 FINGVAAGAL NPFISAGEAL GIGDILYGTR YAIDKAAMRN
IAPLPABGKF
251 AVIGGLGSVA GFEKNTREAV DRWIQENPNA AETVEAVFNV
AAAAKVAKLA
301 KAAKPGKAAV SGDFADSYKK KLALSDSARQ LYQNAKYREA
LDIHYEDLIR
351 RKTDGSSKFI NGREIDAVTN DALIQAR*

[0386] The additional amino acid produced by the insertion is underlined.

730-c2 (due to en IS5 insertion - FIG. 11B)
1 MADLAQDPFI TDNAQRQHYE PGGKYHLFGD PRGSVSDRTG
KINVIQDYTH
51 QMGNLLIQQA NINGTIGYHT RFSGIIGHEEH APPDNHAADS
ASHEKGNVDE
101 GFTVYELNWE GHEHHPADAY DGPKGGNYPK PTGARDEYTY
HVNGTARSIK
151 LNPTDTRSIR QRISDNYSNL GSNFSDRADE ANRKMFEHNA
KLDRWGNSME
201 FINGVAAGAL NPFISAGEAL GIGDILYGTR YAIDKAAMRN
IAPLPAEGKF
251 AVIGGLGSVA GFEKNTREAV DRWIQENPNA ABTVBAVFNV
AAAAKVAKLA
301 KAAKPGKAAV SGDFADSYKK KLALSDSARQ LYQNAXYRHA
LGKVRISGBI
351 LLG*

[0387] The additional amino acids produced by the insertion are underlined.

[0388] In conclusion, intracellular expression of the 730-C1 form gives very high level of protein and has no toxic effect on the host cells, whereas the presence of the native C-terminus is toxic. These data suggest that the “intracellular toxicity” of 730 is associated with the C-terminal 65 amino acids of the protein.

[0389] Equivalent truncation of ORF29 to the first 231 or 368 amino acids has been performed, using expression with or without the leader peptide (amino acids 1-26; deletion gives cytoplasmic expression) and with or without a His-tag.

EXAMPLE 22

[0390] Domains in 961

[0391] As described in example 9 above, the GST-fusion of 961 was the best-expressed in E.coli. To improve expression, the protein was divided into domains (FIG. 12).

[0392] The domains of 961 were designed on the basis of YadA (an adhesin produced by Yersinia which has been demonstrated to be an adhesin localized on the bacterial surface that forms oligomers that generate surface projection [Hoiczyk et al. (2000) EMBO J 19:5989-99]) and are: leader peptide, head domain, coiled-coil region (stalk), and membrane anchor domain.

[0393] These domains were expressed with or without the leader peptide, and optionally fused either to C-terminal His-tag or to N-terminal GST. E.coli clones expressing different domains of 961 were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and western blot for the production and localization of the expressed protein, from over-night (o/n) culture or after 3 hours induction with IPTG. The results were:

	Total lysate	Periplasm	Supernatant	OMV
	(Western	(Western	(Western	SDS-
	Blot)	Blot)	Blot)	PAGE
961 (o/n)	−	−	−
961 (IPTG)	+/−	−	−
961-L (o/n)	+	−	−	+
961-L (IPTG)	+	−	−	+
961c-L (o/n)	−	−	−
961c-L (IPTG)	+	+	+
961Δ1-L (o/n)	−	−	−
961Δ1-L (IPTG)	+	−	−	+

[0394] The results show that in E.coli:

[0395] 961-L is highly expressed and localized on the outer membrane. By western blot analysis two specific bands have been detected: one at ˜45 kDa (the predicted molecular weight) and one at ˜180 kDa, indicating that 961-L can form oligomers. Additionally, these aggregates are more expressed in the over-night culture (without IPTG induction). OMV preparations of this clone were used to immunize mice and serum was obtained. Using overnight culture (predominantly by oligomeric form) the serum was bactericidal; the IPTG-induced culture (predominantly monomeric) was not bactericidal.

[0396] 961Δ1-L (with a partial deletion in the anchor region) is highly expressed and localized on the outer membrane, but does not form oligomers;

[0397] the 961c-L (without the anchor region) is produced in soluble form and exported in the supernatant.

[0398] Titres in ELISA and in the serum bactericidal assay using His-fusions were as follows:

		ELISA	Bactericidal
	961a (aa 24-268)	24397	4096
	961b (aa 269-405)	7763	64
	961c-L	29770	8192
	961c (2996)	30774	>65536
	961c (MC58)	33437	16384
	961d	26069	>65536

[0399] E.coli clones expressing different forms of 961 (961, 961-L, 961Δ1-L and 961c-L) were used to investigate if the 961 is an adhesin (cf. YadA). An adhesion assay was performed using (a) the human epithelial cells and (b) E.coli clones after either over-night culture or three hours IPTG induction. 961-L grown over-night (961Δ1-L) and IPTG-induced 961c-L (the clones expressing protein on surface) adhere to human epithelial cells.

[0400] 961c was also used in hybrid proteins (see above). As 961 and its domain variants direct efficient expression, they are ideally suited as the N-terminal portion of a hybrid protein.

EXAMPLE 23

[0401] Further Hybrids

[0402] Further hybrid proteins of the invention are shown below (see also FIG. 14). These are advantageous when compared to the individual proteins:

ORF46.1-741
1    ATGTCAGATT TGGCAAACGA TTCTTTTATC CGGCAGGTTC TCGACCGTCA
51   GCATTTCGAA CCCGACGGGA AATACCACCT ATTCGGCAGC AGGGGGGAAC
101  TTGCCGAGCG CAGCGGCCAT ATCGGATTGG GAAAAATACA AAGCCATCAG
151  TTGGGCAACC TGATGATTCA ACAGGCGGCC ATTAAAGGAA ATATCGGCTA
201  CATTGTCCGC TTTTCCGATC ACGGGCACGA AGTCCATTCC CCCTTCGACA
251  ACCATGCCTC ACATTCCGAT TCTGATGAAG CCGGTAGTCC CGTTGACGGA
301  TTTAGCCTTT ACCGCATCCA TTGGGACGGA TACGAACACC ATCCCGCCGA
351  CGGCTATGAC GGGCCACAGG GCGGCGGCTA TCCCGCTCCC AAAGGCGCGA
401  GGGATATATA CAGCTACGAC ATAAAAGGCG TTGCCCAAAA TATCCGCCTC
451  AACCTGACCG ACAACCGCAG CACCGGACAA CGGCTTGCCG ACCGTTTCCA
501  CAATGCCGGT AGTATGCTGA CGCAAGGAGT AGGCGACGGA TTCAAACGCG
551  CCACCCGATA CAGCCCCGAG CTGGACAGAT CGGGCAATGC CGCCGAAGCC
601  TTCAACGGCA CTGCAGATAT CGTTAAAAAC ATCATCGGCG CGGCAGGAGA
651  AATTGTCGGC GCAGGCGATG CCGTGCAGGG CATAAGCGAA GGCTCAAACA
701  TTGCTGTCAT GCACGGCTTG GGTCTGCTTT CCACCGAAAA CAAGATGGCG
751  CGCATCAACG ATTTGGCAGA TATGGCGCAA CTCAAAGACT ATGCCGCAGC
801  AGCCATCCGC GATTGGGCAG TCCAAAACCC CAATGCCGCA CAAGGCATAG
851  AAGCCGTCAG CAATATCTTT ATGGCAGCCA TCCCCATCAA AGGGATTGGA
901  GCTGTTCGGG GAAAATACGG CTTGGGCGGC ATCACGGCAC ATCCTATCAA
951  GCGGTCGCAG ATGGGCGCGA TCGCATTGCC GAAAGGGAAA TCCGCCGTCA
1001 GCGACAATTT TGCCGATGCG GCATACGCCA AATACCCGTC CCCTTACCAT
1051 TCCCGAAATA TCCGTTCAAA CTTGGAGCAG CGTTACGGCA AAGAAAACAT
1101 CACCTCCTCA ACCGTGCCGC CGTCAAACGG CAAAAATGTC AAACTGGCAG
1151 ACCAACGCCA CCCGAAGACA GGCGTACCGT TTGACGGTAA AGGGTTTCCG
1201 AATTTTGAGA AGCACGTGAA ATATGATACG GGATCCGGAG GGGGTGGTGT
1251 CGCCGCCGAC ATCGGTGCGG GGCTTGCCGA TGCACTAACC GCACCGCTCG
1301 ACCATAAAGA CAAAGGTTTG CAGTCTTTGA CGCTGGATCA GTCCGTCAGG
1351 AAAAACGAGA AACTGAAGCT GGCGGCACAA GGTGCGGAAA AAACTTATGG
1402 AAACGGTGAC AGCCTCAATA CGGGCAAAAT GAAGAACGAC AAGGTCAGCC
1451 GTTTCQACTT TATCCGCCAA ATCGAAGTGG ACGGGCAGCT CATTACCTTG
1501 GAGAGTGGAG AGTTCCAAGT ATACAAACAA AGCCATTCCG CCTTAACCGC
1551 CTTTCAGACC GAGCAAATAC AAGATTCGGA GCATTCCGGG AAGATGGTTG
1601 CGAAACGCCA GTTCAGAATC GGCGACATAG CGGGCGAAQA TACATCTTTT
1651 GACAAGCTTC CCGAAGGCGG CAGGGCGACA TATCGCGGGA CGGCGTTCGG
1701 TTCAGACGAT GCCGGCGGAA AACTGACCTA CACCATAGAT TTCGCCGCCA
1751 AGCAGGGAAA CGGCAAAATC GAACATTTGA AATCGCCAGA ACTCAATGTC
1801 GACCTGGCCG CCGCCGATAT CAAGCCGGAT GGAAAACGCC ATGCCGTCAT
1851 CAGCGGTTCC GTCCTTTACA ACCAAGCCGA GAAAGGCAGT TACTCCCTCG
1901 GTATCTTTGG CGGAAAAGCC CAGGAAGTTG CCGGCAGCGC GGAAGTGAAA
1951 ACCGTAAACG GCATACGCCA TATCGGCCTT GCCGCCAAGC AACTCGAGCA
2001 CCACCACCAC CACCACTGA
1    MSDLANDSFI RQVLDRQHFE PDGKYHLFGS RGELABRSGH IGLGKIQSHQ
51   LGNIJMIQQAA IKGNIGYIVR FSDHGHEVHS PFDNHASHSD SDEAGSPVDG
101  FSLYRIHWDG YEHHPADGYD GPQGGGYPAP KGARDIYSYD IKGVAQNIEL
151  NLTDNRSTGQ RLADRFHNAG SMLTQGVGDG FKRATRYSPE LDRSGNAAEA
201  PNGTADIVKN IIGAAGEIVG AGDAVQGISE GSNIAVMHGL GLLSTENKMA
251  RINDLADMAQ IJKDYAAAAIR DWAVQNPNAA QGIEAVSNIF HAAIPIKGIG
301  AVRGKYGLGG IThHPIKRSQ MGAIALPKGK SAVSDNFADA AYAKYPSPYH
351  SRNIRSNLEQ RYGKENITSS TVPPSNGKNV KLADQRHPKT GVPFDGKGFP
401  NFEKHVKYDT GSGGGGVAAD IGAGLADALT APLDHKDKGL QSLTLDQSVR
451  RNEKLKLAAQ GABKTYGNGD SLNTGKLKND KVSRPDFIRQ IEVDGQLITL
501  ESGEFQVYKQ SHSALTAPQT BQIQDSEHSG KMVAKRQPRI GDIAGEHTSP
551  DKLPBGGRAT YRGTAFGSDD AGGKLTYTID FAAKQGNGKI EELKSPBLNV
601  DLAAADIKPD GKRHAVISGS VLYNQAEKGS YSLGIFGGKA QEVAGSABVK
651  TVNGIEHIGL AAKQLEHHHH HH*
ORF46.1-961
     ATGTCAGATT TGGCAAACGA TTCTTTTATC CGGCAGGTTC TCGACCGTCA
51   GCATTTCGAA CCCGACGGGA AATACCACCT ATTCGGCAGC AGGGGGGAAC
101  TTGCCGAGCG CAGCGGCCAT ATOGGATTOG GAAAAATACA AAGCCATCAG
151  TTGGGCAACC TGATGATTCA ACAGGCGGCC ATTAAAGGAA ATATCGGCTA
201  CATTGTCCGC TTTTCCGATC ACGGGCACGA AGTCCATTCC CCCTTCGACA
251  ACCATGCCTC ACATTCCGAT TCTGATGAAG CCGGTAGTCC CGTTGACGGA
301  TTTAGCCTTT ACCGCATCCA TTGGGACGGA TACGAACACC ATCCCGCCGA
351  CGGCTATGAC GGGCCACAGG GCGGCGGCTA TCCCGCTCCC AAAGGCGCGA
401  GGGATATATA CAGOTACOAC ATAAAAGGCG TTGCCCAAAA TATCCGCCTC
451  AACCTGACCG ACAACCGCAG CACCGGACAA CGGCTTGCCG ACCGTTTCCA
501  CAATGCCGGT AGTATGCTGA CGCAAGGAGT AGGCGACGGA TTCAAACGCG
551  CCACCCGATA CAGCCCCGAG CTGGACAGAT CGGGCAATGC CGCCGAAGCC
601  TTCAACGGCA CTGCAGATAT CGTTAAAAAC ATCATCGGCG CGGCAGGAGA
651  AATTGTCGGC GCAGGCGATG CCGTGCAGGG CATAAGCGAA GGCTCAAACA
701  TTGCTGTCAT GCACGGCTTG GGTCTGCTTT CCACCGAAAA CAAGATGGCG
751  CGCATCAACG ATTTGGCAGA TATGGCGCAA CTCAAAGACT ATGCCGCAGC
801  AGCCATCCGC GATTGGGCAG TCCAAAACCC CAATGCCGCA CAAGGCATAG
851  AAGCCGTCAG CAATATCTTT ATGGCAGCCA TCCCCATCAA AGGGATTGGA
901  GCTGTTCGGG GAAAATACGG CTTGGGCGGC ATCACGGCAC ATCCTATCAA
951  GCGGTCGCAG ATGGGCGCGA TCGCATTGCC GAAAGGGAAA TCCGCCGTCA
1001 GCGACAATTT TGCCGATGCG GCATACGCCA AATACCCGTC CCCTTACCAT
1051 TCCCGAAATA TCCGTTCAAA CTTGGAGCAG CGTTACGGCA AAGAAAACAT
1101 CACCTCCTCA ACCGTGCCGC CGTCAAACGG CAAAAATGTC AAACTGGCAG
1151 ACCAACGCCA CCCGAAGACA GGCGTACCGT TTGACGGTAA AGGGTTTCCG
1201 AATTTTGAGA AGCACGTGAA ATATGATACG GGATCCGGAG GAGGAGGAGC
1251 CACAAACGAC GACGATGTTA AAAAAGCTGC CACTGTGGCC ATTGCTGCTG
1301 CCTACAACAA TGGCCAAGAA ATCAACGGTT TCAAAGCTGG AGAGACCATC
1351 TACGACATTG ATGAAGACGG CACAATTACC AAAAAAGACG CAACTGCAGC
1401 CGATGTTGAA GCCGACGACT TTAAAGGTCT GGGTCTGAAA AAAGTCGTGA
1451 CTAACCTGAC CAAAACCGTC AATGAAAACA AACAAAACGT CGATGCCAAA
1501 GTAAAAGCTG CAGAATCTGA AATAGAAAAG TTAACAACCA AGTTAGCAGA
1551 CACTGATGCC GCTTTAGCAG ATACTGATGC CGCTCTGGAT GCAACCACCA
1601 ACGCCTTGAA TAAATTGGGA GAAAATATAA CGACATTTGC TGAAGAGACT
1651 AAGACAAATA TCGTAAAAAT TGATGAAAAA TTAGAAGCCG TGGCTGATAC
1701 CGTCGACAAG CATGCCGAAG CATTCAACGA TATCGCCGAT TCATTGGATG
1751 AAACCAACAC TAAGGCAGAC GAAGCCGTCA AAACCGCCAA TGAAGCCAAA
1801 CAGACGGCCG AAGAAACCAA ACAAAACGTC GATGCCAAAG TAAAAGCTGC
1851 AGAAACTGCA GCAGGCAAAG CCGAAGCTGC CGCTGGCACA GCTAATACTG
1901 CAGCCGACAA GGCCGAAGCT GTCGCTGCAA AAGTTACCGA CATCAAAGCT
1951 GATATCGCTA CGAACAAAGA TAATATTGCT AAAAAAGCAA ACAGTGCCGA
2001 CGTGTACACC AGAGAAGAGT CTGACAGCAA ATTTGTCAGA ATTGATGGTC
2051 TGAACGCTAC TACCGAAAAA TTGGACACAC GCTTGGCTTC TGCTGAAAAA
2101 TCCATTGCCG ATCACGATAC TCGCCTGAAC GGTTTGGATA AAACAGTGTC
2151 AGACCTGCGC AAAGAAACCC GCCAAGGCCT TGCAGAACAA GCCGCGCTCT
2201 CCGGTCTGTT CCAACCTTAC AACGTGGGTC GGTTCAATGT AACGGCTGCA
2251 GTCGGCGGCT ACAAATCCGA ATCGGCAGTC GCCATCGGTA CCGGCTTCCG
2301 CTTTACCGAA AACTTTGCCG CCAAAGCAGG CGTGGCAGTC GGCACTTCGT
2351 CCGGTTCTTC CGCAGCCTAC CATGTCGGCG TCAATTACGA GTGGCTCGAG
2401 CACCACCACC ACCACCACTG A
1    MSDLPJWSFI RQVLDRQHFE PDGKYHLFGS RGELAERSGH IGLGKIQSHQ
51   LGNLHIQQAA IKGNIGYIVR FSDHGHEVHS PFDNHASHSD SDEAGSPVDG
101  FSLYPJHWDG YEHHPADGYD GPQGGGYPAP KGAEDIYSYD IKGVAQNIEL
151  NLTDNRSTGQ RLADRFHNAG BMLTQGVGDG FKRATRYSPE LDRSGNAAEA
201  FNGTADIVKN IIGAAGBIVG AGDAVQGISB GSNIAVMHGL GLLSTENKMA
251  RINflLADMAQ LKDYAAAAIR DWAVQNPNAA QGIEAVSNIF MAAIPIKGIG
301  AVRGKYGLGG ITAHPIKRSQ HGAIALPKGK SAVBDNFADA AYAKYPSPYH
351  SRNIRBNLEQ RYGXENITSS TVPPSNGKNV KLADQRHPKT GVPFDGKGFP
401  NFEKHVKYDT GSGGGGATND DDVKKAATVA IAAAYNNGQE INGFKAGETI
451  YDIDEDGTIT KKDATAADVE ADDPKGLGLK KVVTNLTKTV NENKQNVDAK
501  VKAAESHIEK LTTKLADTDA ALADTDAALD ATTNALNKLG ENITTFAEET
551  KTNIVKIDEK LEAVADTVDK HAEAFNDIAD SLDETNTKAD EAVKTANEAK
601  QTAEETKQNV DAKVKAABTA AGKAEAAAGT ANTAADKAEA VAAKVTDIKA
651  DIATNKDNIA KKMISADVYT REESDSKFVR IDGLNATTEK LDTPLASAEK
701  SIADHDTELN GLDRTVSDLR KETRQGLAEQ AALSGLPQPY NVGRFNVTAA
751  VGGYKSESAV AIGTGFRFTE NKAAKAGVAV GTSSGSSAAY HVGVNYEWLE
801  HHHHHH*
ORF46.1-961c
1    ATGTCAGATT TGGCAAACGA TTCTTTTATC CGGCAGGTTC TCGACCGTCA
51   GCATTTCGAA CCCGACGGGA AATACCACCT ATTCGGCAGC AGGGGGGAAC
101  TTGCCGAGCG CAGCGGCCAT ATCGGATTGG GAAAAATACA AAGCCATCAG
151  TTGGGCAACC TGATGATTCA ACAGGCGGCC ATTAAAGGAA ATATCGGCTA
201  CATTGTCCGC TTTTCCQATC ACGGGCACGA AGTCCATTCC CCCTTCGACA
251  ACCATGCCTC ACATTCCGAT TCTGATGAAG CCGGTAGTCC CGTTGACGGA
301  TTTAGCCTTT ACCGCATCCA TTGGGACGGA TACGAACACC ATCCCGCCGA
351  CGGCTATGAC GGGCCACAGG GCGGCGGCTA TCCCGCTCCC AAAGGCGCGA
401  GGGATATATA CAGCTACGAC ATAAAAGGCG TTGCCCAAAA TATCCGCCTC
451  AACCTGACCG ACAACCGCAG CACCGGACAA CGGCTTGCCG ACCGTTTCCA
501  CAATGCCGGT AGTATGCTGA CGCAAGGAGT AGGCGACGGA TTCAAACGCG
551  CCACCCGATA CAGCCCCGAG CTGGACAGAT CGGGCAATGC CGCCGAAGCC
601  TTCAACGGCA CTGCAGATAT CGTTAAAAAC ATCATCGGCG CGGCAGGAGA
651  AATTGTCGGC GCAGGCGATG CCGTGCAGGG CATAAGCGAA GGCTCAAACA
701  TTGCTGTCAT GCACGGCTTG GGTCTGCTTT CCACCGAAAA CAAGATGGCG
751  CGCATCAACG ATTTGGCAGA TATGGCGCAA CTCAAAGACT ATGCCGCAGC
801  AGCCATCCGC GATTGGGCAG TCCAAAACCC CAATGCCGCA CAAGGCATAG
851  AAGCCGTCAG CAATATCTTT ATGGCAGCCA TCCCCATCAA AGGGATTGGA
901  GCTGTTCGGG QAAAATACGG CTTGGGCGGC ATCACGGCAC ATCCTATCAA
951  GCGGTCGCAG ATGGGCGCGA TCGCATTGCC GAAAGGGAAA TCCGCCGTCA
1001 GCGACAATTT TGCCGATGCG GCATACGCCA AATACCCGTC CCCTTACCAT
1051 TCCCGAAATA TCCGTTCAAA CTTGGAGCAG CGTTACGGCA AAGAAAACAT
1101 CACCTCCTCA ACCGTGCCGC CGTCAAACGG CAAAAATGTC AAACTGGCAQ
1151 ACCAACGCCA CCCGAAGACA GGCGTACCGT TTGACGGTAA AGGGTTTCCG
1201 AATTTTGAGA AGCACGTGAA ATATGATACG GGATCCGGAG GAGGAGGAGC
1251 CACAAACGAC GACGATGTTA AAAAAGCTGC CACTGTGGCC ATTGCTGCTG
1301 CCTACAACAA TGGCCAAGAA ATCAACGGTT TCAAAGCTOG AGAGACCATC
1351 TACGACATTG ATGAAGACGG CACAATTACC AAAAAAGACG CAACTGCAGC
1401 CGATGTTGAA GCCGACGACT TTAAAGGTCT GGGTCTGAAA AAAGTCGTGA
1451 CTAACCTGAC CAAAACCGTC AATGAAAACA AACAAAACGT CGATGCCAAP
1501 GTAAAAGCTG CAGAATCTGA AATAGAAAAG TTAACAACCA AGTTAGCAGA
1551 CACTGATGCC GCTTTAGCAG ATACTGATGC CGCTCTGGAT GCAACCACCA
1601 ACGCCTTGAA TAAATTGGGA GAAAATATAA CGACATTTGC TGAAGAGACT
1651 AAGACAAATA TCGTAAAAAT TGATGAAAAA TTAGAAGCCG TGGCTGATAC
1701 CGTCGACAAG CATGCCGAAG CATTCAACGA TATCQCCGAT TCATTGGATG
1751 AAACCAACAC TAAGGCAGAC GAAGCCGTCA AAACCGCCAA TGAAGCCAAA
1801 CAGACGGCCG AAGAAACCAA ACAAAACGTC GATGCCAAAG TAAAAGCTGC
1851 AGAAACTGCA GCAGGCAAAG CCGAAGCTGC CGCTGGCACA GCTAATACTG
1901 CAGCCGACAA GGCCGAAGCT GTCGCTGCAA AAGTTACCGA CATCAAAGCT
1951 GATATCGCTA CGAACAAAGA TAATATTGCT AAAAAAGCAA ACAGTGCCGA
2001 CGTGTACACC AGAGAAGAGT CTGACAGCAA ATTTGTCAGA ATTGATGGTC
2051 TGAACGCTAC TACCGAAAAA TTGGACACAC GCTTGGCTTC TGCTGAAAAA
2101 TCCATTGCCG ATCACGATAC TCGCCTGAAC GGTTTGGATA AAACAGTGTC
2151 AGACCTGCGC AAAGAAACCC GCCAAGGCCT TGCAGAACAA GCCGCGCTCT
2201 CCGGTCTGTT CCAACCTTAC AACGTGGGTO TCGAGCACCA CCACCACCAC
2251 CACTGA
1    MSDLANDSFI RQVIJDRQHFE PDGKYHLFGS RGELAERSGH IGLGKIQSHQ
51   LGNIJHIQQAA IKGNIGYIVR FSDHGHEVHS PFDNHASHSD SDEAGSPVDG
101  FSLYRIHWDG YEHHPADGYD GPQGGGYPAP KGARDIYSYD IKGVAQNIRL
151  NLTDNRSTGQ RLADRPHNAG SMLTQGVGDG FKRATRYSPE LDRSGNAAEA
201  FNGTADIVKN IIGAAGBIVG AGDAVQGISE GSNIAVMIGL GLLSTENKMA
251  RINDLAflHAQ LKDYAAAAIR DWAVQNPNAA QGIEAVSNIF MIAIPIRGIG
301  AVRGKYGLGG ITAHPIKRSQ MGAIALPKGK SAVSDNFADA AYAKYPSPYH
351  SRNIRSNLEQ RYGKENITSS TVPPSNGKNV KLADQRHPKT GVPFDGKGFP
401  NFEKHVKYDT GSGGGGATND DDVKKAATVA IAAAYNNGQB INGFKAGETI
451  YDIDEDGTIT KKDATAADVE ADDFKGLGLK KVVTNLTKTV NENKQNVDAX
501  VKAABSEIEK LTTKLADTDA ALADTDAALD ATTNALNKLG ENITTFAEET
551  KTNIVKIDBK LEAVADTVDK HAEAFNDIAD SLDETNTKAD EAVKTANEAK
601  QTAEETKQNV DAKVKAAETA AGKAEAAAGT ANTAADKAEA VAAKVTDIRA
651  DIATNKDNIA KKANSADVYT REESDSKFVR IDGLNATTRK LDTRLASAEK
701  SIADHDTRLN GLDKTVSDLR KBTRQGLAEQ AALBGLFQPY NVGLEHHHHH
751  H*
961-ORF46.1
1    ATGGCCACAA ACGACGACGA TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCACTG TGGCCATTGC
51   TGCTGCCTAC AACAATGGCC AAGAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA
101  CCATCTACGA CATTGATGAA GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT
151  GCAGCCGATG TTGAAGCCGA CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT
201  CGTGACTAAC CTGACCAAAA CCGTCAATGA AAACAAACAA AACGTCGATG
251  CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA
301  GCAGACACTG ATGCCGCTTT AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC
351  CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT TGGGAGATAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG
401  AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT
451  GATACCGTCG ACAAGCATGC CGAAGCATTC AACGATATCG CCGATTCATT
501  GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG
551  CCAAACAGAC GGCCGAAGAA ACCAAACAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA
601  GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGCTG GCACAGCTAA
651  TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG AAGCTGTCGC TGCAAAAGTT ACCGACATCA
701  AAGCTGATAT CGGTACGAAC AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT
751  GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA
801  TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG
851  AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA
901  GTGTCAGACC TGCGCAAAGA AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC
951  GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC CTTACAACGT GGGTCGGTTC AATGTAACGG
1001 CTGCAGTCGG CGGCTACAAA TCCGAATCGG CAGTCGCCAT CGGTACCGGC
1051 TTCCGCTTTA CCGAAAACTT TGCCGCCAAA GCAGGCGTGG CAGTCGGCAC
1101 TTCGTCCGGT TCTTCCGCAG CCTACCATGT CGGCGTCAAT TACGAGTGGG
1151 GATCCGGAGG AGGAGGATCA GATTTGGCAA ACGATTCTTT TATCCGGCAG
1201 GTTCTCGACC GTCAGCATTT CGAACCCGAC GGGAAATACC ACCTATTCGG
1251 CAGCAGGGGG GAACTTGCCG AGCGCAGCGG CCATATCGGA TTGGGAAAAA
1301 TACAAAGCCA TCAGTTGGGC AACCTGATGA TTCAACAGGC GGCCATTAAA
1351 GGAAATATCG GCTACATTGT CCGCTTTTCC GATCACGGGC ACGAAGTCCA
1401 TTCCCCCTTC GACAACCATG CCTCACATTC CGATTCTGAT GAAGCCGGTA
1451 GTCCCGTPGA CGGATTTAGC CTTTACCGCA TCCATTGGGA CGGATACGAA
1501 CACCATCCCG CCGACGGCTA TGACGGGCCA CAGGGCGGCG GCTATCCCGC
1551 TCCCAAAGGC GCGAGGGATA TATACAGCTA CGACATAAAA GGCGTTGCCC
1601 AAAATATCCG CCTCAACCTG ACCGACAACC GCAGCACCGG ACAACGGCTP
1651 GCCGACCGTT TCCACAATGC CGGTAGTATG CTGACGCAAG GAGTAGGCGA
1701 CGGATTCAAA CGCGCCACCC GATACAGCCC CGAGCTGGAC AGATCGGGCA
1751 ATGCCGCCGA AGCCTTCAAC GGCACTGCAG ATATCGTTAA AAACATCATC
1801 GGCGCGGCAG GAGAAATTGT CGGCGCAGGC GATGCCGTGC AGGGCATAAG
1851 CGAAGGCTCA AACATTGCTG TCATGCACGG CTTGGGTCTG CTTTCCACCG
1901 AAAACAAGAT GGCGCGCATC AACGATTTGG CAGATATGGC GCAACTCAAA
1951 GACTATGCCG CAGCAGCCAT CCGCGATTGG GCAGTCCAAA ACCCCAATGC
2001 CGCACAAGGC ATAGAAGCCG TCAGCAATAT CTTTATGGCA GCCATCCCCA
2051 TCAAAGGGAT TGGAGCTGTT CGGGGAAAAT ACGGCTTGGG CGGCATCACG
2101 GCACATCCTA TCAAGCGGTC GCAGATGGGC GCGATCGCAT TGCCGAAAGG
2151 GAAATCCGCC GTCAGCGACA ATTTTGCCGA TGCGGCATAC GCCAAATACC
2201 CGTCCCCTTA CCATTCCCGA AATATCCGTT CAAACTTGGA GCAGCGTTAC
2251 GGCAAAGAAA ACATCACCTC CTCAACCGTG CCGCCGTCAA ACGGCAAAAA
2301 TGTCAAACTG GCAGACCAAC GCCACCCGAA GACAGGOOTA CCGTTTGACG
2351 GTAAAGGGTT TCCGAATT1T GAGAAGCACG TGAAATATGA TACGCTCGAG
2401 CACCACCACC ACCACCACTG A
1    MATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE DGTITKKDAT
51   AADVEADDFK GLGLKKVVTN LTKTVNENKQ NVDAKVKAAE SEIEKLTTKL
101  ADTDAALALT DAALDATTNA LNKLGENITT FAEETKTNIV KIDEKLEAVA
151  DTVDKHAEAF NDIADSLDET NTKADEAVKT ANEAKQTAEE TKQNVDAKVK
201  AAETAAGKAE AAAGTANTAA DKABAVAAKV TDIKADIATN KDNIAKKANS
251  ADVYTREESD SKFVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTRL ASAEKSIADH DTRLNGLDKT
301  VSDLEKETRQ GLAEQAALSG LFQPYNVGRF NVTAAVGGYK SESAVAIGTG
351  FRPTENFAAK AGVAVGTSSG SSAAYHVGVN YEWGSGGGGS DLANDSFIRQ
401  VLDRQHFEPD GKYHLFGSRG ELABRSGEIG LGKIQSHQLG NLMIQQAAIK
451  GNIGYIVRFS DHGHEVHSPF D14EASHSDSD EAGSPVDGFS LYRIHWDGYE
501  HHPAflGYDGP QGGGYPAPKG APDIYSYDIK GVAQNIRLNL TDNRSTGQRL
551  ADRFENAGSM LTQGVGDGPR RATRYSPELD RSGNAAEAPN GTADIVKNII
601  GAAGEIVGAG DAVQGISEGS NIAVHMGLGL LSTENKMARI NDLADHAQLK
651  DYAAAAIRDW AVQNPNAAQG IEAVSNIFHA AIPIKGIGAV RGKYGLGGIT
701  AHPIKRSQHG AIALPKGKSA VSDNFADAAY AKYPSPYHSR NIRSNLEQRY
751  GKENITSSTV PPSNGKNVKL ADQRHPKTGV PFDGKGFPNF EKHVKYDTLE
801  HHHHHH*
961-741
1    ATGGCCACAA ACGACGACGA TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCACTG TGGCCATTGC
51   TGCTGCCTAC AACAATGGCC AAGAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA
101  CCATCTACGA CATTGATGAA GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT
151  GCAGCCGATG TTGAAGCCGA CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT
201  CGTGAVTAAC CTGACCAAAA CCGTCAATGA AAACAAACAA AACGTCGATG
251  CCAAAGTACA AGCTGCAGAA TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA
301  GCAGACACTG ATGCCGGTTT AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC
351  CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT TGGGAGAAAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG
401  AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT
451  GATACCGTCG ACAAGCATGC CGAAGCATTC AACGATATCG CCGATTCATT
501  GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG
551  CCAAACAGAC GGCCGAAGAA ACCAAAQAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA
601  GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGCTG GCACAGCTAA
651  TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG AGGGTGTCGC TGCAAAAGTT ACCGACATCA
701  AAGCTGATAT CGGTACGAAC AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT
751  GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA
801  TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG
851  AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA
901  GTGTCACACC TGCGCAAAGA AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC
951  GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC CTTACAACGT GGGTCGGTTC AATGTAACGG
1001 CTGCAGTCGG CGGCTACAAA TCCGAATCGG CAGTCGCCAT CGGTACCGGC
1051 TTCCGCTTTA CCGAAAACTT TGCCGCCAAA GCAGGCGTGG CAGTCGGCAC
1101 TTCGTCCGGT TCTTCCGCAG CCTACCATGT CGGCGTCAAT TACGAGTGGG
1151 GATCCGGAGG GGGTGGTGTC GCCGCCGACA TCGGTGCGGG GCTTGCCGAT
1201 GCACTAACCG CACCGCTCGA CCATAAAGAC AAAGGTTTGC AGTCTTTGAC
1251 GCTGGATCAG TCCGTCAGGA AAAACGAGAA ACTGAAGCTG GCGGCACAAG
1301 GTGCGGAAAA AACTTATGGA AACGGTGACA GCCTCAATAC GGGCAAATTG
1351 AAGAACGACA AGGTCAGCCG TTTCGACTTT ATCCGCCAAA TCGAAGTGGA
1401 CGGGCAGCTC ATTACCTTGG AGAGTGGAGA GTTCCAAGTA TACAAACAAA
1451 GCCATPCCGC CTTAACCGCC TTTCAGACCG AGCAAATACA AGATTCGGAG
1501 CATTCCGGGA AGATGGTTGC GAAACGCCAG TTCAGAATCG GCGACATAGC
1551 GGGCGAACAT ACATCTTTTG ACAAGCTTCC CGAAGGCGGC AGGGCGACAT
1601 ATCGCGGGAC GGCGTTCGGT TCAGACGATG CCGGCGGAAA ACTGACCTAC
1651 ACCATAGATT TCGCCGCCAA GCAGGGAAAC GGCAAAATCG AACATTTGAA
1701 ATCGCCAGAA CTCAATGTCG ACCTGGCCGC CGCCGATATC AAGCCGGATG
1751 GAAAACGCCA TGCCGTCATC AGCGGTTCCG TCCTTTACAA CCAAGCCGAG
1801 AAAGGCAGTT ACTCCCTCGG TATCTTTGGC GGAAAAGCCC AGGAAGTTGC
1851 CGGCAGCGCG GAAGTGAAAA CCGTAAACGG CATACGCCAT ATCGGCCTTG
1901 CCGCCAAGCA ACTCGAGCAC CACCACCACC ACCACTGA
1    MATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE DGTITKKDAT
51   AADVEADDFK GLGLKKVVTN LTKTVNENKQ NVDAKVKAAE SEIEKLTTKL
101  ADTDAALADT DAALDATTNA LNKLGENITT FAEETKTNIV KIDEKLEAVA
151  DTVDKHAEAP NDIADSLDET NTKADEAVKT ANEAKQTAEE TKQNVDAKVK
201  AAETAAGKAE AAAGTANTAA DKAEAVAAKV TDIKADIATN KDNIAKKANS
251  ADVYTRBESD SKFVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTRL ASAEKSIADH DTRLNGLDKT
301  VSDIJRKETRQ GLAEQAALSG LFQPYNVGRP NVTAAVGGYK SESAVAIGTG
351  FRPTENFAAK AGVAVGTSSG SSAAYHVGVN YEWGSGGGGV DLANDSFIRQ
401  MJTAPLDHKD KGLQSLTLDQ SVRKNEKLKL AAQGAEKTYG NGDSLNTGKL
451  KNDKVSEFDF IRQIEVDGQL ITLESGEFQV YKQSHSALTA FQTEQIQDSE
501  HSGKMVAKRQ FRIGDIAGEH TSFDXLPEGG RATYRGTAFG SDDAGGKLTY
551  TIDFAAKQGN GKIEHIJKSPE LNVDLAAADI KPDGKRHAVI SGSVLYNQAE
601  KGSYSLGIFG GKAQEVAGSA EVKTVNGIRH IGLAAKQLEH HHHHH*
961-983
1    ATGGCCACAA ACGACGAQGA TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCACTG TGGCCATTGC
51   TGCTGCCTAC AACAATGGCC AAQAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA
101  GCATGTACCA CATTGATGAA GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT
151  GCAGCCGATG TTGAACCGA CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT
201  CGTGACTAAC CTGACCAAAA CCGTCAATGA AAACAAACAA AACGTCGATG
251  CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA
301  GCAGACACTG ATGCCGCTTT AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC
351  CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT TGGGAGAAAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG
401  AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT
451  GATACCGTCG ACAAGCATGC CGAAGCATTC AACQATATCG CCGATTCATT
501  GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG
551  CCAAACAGAC GGCCGAAGAA ACCAAACAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA
601  GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGCTG GCACAGCTAA
651  TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG AAGCTGTCGC TGCAAAAGTT ACCGACATCA
701  AAGCTGATAT CGCTACGAAC AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT
751  GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA
801  TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG
851  AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA
901  GTGTCAGACC TGCGCAAAGA AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC
951  GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC CTTACAACGT GGGTCGGTTC AATGTAACGG
1001 CTGCAGTCGG CGGCTACAAA TCCGAATCGG CAGTCGCCAT CGGTACCGGC
1051 TTCCGCTTTA CCGAAAACTT TGCCGCCAAA GCAGGCGTGG CAGTCGGCAC
1101 TTCGTCCGGT TCTTCCGCAG CCTACCATGT CGGCGTCAAT TACGAGTGGG
1151 GATCCGGCGG AGGCGGCACT TCTGCGCCCG ACTTCAATGC AGGCGGTACC
1201 GGTATCGGCA GCAACAGCAG AGCAACAACA GCGAAATCAG CAGCAGTATC
1251 TTACGCCGGT ATCAAGAACG AAATGTGCAA AQACAGAAGC ATGCTCTGTG
1301 CCGGTCGGGA TGACGTTGCG GTTACAGACA GGGATGCCAA AATCAATGCC
1351 CCCCCCCCGA ATCTGCATAC CGGAGACTTT CCAAACCCAA ATGACGCATA
1401 CAAGAATTTG ATCAACCTCA AACCTGCAAT TGAAGCAGGC TATACAGGAC
1451 GCGGGGTAGA GGTAGGTATC GTCGACACAG GCGAATCCGT CGGCAGCATA
1501 TCCTTTCCCG AACTGTATGG CAGAAAAGAA CACGGGTATA ACGAAAATTA
1551 CAAAAACTAT ACGGCGTATA TGCGGAAGGA AGCGCCTGAA GACGGAGGCG
1601 GTAAAGACAT TGAAGCTTCT TTCGACGATG AGGCCGTTAT AGAGACTGAA
1651 GCAAAGCCGA CGGATATCCG CCACGTAAAA GAALTCGGAC ACATCGATTT
1701 GGTCTCCCAT ATTATTGGCG GGCGTTCCGT GGACGGCAGA CCTGCAGGCG
1751 GTATTGCGCC CGATGCGACG CTACACATAA TGAATACGAA TGATGAAACC
1801 AAGAACGAAA TGATGGTTGC AGCCATCCGC AATGCATGGG TCAAGCTGGG
1851 CGAACGTGGC GTGCGCATCG TCAATAACAG TTTTGGAACA ACATCGAGGG
1901 CAGGCACTGC CQACCTTTTC CAAATAGCCA ATTCGGAGGA GCAGTACCGC
1951 CAAGCGTTGC TCGACTATTC CGGCGGTGAT AAAACAGACG AGGGTATCCG
2001 CCTGATGCAA CAGAGCGATT ACGGCAACCT GTCCTACCAC ATCCGTAATA
2051 AAAACATGGT TTTCATCTTT TCGACAGGCA ATOACOCACA AGCTCAGCCC
2101 AACACATATG CCCTATTGCC ATTTTATGAA AAAGACGCTC AAAAAGGCAT
2151 TATCACAGTC GCAGGCGTAG ACCGCAGTGG AGAAAAGTTC AAACGGGAAA
2201 TGTATGGAGA ACCGGGTACA GAACCGCTTG AGTATGGCTC CAACCATTGC
2251 GGAATTACTG CCATGTGGTG CCTGTCGGCA CCCTATGAAG CAAGCGTCCG
2301 TTTCACCCGT ACAAACCCGA TTCAAATTGC CGGAACATCC TTTTCCGCAC
2351 CCATCGTAAC CGGCACGGCG GCTCTGCTGC TGCAGAAATA CCCGTGGATG
2401 AGCAACGACA ACCTGCGTAC CACGTTGCTG ACGACGGCTC AGGCCATCGG
2451 TGCAGTCGGC GTGGACAGCA AGTTCGGCTG GGGACTGCTG GATGCGGGTA
2501 AGGCCATGAA CGGACCCGCG TCCTTTCCGT TCGGCGACTT TACCGCCGAT
2551 ACGAAAGGTA CATCCGATAT TGCCTACTCC TTCCGTAACG ACATTTCAGG
2601 CACGGGCGGC CTGATCAAAA AAGGCGGCAG CCAACTGCAA CTGCACGGCA
2651 ACAACACCTA TACGGGCAAA ACCATTATCG AAGGCGGTTC GCTGGTGTTG
2701 TACGGCAACA ACAAATCGGA TATGCGCGTC GAAACCAAAG GTGCGCTGAT
2751 TTATAACGGG GCGGCATCCG GCGGCAGCCT GAACAGCGAC GGCATTGTCT
2801 ATCTGGCAGA TACCGACCAA TCCGGCGCAA ACGAAACCGT ACACATCAAA
2851 GGCAGTCTGC AGCTGGACGG CAAAGGTACG CTGTACACAC GTTTGGGCAA
2901 ACTGCTGAAA GTGGACGGTA CGGCGATTAT CGGCGGCAAG CTGTACATGT
2951 CGGCCGCGG CAACGGGGCA GGCTATCTCA ACACTACCGG ACGACGTGTT
3001 CCCTTCCTGA GTGCCGCCAA AATCGGGCAG GATTATTCTT TCTTCACAAA
3051 CATCGAAACC GACGGCGGCC TGCTGGCTTC CCTCGACAGC GCCGAAAAAA
3101 CAGCGGGCAG TGAAGGCGAC ACGCTGTCCT ATTATGTCCG TCGCGGCAAT
3151 GCGGCACGGA CTGCTTCGGC AGCGGCGCGT TCCGCGCCCG CCGGTCTGAA
3201 ACACGCCGTA GAACAGGGCG GCAGCAkTCT GGAAAACCTG ATGGTCGAAC
3251 TGGATGCCTC CQAATCATCC GCAACACCCG AGACGGTTGA AACTGCGGCA
3301 GCCGACCGCA CAGATATGCC GGGCATCCGC CCCTACGGCG CAACTTTCCG
3351 CGCAGCGGCA GCCGTACAGC ATGCGAATGC CGCCGACGGT GTACGCATCT
3401 TCAACAGTCT CGCCGCTACC GTCTATGCCG ACAGTACCGC CGCCCATGCC
3451 GATATGCAGG GACGCCGCCT GAAAGCCGTA TCGGACGGGT TGGACCACAA
3501 CGGCACGGGT CTGCGCGTCA TCGCGCAAAC CCAACAGGAC GGTGGAACGT
3551 GGGAACAGGG CQGTGTTGAA GGCAAAATGC GCGGCAGTAC CCAAACCGTC
3601 GGCATTGCCG CGAAAACCGG CGAAAATACG ACAGCAGCCG CCACACTGGG
3651 CATGGGACGC AGCACATGGA GCGAAAACAG TGCAAATGCA AAAACCGACA
3701 GCATTAGTCT GTTTGCAGGC ATACGGCACG ATGCGGGCGA TATCGGCTAT
3751 CTCAAAGGCC TGTTCTCCTA CGGACGCTAC AAAAACAGCA TCAGCCGCAG
3801 CACCGGTGCG GACGAACATG CGGAAGGCAG CGTCAACGGC ACGCTGATGC
3851 AGCTGGGCGC ACTGGGCGGT GTCAACGTTC CGTTTGCCGC AACGGGGGAT
3901 TTGAGGGTCG AACGCGGTCT GCGCTACGAC CTGCTCAAAG ACGATGCATT
3951 CGCCGAAAAA GGCAGTGCTT TGGGCTGGAG CGGCAACAGC CTCACTGAAG
4001 GCACGCTGGT CGGACTCGCG GGTCTGAAGC TGTCGCAACC CTTGAGCGAT
4051 AAAGCCGTCC TGTTTGCAAC GGCGGGCGTG GAACGCGACC TGAACGGACG
4101 CGACTACACG GTAACGGGCG GCTTTACCGG CGCGACTGCA GCACCCGGCA
4151 AGACGGGGGC ACGCAATATG CCGCACACCC GTCTGGTTGC CGGCCTGGGC
4201 GCGGATGTCG AATTCGGCAA CGGCTGGAAC GGCTTGGCAC GCTACAGCTA
4251 CGCCGGTTCC AAACAGTACG GCAACCACAG CGGACGAGTC GGCGTAGGCT
4301 ACCGGT4PCCT CGAGCACCAC CACCACCACC ACTGA
1    MATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE DGTITKKDAT
51   AADVEADDFK GLGLKKVVTN LTKTVNENKQ NVDAKVKAAB SEIEKLTTKL
101  ALTDAALADT DAALDATTNA LNKLGENITT FAEETKTNIV KIDEKLEAVA
151  DTVDKHAEAF NDIADSLDET NTKADEAVKT ANEAKQTARE TKQNVDARVK
201  AAETAAGKAE AAAGTAMTAA DLAEAVAALV TDIKADIATN KDNIAKKANS
251  ADVYTREESD SKFVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTEL ASAEKSIADH DTRLNGLDKT
301  VSDLRKETRQ GLABQAALSG LFQPYNVGRP NWlAAVGGYK SESAVAIGTG
351  FRFTENFAAK AGVAVGTSSG SSAAYHVGVN YEWGSGGGGT SAPDFNAGGT
401  GIGSNSRATT AKSAAVSYAG INMEMCKDRS MLCAGRDDVA VTDPDAXINA
451  PPPNLHTGDF PNPNDAYKNL INLKPAIEAG YTGEQVEVGI VDTGESVGSI
501  SFPELYGRKE HGYNENYKNY TAYMRKEAPB DGGGKDIEAS FDDEAVIETE
551  AKPTDIREVK EIGHIDLVSH IIGGESVPGR PAGGIAPPAT LHIMNTNDET
601  KNEMMVAAIR NAWVKLGERG VRIVNNSFGT TSRAGTADLF QIANSEEQYR
651  QALLDYSGGD KTDRGIRLMQ QSDYGNLSYH IRKNKNLFIF STGNDAQAQP
701  NTYALLPFYE KDAQKGIITV AGVDRSGEKF KRENYGEPGT EPLEYGSNHC
751  GITAMWCLSA PYEASVRPTR TNPIQIAGTS FSAPIVTGTA ALLLQKYPWH
801  SNDNLRTTLL TTAQDIGAVG VDSKFGWGLL DAGKAMNGPA SFPFGDFTAD
851  TKGTSDIAYS FRNDISGTGG LIKKGGSQLQ LHGNNTYTGK TIIEGGSLVL
901  YGNNKSDMRV ETKGALIYNG AASGGSLNSD GIVYLADTDQ SGANETVHIK
951  GSLQIDGKGT LYTRLGKLLK VDGTAIIGGK LYMSAKGKGA GYLNSTGRRV
1001 PFLSAAKIGQ DYSPFTNIET DGGLLASLDS VEKTAGSEGD TLSYYVRPGN
1051 AARTABAAAH SAPAGLKHKV EQGGSNLENL HVBLDASBSS ATPETVHTAA
1101 ADRTDMPGIR PYGATFRAAA AVQHANAADG VRIFNSLAAT VYADSTAAHA
1151 DMQGRRLKAV TAAATLGMGR STSWENSANA KTDSISLFAG IRHDAGIGY
1201 GIAAKTGENT TAAATLGHGR STWSENSANA KTDSISLFAG IRHDAGDIGY
1251 LKGLFSYGRY KNSZSRSTQA DEHAEGSVNG TLNQLGALGG VNVPFAATGD
1301 LTVEGGLRYD LLKQDAPAEK GSALGWSGNS LTEGTLVGLA GIJKLSQPLSD
1351 KAVLFATAGV ERDLNGRDYT VTGGFTGATA ATGKTGARNM PHTRLVAGLG
1401 ADVEFGNGWN GLARYSYAGS KQYGNHSGRV GVGYRFLEHH HHHH*
961c-ORF46.1
1    ATGGCCACAA ACGACGACGA TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCACTG TGGCCATTGC
51   TGCTGOCTAC AACAATGGCC AAGAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA
101  CCATCTACGA CATTGATGAA GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT
151  GCAGCCGATG TTGAAGCCGA CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT
201  CGTGACTAAC CTGACCAAAA CCGTCAATGA AAACAAACAA AACGTCGATG
251  CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA
301  GCAGACACTG ATGCCGCTTT AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC
351  CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT TGGGAGAAAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG
401  AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT
451  GATACCGTCG ACAAGCATGC CGAAGCATTC AACGATATCG CCGATTCATT
501  GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG
551  CCAAACAGAC GGCCGAAGAA ACCAAACAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA
601  GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGTG GCACAGCTAA
651  TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG AAGCTGTCGC TGCAAAAGTT ACCGACATCA
701  AAGCTGATAT CGCTACGAAC AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT
751  GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA
801  TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG
851  AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA
901  GTGTCAGACC TGCGCAAAGA AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC
951  GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC CTTACAACGT GGGTGGATCC GGAGGAGGAG
1001 GATCAGATTT GGCAAACGAT TCTTTTATCC GGCAGGTTCT CGACCGTCAQ
1051 CATTTCGAAC CCGACGGGAA ATACCACCTA TTCGGCAGCA GGGGGGAACT
1101 TGCCGAGCGC AGCGGCCATA TCGGATTGGG AAAAATACAA AGCCATCAGT
1151 TGGGCAACCT GATGATTCAA CAGGCGGCCA TTAAAGGAAA TATCGGCTAC
1201 ATTGTCCGCT TTTCCGATCA CGGGCACGAA GTCCATTCCC CCTTCGACAA
1251 CCATGCCTCA CATTCCGATT CTGATGAAGC CGGTAGTCCC GTTGACGGAT
1301 TTAGCCTTTA CCGCATCCAT TGGGACGGAT ACGAACACCA TCCCGCCGAC
1351 GGTTATGACG GGCCACAGGG CGGCGGCTAT CCCGCTCCCA AAGGCGCQAG
1401 GGATATATAC AGCTACGACA TAAAAGGCGT TGCCCAAAAT ATCCGCCTCA
1451 ACCTGACCGA CAACCGCAGC ACCGGACAAC GGCTTGCCGA CCGTTTCCAC
1501 AATGCCGGTA GTATGCTGAC GCAAGGAGTA GGCGACGGAT TCAAACGCGC
1551 CACCCGATAC AGCCCCGAGC TGGACAGATC GGGCAATGCC GCCGAAGCCT
1601 TCAACGGCAC TGCAGATATC GTTAAAAACA TCATCGGCGC GGCAGGAGAA
1651 ATTGTCGGCG CAGGCGATGC CGTGCAGGGC ATAAGCGAAG GCTCAAACAT
1701 TGCAGTCATG CACGGCTTGG GTCTGCTTTC CACCGAAAAC AAGATGGCGC
1751 GCATCAACGA TTTGGCAGAT ATGGCGCAAC TCAAAGACTA TGCCGCAGCA
1801 GCCATCCGCG ATTGGGCAGT CCAAAACCCC AATGCCGCAC AAGGCATAGA
1851 AGCCGTCAGC AATATCTTTA TGGCAGCCAT CCCCATCAAA GGGATTGGAG
1901 CTGTTCGGGG AAAATACGGC TTGGGCGGCA TCACGGCACA TCCTATCAAG
1951 CGGTCGCAGA TGGGCGCGAT CGCATTGCCG AAAGGGAAAT CCGCCGTCAG
2001 CGACAATTTT QCCGATGCGG CATACGCCAA ATACCCGTCC CCTTACCATT
2051 CCCGAAATAT CCGTTCAAAC TTGGAGCAGC GTTACGGCAA AGAAAACATC
2101 ACCTCCTCAA CCGTGCCGCC GTCAAACGGC AAAAATGTCA AACTGGCAGA
2151 CCAACGCCAC CCGAAGACAG GCGTACCGTT TGACGGTAAA GGGTTTCCGA
2201 ATTTTGAGAA GCACGTGAAA TATGATACGC TCGAGCACCA CCACCACCAC
2251 CACTGA
1    MATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE DGTITKKDAT
51   AADVEADDFK GLGLKKVVTN LTKTVNENKQ NVDAKVKAAE SBIEKLTTKL
101  ADTDAALADT DAALDATTNA LNKLGENITT FAEETKTNIV KIDEKLEAVA
151  DTVDIWAPAP NDIADSLDET NTKADEAVKT ANEAKQTAEE TKQNVDAKVK
201  AABTAAGKAE AAAGTANTAA DKAEAVAAKV TDIKALLATN KDNIAKKANS
251  ADVYTRBESD SKPVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTEL ASAEKSIADH DTRLNGLDKT
301  VSDLRKETRQ GLAEQAALSG LFQPYNVGGS GGGGSDLAND SFIRQVLDRQ
351  HFEPDGKYHL FGSRGELAER SGHIGLGKIQ SHQLGNLMIQ QAAIKGNIGY
401  IVRFSDHGHE VHSPFDNHAS HSDSDEAGSP VDGFSLYRIH WDGYEHHPAD
451  GYDGPQGGGY PAPKGAPDZY SYDIKGVAQN IRLNLTDNRS TGQRLADRFH
501  NAGSNLTQGV GDGPKEATRY SPELDRSGNA AEAPNGTADI VKNIIGAAGE
551  IVGAGDAVQG ISEGSNIAVM HGLGLLSTEN KMARINDLAD MAQLKDYAAA
601  AIRDWAVQNP NAAQGIEAVS NIFMAAIPIK GIGAVEOKYG LGGITAHPIK
651  RSQMGAIALP KGKSAVSDNF ADAAYAKYPS PYHBRNIRBN LEQRYGKENI
701  TSSTVPPSNG KNVKLADQRH PKTGVPFDGK GPPNPEKBVK YDTLEHEHHH
961c-741
1    ATGGCCACAA ACGACGACGA TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCACTG TGGCCATTGC
51   TGCTGCCTAC AACAATGGCC AAGAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA
101  CCATCTACGA CATTGATGAA GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT
151  GCAGCCGATG TTGAAGCCGA CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT
201  CGTGACTAAC CTGACCAAAA CCGTCAATGA AAACAAACAA AACGTCGATG
251  CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA
301  GCAGACACTG ATGCCGCTTT AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC
351  CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT TGGGAGAAAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG
401  AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT
453  GATACCGTCG ACAAGCATGC CGAAGCATTC AACGATATCG CCGATTCATT
501  GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG
551  CCAAACAGCG GGCCGAAGAA ACCAAGCAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA
601  GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGCTG GCACAGCTAA
651  TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG AAGCTGTCGC TGCAAAATT ACCGACATCA
701  AAGCTGATAT CGCTACGAAC AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT
751  GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA
801  TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG
851  AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA
901  GTGTCAGACC TGCGCAAAGA AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC
951  GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC CTTACAACGT GGGTGGATCC GGAGGGGGTG
1001 GTGTCGCCGC CGACATCGGT GCGGGGCTTG CCGATGCACT AACCGCACCG
1051 CTCGACCATA AAGACAAAGG TTTGCAGTCT TTGACGCTGG ATCAGTCCGT
1101 CAGGAAAAAC GAGAAACTGA AGCTGGCGGC ACAAGGTGCG GAAAAAACTT
1151 ATGGAAACGG TGACAGCCTC AATACGGGCA AATTGAAGAA CGACAAGGTC
1201 AGCCGTTTCG ACTTTATCCG CCAAATCGAA GTGGAQGGGC AGCTCATTAC
1251 CTTGGAGAGT GGAGAGTTCC AAGTATACAA ACAAAGCCAT TCCGCCTTAA
1301 CCGCCTTTCA GACCGAGCAA ATACAAGATT CGGAGCATTC CGGGAAGATG
1351 GTTGCGAAAC GCCAGTTCAG AATCGGCGAC ATAGCGGGCG AACATACATC
1401 TTTTGACAAG CTTCCCGAAG GCGGCAGGGC GACATATCGC GGGACGGCGT
1451 TCGGTTCAGA CGATGCCGGC GGAAAACTGA CCTACACCAT AGATTTCGCC
1501 GCCAAGCAGG GAAACGGCAA AATCGAACAT CTGAAATCGC CAGAACTCAA
1551 TGTCGACCTG GCCGCCGCCG ATATCAAGCC GGATGGAAAA CGCCATGCCG
1601 TCATCAGCGG TTCCGTCCTT TACAACCAAG CCGAGAAAGG CAGTTACTCC
1651 CTCGGTATCT TTGGCGGAAA AGCCCAGGAA GTTGCCGGCA GCGCGGAAGT
1701 GAAAACCGTA AACGGCATAC GCCATATCGG CCTTGCCGCC AAGCAACTCG
1751 AGCACCACCA CCACCACCAC TGA
1    MATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE DGTITICKDAT
51   AADVEADDFK GLGLKKVVTN LTKTVNENKQ NVDAKVKAAE SEIEKLTTKL
101  ADTDAALADT DAALDATTNA LNKLGBNITT FABETKTNIV KIDEKLEAVA
151  DTVDKHABAF NDIADSLDET NTKADEAVKT ANEAKQTAEE TKQNVDAKVK
201  AAETAAGKAE AAAGTANTAA DKAEAVAAKV TDZKADIATN KDNIAKKANS
251  ADVYTEEBSD SKPVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTEL ASAEKSIADH DTELNGLDKT
301  VSDLRXETRQ GLABQAALSG LFQPYNVGGS GGGGVAADIG AGLADALTAP
351  LDHDKGLQS LTLDQSVRKN EKLKLAAQGA EKTYGNGDSL NTGKLKNDKV
401  SEFDFIRQIE VDGQLITLES GEPQVYKQSH SALTAPQTEQ IQDSEHSGKH
451  VAKRQFRIGD IAGEHTSFDK LPBGGEATYR GTAPGSDDAG GKLTYTIDFA
501  AXQGNGKIEH LKSPELNVDL AAADIKPDGK RHAVISGSVL YNQA3KGSYS
551  LGIFGGKAQE VAGSAEVKTV NGIRHIGLAA KQLEHHHHHH *
961c-983
1    ATGGCCACAA ACGACGACGA TGTTAAAAAA GCTGCCACTG TGGCCATTGC
51   TGCTGCCTAC AACAATGGCC AAGAAATCAA CGGTTTCAAA GCTGGAGAGA
101  CCATCTACGA CATTGATGAA GACGGCACAA TTACCAAAAA AGACGCAACT
151  GCAGCCGATG TTGAAGCCGA CGACTTTAAA GGTCTGGGTC TGAAAAAAGT
201  CGTGACTAAC CTGACCAAAA CCGTCAATGA AAAAAAACAA AACGTCGATG
251  CCAAAGTAAA AGCTGCAGAA TCTGAAATAG AAAAGTTAAC AACCAAGTTA
301  GCAGACACTG ATGCCGCTTT AGCAGATACT GATGCCGCTC TGGATGCAAC
351  CACCAACGCC TTGAATAAAT TGGGAGAAAA TATAACGACA TTTGCTGAAG
401  AGACTAAGAC AAATATCGTA AAAATTGATG AAAAATTAGA AGCCGTGGCT
451  GATACCGTCG ACAAGCATGC CGAAGCATTC AACGATATCG CCGATTCATT
501  GGATGAAACC AACACTAAGG CAGACGAAGC CGTCAAAACC GCCAATGAAG
551  CCAAACAGAC GGCCGAAGAA ACCAAACAAA ACGTCGATGC CAAAGTAAAA
601  GCTGCAGAAA CTGCAGCAGG CAAAGCCGAA GCTGCCGCTG GCACAGCTAA
651  TACTGCAGCC GACAAGGCCG AAGCTGTCGC TGCAAAAGTT ACCGACATCA
701  AAGCTGATAT CGCTACGAAC AAAGATAATA TTGCTAAAAA AGCAAACAGT
751  GCCGACGTGT ACACCAGAGA AGAGTCTGAC AGCAAATTTG TCAGAATTGA
801  TGGTCTGAAC GCTACTACCG AAAAATTGGA CACACGCTTG GCTTCTGCTG
851  AAAAATCCAT TGCCGATCAC GATACTCGCC TGAACGGTTT GGATAAAACA
901  GTGTCAGACC TGCGCAAAGA AACCCGCCAA GGCCTTGCAG AACAAGCCGC
953  GCTCTCCGGT CTGTTCCAAC CTTACAACGT GGGTGGATCC GGCGGAGGCG
1001 GCACTTCTGC GCCCGACTTC AATGCAGGCG GTACCGGTAT CGGCAGCAAC
1051 AGCAGAGCAA CAACAGCGAA ATCAGCAGCA GTATCTTACG CCGGTATCAA
1101 GAACGAAATG TGCAAAGACA GAAGCATGCT CTGTGCCGGT CGGGATGACG
1151 TTGCGGTTAC AGACAGGGAT GCCAAAATCA ATGCCCCCCC CCCGAATCTG
1201 CATACCGGAG ACTTTCCAAA CCCAAATGAC GCATACAAGA ATTTGATCAA
1251 CCTCAAACCT GCAATTGAAG CAGGCTATAC AGGACGCGGG GTAGAGGTAG
1301 GTATCGTCGA CACAGGCGAA TCCGTCGGCA GCATATCCTT TCCCGAACTG
1351 TATGGCAGAA AAGAACACGG CTATAACGAA AATTACAAAA AcTATACGGC
1401 GTATATGCGG AAGGAAGCGC CTGAAGACGG AGGCGGTAAA GACATTGAAG
1451 CTTCTTTCGA CGATGAGGCC GTTATAGAGA CTGAAGCAAA GCCGACGGAT
1501 ATCCGCCACG TAAAAGAAAT CGGACACATC GATTTGGTCT CCCATATTAT
1551 TGGCGGGCGT TCCGTGGACG GCAGACCTGC AGGCGGTATT GCGCCCGATG
1601 CGACGCTACA CATAATGAAT ACGAATGATG AAACCAAGAA CGAAATGATG
1651 GTTGCAGCCA TCCGCAATGC ATGGGTCAAG CTGGGCGAAC GTGGCGTGCG
1701 CATCGTCAAT AACAGTTTTG GAACAACATC GAGGGCAGGC ACTGCCGACC
1751 TTTTCCAAAT AGCCAATTCG GAGGAGCAGT ACCGCCAAGC GTTGCTCGAC
1801 TATTCCGGCG GTGATAAAAC AGACGAGGGT ATCCGCCTGA TGCAACAGAG
1851 CGATTACGGC AACCTGTCCT ACCACATCCG TAATAAAAAC ATGCTTTTCA
1901 TCTTTTCGAC AGGCAATQAC GCACAAGCTC AGCCCAACAC ATATGCCCTA
1951 TTGCCATTTT ATGAAAAAGA CGCTCAAAAA GGCATTATCA CAGTCGCAGG
2001 CGTAGACCGC AGTGGAGAAA AGTTCAAACG GGAAATGTAT GGAGAACCGG
2051 GTACAGAACC GCTCGAGTAT GGCTCCAACC ATTGCGGAAT TACTGCCATG
2101 TGGTGCCTGT CGGCACCCTA TGAAGCAAGC GTCCGTTTCA CCCGTACAAA
2151 CCCGATTCAA ATTGCCGGAA CATCCTTCC CGCACCCATC GTAACCGGCA
2201 CGGCGGCTCT GCTGCTGCAQ AAATACCCGT GGATGAGCAA CGACAACCTG
2251 CGTACCACGT TGCTGACGAC GGCTCAGGAC ATCGGTGCAG TCGGCGTGGA
2301 CAGCAAGTTC GGCTGGGGAC TGCTGGATGC GGGTAAGGCC ATGAACGGAC
2351 CCGCGTCCTT TCCGTTCGGC GACTTTACCG CCGATACGAA AGGTACATCC
2401 GATATTGCCT ACTCCTTCCG TAACGACATT TCAGGCACGG GCGGCCTGAT
2451 CAAAAAAGGC GGCAGCCAAC TGCAACTGCA CGGCAACAAC ACCTATACGG
2501 GCAAAACCAT TATCGAAGGC GGTTCGCTGG TGTTGTACGG CAACAACAAA
2551 TCGGATATGC GCGTCGAAAC CAAAGGTGCG CTGATTTATA ACGGGGCGGC
2601 ATCCGGCGGC AGCCTGAACA GCGACGGCAT TGTCTATCTG GCAGATACCG
2651 ACCAATCCGG CGCAAACGAA ACCOTACACA TCAAAGGCAG TCTGCAGCTG
2701 GAGGGCAAAG GTACGCTGTA CACACGWG GGCAAACTGC TGAAAGTGGA
2751 CGGTACGGCG ATTATCGGCG GCAAGCTGTA CATGTCGGCA CGCGGCAAGG
2801 GGGCAGGCTA TCTCAACAGT ACCGGACGAC GTGTTCCCTT CCTGAGTGCC
2851 GCCAAAATCG GGCAGGATTA TTCTTTCTTC ACAAACATCG AAACCGACGG
2901 CGGCCTGCTG GCTTCCCTCG ACAGCGTCGA AAAAACAGCG GGCAGTGAAG
2951 GCGACACGCT GTCTTATTAT GTCCGTCGCG GCAATGCGGC ACGGACTGCT
3001 TCGGCAGCGG CACATTCCGC GCCCGCCGGT CTGAAACACG CCGTAGAACA
3051 GGGCGGCAGC AATCTGGAAA ACCTGATGGT CGAACTGGAT GCCTCCGAAT
3101 CATCCGCAAC ACCCGAGACG GTTGAAACTG CGGCAGCCGA CCGCACAGAT
3151 ATGCCGGGCA TCCGCCCCTA CGGCGCAACT TTCCGCGCAG CGGCAGCCGT
3201 ACAGCATGCG AATGCCGCCG ACGGTGTACG CATCTTCAAC AGTCTCGCCG
3251 CTACCGTCTA TGCCGACAGT ACCGCCGCCC ATGCCGATAT GCAGGGACGC
3301 CGCCTGAACG CCGTATCGGA CGGGTTGGAC CACAACGGCA CGGGTCTGCG
3351 CGTCATCGCG CAAACCCAAC AGGACGGTGG AACGTGGGAA CAGGGCGGTG
3401 TTGAAGGCAA AATGCGCGGC AGTACCCAAA CCGTCGGCAT TGCCGCGAAA
3451 ACCGGCGAAA ATACGACAGC AGCCGCCACA CTGGGCATGG GACGCAGCAC
3501 ATGGAGCGAA AACAGTGCAA ATGCAAAAAC CGACAGCATT AGTCTGTTTG
3551 CAGGCATACG GCACGATGCG GGCGATATCG GCTATCTCAA AGGCCTGTTC
3601 TCCTACGGAC GCTACAAAAA CAGCATCAGC CGCAGCACCG GTGCGGACGA
3651 ACATGCGGAA GGCAGCGTCA ACGGCACGCT GATGCAQCTG GGCGCACTGG
3701 GCGGTGTCAA CGTTCCGCT GCCGCAACGG GAGATTTGAC GGTCGAAGGC
3751 GGTCTGCGCT ACGACCTGCT CAAACAGGAT GCATTCGCCG AAAAAGGCAG
3801 TGCTTTGGGC TGGAGCGGCA ACAGCCTCAC TGAAGGCACG CTGGTCGGAC
3851 TCGCGGGTCT GAAGCTGTCG CAACCCTTGA GCGATAAAGC CGTCCTGTTT
3901 GCAACGGCGG GCGTGGAACG CGACCTGAAC GGACGCGACT ACACGGTAAC
3951 GGGCGGCTTT ACCGGCGCGA CTGCAGCAAC CGGCAAGACG GGGGCACGCA
4001 ATATGCCGCA CACCCGTCTG GTTGCCGGCC TGGGCGCGGA TGTCGAATTC
4051 GGCAACGGCT GGAACGGCTT GGCACGTTAC AGCTACGCCG GTTCCAAACA
4101 GTACGGCAAC CACAGCGGAC GAGTCGGCGT AGGCTACCGG TTCCTCGAGC
4151 ACCACCACCA CCACCACTGA
1    MATNDDDVKK AATVAIAAAY NNGQEINGFK AGETIYDIDE DGTITKKDAT
51   AADVEADDFK GLGLXKVVTN LTKTVNENKQ NVDAKVKAAE SEIEKLTTKL
101  ADTDAALAflT DAALDATTNA LNKLGENITT PAEETKTNIV KIDEKIAEAVA
151  DTVDKHAEAF NDIADSIJDET NTKADEAVKT AEAKQTAEE TKQNVDAKVK
201  AAETAAGKAE AAAGTANTAA DKAEAVAARV TDIKADIATN XDNIAKKANS
251  ADVYTREESD SKFVRIDGLN ATTEKLDTRL ASAEKSIADH DTRLNGLDKT
301  VSDLRKETRQ GLAEQAALSG LFQPYNVGGS GGGGTSAPDF NAGGTGIGSN
351  SRATTAXSAA VSYAGIKNEM CKDRSMLCAG RDDVAVTDRD AKINAPPPNL
401  HTGDFPNPND AYKNLINLKP AIEAGYTGRG VEVGIVDTGE SVGSISFPEL
451  YGRKEEGYNE NYKNYTAYMR KEAPEDGGGK DIEASFDDEA VIETEAKPTD
501  IRHVKEIGHI DIJVSHHGGR SVDGRPAGGI APDATLHIMN TNDETKNEMM
551  VAAIRNAWVK LGERGVRIVN NSFGTTSRAG TADLFQIANS EEQYRQALLD
601  YSGGDKTDEG IRLMQQSDYG NLSYHIRNKN MLFIFSTGND AQAQPNTYAL
651  LPFYEDAQK GIITVAGVDR SGEKPKEEKY GEPGTEPLEY GSNHCGITAM
701  WCLSAPYEAS VRFTRTNPIQ IAGTSFSAPI VTGTAALLLQ KPWMSNDNL
751  RTTLLTTAQD IGAVUVDSKP GWGLLDAGKA MNGPASFPFG DFTADTKGTS
801  DIAYSFRNDI SGTGGLIKKG GSQLQLHGHNN TYTGKTIIEG GSLVLYGNNK
851  SDHRVETKGA LIYNGAASGG SLNSDGIVYD ADTDQSGANIE TVHIKGBLQL
901  DGKGTLYTPL GKIJLKVDGTA IIGGELYNSA RGKGAGYLNS TGERVPFLSA
951  AKIGQDYSPF TNIETDGGLL ASLDSVEKTA GSEGDTLSYY VRRGNAARTA
1001 SAAAHSAPAG LKHAVEQGGS NLBNIMVELD ASESSATPET VETAAADRTD
1051 MPGIRPYGAT FRAAAAVQHA NAADGVRIFN SLAATVYADS TAAEADMQGR
1101 RLKAVSDGLD HNGTGLRVIA QTQQDGGTWE QGGVEGKNRG STQTVGIAAK
1151 TGENTTAAAT LGMGRSTWSE NSANAKTDSI SLPAGIRHDA GDIGYLKGLF
1201 SYGRYKNSIS RSTGADEHAE GSVNGTIMQL GALGGVNVPP AATGDLTVEG
1251 GLRYDLLKQD AFAEKGSALG WSGNSLTEGT LVGLAGLKLS QPLSDRAVLF
1301 ATAGVERDLN GRDYTVTGGF TGATAATGKT GARNMPHTRL VAGLGADVEF
1351 GNGWNGLARY SYAGSKQYGN HSGRVGVGYR FLEHHHHHH*
961cL-0RF46.1
1    ATGAAACACT TTCCATCCAA AGTACTGACC ACAGCCATCC TTGCCACTTT
51   CTGTAGCGGC GCACTGGCAG CCACAAACGA CGACGATGTT AAAAAAGCTG
101  CCAGTGTGGC CATTGCTGCT GCCTACAACA ATGGCCAAGA AATCAACGGT
151  TTCAAAGCTG GAGAGACCAT CTACGACATT GATGAAGACG GCACAATTAC
201  CAAAAAAGAC GCAACTGCAG CCGATGTTGA AGCCGACQAC TTTAAAGGTC
251  TGGGTCTGAA AAAAGTCGTG ACTAACCTGA CCAAAACCGT CAATGAAAAC
301  AAACAAAACG TCGATGCCAA AGTAAAAGCT GCAGAATCTG AAATAGAAAA
351  GTTAACAACC AAGTTAGCAG ACACTGATGC CGCTTTAGCA GATACTGATG
401  CCGCTCTGGA TGCAACCACC AACGCCTTGA ATAAATTGGG AGAAAATATA
451  ACGACATTTG CTGAAGAGAC TAAGACAAAT ATCGTAAAAA TTGATGAAAA
501  ATTAGAAGCC GTGGCTGATA CCGTCGACAA GCATGCCGAA GCATTCAACG
551  ATATCGCCGA TTCATTGGAT GAAACCAACA CTAAGGCAGA CGAAGCCGTC
601  AAAACCGCCA ATGAAGCCAA ACAGACGGCC GAAGAAACCA AACAAAACGT
651  CGATGCCAAA GTAAAAGCTG CAGAAACTGC AGCAGGCAAA GCCGAAGCTG
701  CCGCTGGCAC AGCTAATACT GCAGCCGACA AGGCCGAAGC TGTCGCTGCA
751  AAAGTTACCG ACATCAAAGC TGATATCGCT ACGAACAAAG ATAATATTGC
801  TAAAAAAGCA AACAGTGCCG ACGTGTACAC CAGAGAAGAG TCTGACAGCA
851  AATTTGTCAG AATTGATGGT CTGAACGCTA CTACCGAAAA ATTGGACACA
901  CGCTTGGCTT CTGCTGAAAA ATCCATTGCC GATCACGATA CTCGCCTGAA
951  CGGTTTGGAT AAAACAGTGT CAGACCTGCG CAAAGAAACC CGCCAAGGCC
1001 TTGCAGAACA AGCCGCGCTC TCCGGTCTGT TCCAACCTTA CAACGTGGGT
1051 GGATCCGGAG GAGGAGGATC AGATTTGGCA AACGATTCTT TTATCCGGCA
1101 GGTTCTCGAC CGTCAGCATT TCGAACCCGA CGGGAAATAC CACCTATTCG
1151 GCAGCAGGGG GGAACAGGCC GAGCGCAGCG GCCATATCGG ATTGGGAAAA
1201 ATACAAAGCC ATCAGTTGGG CAACCTGATG ATTCAACAGG CGGCCATTAA
1251 AGGAAATATC GGCTACATTG TCCGCTTTTC CQATCACGGG CACGAAGTCC
1301 ATTCCCCCTT CGACAACCAT GCCTCACATT CCGATTCTGA TGAAGCCGGT
1351 AGTCCCGTTG ACGGATTTAG CCTTTACCGC ATCCATTGGG ACGGATACGA
1401 ACACCATCCC GCCGACGGCT ATGACGGGCC ACAGGGCGGC GGCTATCCCG
1451 CTCCCAAAGG CGCGACGGAT ATATACAGCT ACGACATAAA AGGCGTTGCC
1501 CAAAATATCC GCCTCAACCT GACCGACAAC CGCAGCACCG GACAACGGCT
1551 TGCCGACCGT TTCCACAATG CCGGTAGTAT GCTGACGCAA GGACTAGGCG
1601 ACGGATTCAA ACGCGCCACC CGATACAGCC CCGAGCTGGA CAGATCGGGC
1651 AATGCCGCCG AAGCCTTCAA CGGCACTGCA GATATCGTTA AAAACATCAT
1701 CGGCGCGGCA GGAGAAATTG TCGGCGCAGG CGATGCCGTG CAGGGCATAA
1751 GCGAAGGCTC AAACATTGCT GTCATGCACG GCTTGGGTCT GCTTTCCACC
1801 GAAAACAAGA TGGCGCGCAT CAACGATTTG GCAGATATGG CGCAACTCAA
1851 AGACTATGCC GCAGCAGCCA TCCGCGATTG GGCAGTCCAA AACCCCAATG
1901 CCGCACAAOG CATAGAAGCC GTCAGCAATA TCTTTATGGC AGCCATCCCC
1951 ATCAAAGGGA TTGGAGCTGT TCGGGGAAAA TACGGCTTGG GCGGCATCAC
2001 GGCACATCCT ATCAAGCGGT CGCAGATGGG CGCGATCGCA TTGCCGAAAG
2051 GGAAATCCGC CGTCAGCGAC AATTTTGCCG ATGCGGCATA CGCCAAATAC
2101 CCGTCCCCTT ACCATTCCCG AAATATCCGT TCAAACTTGG AGCAGCGTTA
2151 CGGCAAAGAA AACATCACCT CCTCAACCGT GCCGCCGTCA AACGGCAAAA
2201 ATGTCAAACT GGCAGACCAA CGCCACCCGA AGACAGGCGT ACCGTTTGAC
2251 GGTAAAGGGT TTCCGAATTT TGAGAAGCAC GTGAAATATG ATACGTAACT
2301 CGAG
1    MKHFPSKVLT TAILATFCSG ALAATNDDDV KKAATVAIAA AYNNGQEING
51   FKAGBTIYDI DEDGTITKKD ATAADVBADD FKGLGLKKVV TNLTKTVNEN
101  KQNVDAXVKA AESBIEILTT KLADTDAALA DTDAALDATT NALNKLGENI
151  TTFAEETKTN IVKIDEKLEA VADTVDKHAE AFNDIADSLD ETNTKADEAV
201  KTANEAKQTA EETKQNVDAK VKAAETAAGR AEAAAGTANT AADKAEAVAA
251  KVTDIKADIA TNKDNIAKKA NSADVYTRBE SDSKFVRIDG LNATTEKIJDT
301  RLASAEKSIA DHDTRLNGLD KWSDLRKRT RQGLAEQAAL SGLPQPYNVG
351  GSGGOGSDLA NDSFIRQVLD RQHFEPDGKY HLFGSRGELA ERSGHIGLGK
401  IQSHQLGNIM ZQQAAIKGNI GYIVRFSDHG HHVHSPFDNH ASHSDSDEAG
451  SPVDGFSLYR IHWDGYEHHP ADGYDGPQGG GYPAPKGARD IYSYDIKGVA
501  QNIRLNLTDN RSTGQRLADR FHNAGSMLTQ GVGDGFKRAT RYSPELDRSG
551  NAAEAPNGTA DIVKNIIGAA GEIVGAGDAV QGISBGSNIA VMHGLGLLST
601  ENKMARINDL ADNAQLKDYA AAAIRDWAVQ NPNAAQGIEA VSNIFNAAIP
651  IKGIGAVRGK YGLGGITAHP IKRSQMGAIA LPKGKSAVSD NFADAAYAKY
701  PSPYHSRNIR SNLEQRYGK NITSSTVPPS NGKNVKLADQ RHPKTGVPFD
751  GKGFPNFEKH VKYDT*
961cL-741
1    ATGAAACACT TTCCATCCAA AGTACTGACC ACAGCCATCC TTGCCACTTT
51   CTGTAGCGGC GCACTGGCAG CCACAAACGA CGACGATGTT AAAAAAGCTG
101  CCACTGTGGC CATTGCTGCT GCCTACAACA ATGGCCAACA AATCAACGGT
151  TTCAAAGOTG GAGACACCAT CTACGACATT GATGAAGACG GCACAATTAC
201  CAAAAAAGAC GCAACTGCAG CCGATGTTGA AGCCGACGAC TTTAAAGGTC
251  TGGGTCTGAA AAAAGTCGTG ACTAACCTGA CCAAAACCGT CAATGAAAAC
301  AAACAAAACG TCGATGCCAA AGTAAAAGCT GCAGAATCTG AAATAGAAAA
351  GTTAACAACC AAGTTAGCAG ACACTGATGC CGCTTTAGCA GATACTGATG
401  CCGCTCTGGA TGCAACCACC AACGCCTTGA ATAAATTGGG AGAAAATATA
451  ACGACATTTG CTGAAGAGAC TAAGACAAAT ATCGTAAAAA TTGATGAAAA
501  ATTAGAAGCC GTGGCTGATA CCGTCGACAA GCATGCCGAA GCATTCAACG
551  ATATCGCCGA TTCATTGGAT GAAACCAACA CTAAGGCAGA CGAAGCCGTC
601  AAAACCGCCA ATGAAGCCAA ACAGACGGCC GAAGAAACCA AACAAAACGT
651  CGATGCCAAA GTAAAAGCTG CAGAAACTGC AGCAGGCAAk GCCGAAGCTG
701  CCGCTGGCAC AGCTAATACT GCAGCCGACA ACGCCGAAGC TGTCGCTGCA
751  AAAGTTACCG ACATCAAAGC TGATATCGCT ACGAACAAAG ATAATATPGC
801  TAAAAAAGCA AACAGTGCCG ACGTGTACAC CAGAGAAGAG TCTGACAGCA
851  AATTTGTCAG AATTGCTGGT CTGAACGCTA CTACCGAAAA ATTGGACACA
901  CGCTTGGCTT CTGCTGAAAA ATCCATTGCC GATCACGATA CTCGCCTGAA
951  CGGGTTGGAT AAAACAGTGT CACACCTGCG CAAAGAAACC CGCCAAGGCC
1001 TTGCAGAACA AGCCGCGCTC TCCGGTCTGT TCCAACCTTA CAACGTGGGT
1051 GGATCCGGAC GGGGTGGTGT CGCCGCCGkC ATCGGTGCGG GGCTTGCCGA
1101 TGCACTAACC GCACCGCTCG ACCATAAAGA CAAAGGTTTG CAGTCTTTGA
1151 CGCTGGATCA GTCCGTCAGG AAAAACGAGA AACTGAAGGT GGCGGCACAA
1201 GGTGCGGAAA AAACTTATGG AAACGGTGAC AGCCTCAATA CGGGCAAATT
1251 GAAGAACGAC AAGGTCAGCC GTTTCGACTT TATCCGCCAA ATCGAAGTGG
1301 ACGGGCAGOT CATTACCTTG GAGAGTGGAG AGTTCCAAGT ATACAAACAA
1351 AGCCATTCCG CCTTAACCGC CTTTCAGACC GAGCAAATAC AAGATTCGGA
1401 GCATTCCGGG AAGATGGTTG CGAAACGCCA GTTCAGAATC GGCGACATAG
1451 CGGGCGAACA TACATCTTTT GACAAGCTTC CCGAAGGCGG CAGGGCGACA
1501 TATCGCGGGA CGGCGTTCGG TTCAGACGAT GCCGGCGGAA AACTGACCTA
1551 CACCATAGAT TTCGCCGCCA AGCAGGGAAA CGGCAAAATC GAACATTTGA
1601 AATCGCCAGA ACTCAATGTC GACCTGGCCG CCGCCGATAT CAAGCCGGAT
1651 GGAAAACGCC ATGCCGTCAT CAGCGGTTCC GTCCTTTACA ACCAAGCCGA
1701 GAAAGGCAGT TACTCCCTCG GTATCTTTGG CGGAAAAGCC CAGGAAGTTG
1751 CCGGCAGCGC GGAAGTGAAA ACCGTAAACG GCATACGCCA TATCGGCCTT
1801 GCCGCCAAGC AACTCGAGCA CCACCACCAC CACCACTGA
1    MKHFPSKVLT TAILATFCSG ALAATNDDDV KKAATVAZAA AYNNGQEING
51   FKAGETIYDI DEDGTITKKD ATAADVEADD FKGLGLKKVV TNLTKTVNEN
101  KQNVDAKVKA AESEIEKLTT KLADTDAALA DTDAALDATT NALNKLGHNI
151  TTFABETKTN IVKIDEKLEA VADTVDKAE AFNDIADSLD ETNTKADEAV
201  KTANEAKQTA EBTKQNVDAK VKAAETAAGK AEAAAGTANT AADKAEAVAA
251  KVTDIKADIA TNKDNIAXKA NSADVYTREB SDSKFVRIDG LNATTEKLDT
301  ELASAEKSIA DHDTRLNGLD KTVSDLRXET RQGLAEQAAL SGLFQPYNVG
351  GSGGGGVAAD IGAGLADALT APLDHKDKGL QSLTDDQSVR KNEKLKLAAQ
401  GAEKTYGNGD SLNTGKLKND KVSRFDFIRQ IEVDGQLITL ESGEFQVYKQ
451  SHSALTAFQT EQIQDSEHSG KMVAXRQFRI GDIAGEHTSF DKLPEGGRAT
501  YRGTAFGSDD AGGKLTYTID FAAKQGNGKI EHLKSPELNV DLAAADIKPD
551  GKRHAVZSGS VLYNQAEKGS YSLGIPGGKA QEVAGSAEVK TVNGIRHIGL
601  AAKQLEHHHH HH*
961cL-983
1    ATGAAACACT TTCCATCCAA AGTACTGACC ACAGCCATCC TTGCCACTTT
51   CTGTAGCGGC GCACTGGCAG CCACAAACGA CGACGATGTT AAAAAAGCTG
101  CCACTGTGGC CATTGCTGCT GCCTACAACA ATGGCCAAGA AATCAACGGT
151  TTCAAAGCTG GAGAGACCAT CTACGACATT GATGAAGACG GCACAATTAC
201  CAAAAAAGAC GCAACTGCAG CCGATGTTGA AGCCGACGAC TTTAAAGGTC
251  TGGGTCTGAA AAAAGTCGTG ACTAACCTGA CCAAAACCGT CAATGAAAAC
301  AAACAAAACG TCGATGCCAA AGTAAAAGCT GCAGAATCTG AAATAGAAAA
351  GTTAACAACC AAGTTAGCAG ACACTGATGC CGCTTTAGCA GATACTGATG
401  CCGCTCTGGA TGCAACCACC AACGCCTTGA ATAAATTGGG AGAAAATATA
451  ACGACATTTG CTGAAGAGAC TAAGACAAAT ATCGTAAAAA TTGATGAAAA
501  ATTAGAAGCC GTGGCTGATA CCGTCGACAA GCATGCCGAA GCATTCAACG
551  ATATCGCCGA TTCATTGGAT GAAACCAACA CTAAGGCAGA CGAAGCCGTC
601  AAAACCGCCA ATGAAGCCAA ACAGACGGCC GAAGAAACCA AACAAAACGT
651  CGATGCCAAA GTAAAAGCTG CAGAAACTGC AGCAGGCAAA GCCGAAGCTG
701  CCGCTGGCAC AGCTAATACT GCAGCCGACA AGGCCGAAGC TGTCGCTGCA
751  AAAGTTACCG ACATCAAAGC TGATATCGCT ACGAACAAAG ATAATATTGC
801  TAAAAAAGCA AACAGTGCCG ACGTGTACAC CAGAGAAGAG TCTGACAGCA
851  AATTTGTCAG AATTGATGGT CTGAACGCTA CTACCGAAAA ATTGGACACA
901  CGCTTGGCTT CTGCTGAAAA ATCCATTGCC GATCACGATA CTCGCCTGAA
951  CGGTTTGGAT AAAACAGTGT CAGACCTGCG CAAAGAAACC CGCCAAGGCC
1001 TPGCAGAACA AGCCGCGCTC TCCGGTCTGT TCCAACCTTA CAACGTGGGT
1051 GGATCCGGCG GAGGCGGCAC TTCTGCGCCC GACTTCAATG CAGGCGGTAC
1101 CGGTATCGGC AGCAACAGCA GAGCAACAAC AGCGAAATCA GCAGCAGTAT
1151 CTTACGCCGG TATCAAGAAC GAAATGTGCA AAGACAGAAG CATGCTCTGT
1201 GCCGGTCGGG ATGACGTTGC GGTTACAGAC AGGGATGCCA AAATCAATGC
1251 CCCCCCCCCG AATCTGCATA CCGGAGACTT TCCAAACCCA AATGACGCAT
1301 ACAAGAATTT GATCAACCTC AAACCTGCAA TTGAAGCAGG CTATACAGGA
1351 CGCGGGGTAG AGGTAGGTAT CGTCGACACA GGCGAATCCG TCGGCAGCAT
1401 ATCCTTTCCC GAACTGTATG GCAGAAAAGA ACACGGCTAT AACGAAAATT
1451 ACAAAAACTA TACGGCGTAT ATGCGGAAGG AAGCGCCTGA AGACGGAGGC
1501 GGTAAAGACA TTGAAGCTTC TTTCGACGAT GAGGCCGTTA TAGAGACTGA
1551 ACCAAAGCCG ACGGATATCC GCCACGTAAA AGAAATCGGA CACATCGATT
1601 TGGTCTCCCA TATTATTGGC GGGCGTTCCG TGGACGGCAG ACCTGCAGGC
1651 GGTATTGCGC CCGATGCGAC GCTACACATA ATGAATACGA ATGATGAAAC
1701 CAAGAACGAA ATGATGGTTG CAGCCATCCG CAATGGATGG GTCAAGCTGG
1751 GCGAACGTGG CGTGCGCATC GTCAATAACA GTTTTGGAAC AACATCGAGG
1801 GCAGGCACTG CCGACCTTTT CCAAATAGCC AATTCGGAGG AGCAGTACCG
1851 CCAAGCGTTG CTCGACTATT CCGGCGGTGA TAAAACAGAC GAGGGTATCC
1901 GCCTGATGCA ACAGAGCGAT TACGGCAACC TGTCCTACCA CATCCGTAAT
1951 AAAAACATGC TTTTCATCTT TTCGACAGGC AATGACGCAC AAGCTCAGCC
2001 CAACACATAT GCCCTATTGC CATTTTATGA AAAAGACGCT CAAAAAGGCA
2051 TTATCACAQT CGCAGGCGTA GACCGCAGTG GAGAAAAGTT CAAACGGGAA
2101 ATGTATGGAG AACCGGGTAC AGAACCGCC GAGTATGGCT CCAACCATTG
2151 CGGAATTACT GCCATGTGGT GCCTGTCGGC ACCCTATGAA GCAAGCGTCC
2201 GTTTCACCCG TACAAACCCG ATTCAAATTG CCGGAACATC CTTTTCCGCA
2251 CCCATCGTAA CCGGCACGGC GGCTCTGCTG CTGCAGAAAT ACCCGTGGAT
2301 GAGCAACGAC AACCTGCGTA CCACGTTGCT GACGACGGCT CACGACATCG
2351 GTGCAGTCGG CGTGGACAGC AAGTTCGGCT GGGGACTGCT GGATGCGGGT
2401 AAGGCCATGA ACGGACCCGC GTCCTTTCCG TTCGGCGACT TTACCGCCGA
2451 TACGAAAGGT ACATCCGATA TTGCCTACTC CTTCCGTAAC GACATTTCAG
2501 GCACGGGCGG CTTGATCAAA AAAGGCGGCA GCCAACTGCA ACTGCACGGC
2551 AACAACACCT ATACGGGCAA AACCATTATC GAAGGCGGCC CGCTGGTGTT
2601 GTACGGCAAC AACAAATCGG ATATGCGCGT CGAAACCAAA GGTGCGCTGA
2651 TTTATAACGG GGCGGCATCC GGCGGCAGCC TGAACAGCGA CGGCATTGTC
2701 TATCTGGCAG ATACCGCCA ATCCGGCGCA AACGAAACCG TACACATCAA
2751 AGGCAGTCTG CAGCTGGACG GCAAAGGTAC GCTGTACACA CGTTTGGGCA
2801 AACTGCTGAA AGTGGACGGT ACGGCGATTA TCGGCGGCAA GCTGTACATG
2851 TCGGCACGCG GCAAGGGGGC AGGCTATCTC AACAGTACCG GACGACGTGT
2901 TCCCTTCCTG AGTGCCGCCA AAATCGGGCA GGATTATTCT TTCTACACAA
2951 ACATCGAAAC CGACGGCGGC CTGCTGGCTT CCCTCGACAG CGTCGAAAAA
3001 ACAGCGGGCA GTGAAGGCGA CACGCTGTCC TATTATGTCC GTCGCGGCAA
3051 TGCGGCACGG ACTGCTTCGG CAGCGGCACA TTCCGCGCCC GCCGGTCTGA
3101 AACACGCCGT AGAACAGGGC GGCAGCAATC TGGAAAACCT GATGGTCGAA
3151 CTGGATGCCT CCGAATCATC CGCAACACCC GAGACGGTTG AAAGTGCGGC
3201 AGCCGACCGC ACAGATATOC CGGGCATCCG CCCCTACGGC GCAACTTTCC
3251 GCGCAGCGGC AGCCGTACAG CATGCGAATG CCGCCGACGG TGTACGCATC
3301 TTCAACAGTC TCGCCGCTAC CGTCTATGCC GACAGTACCG CCGCCCATGC
3351 CGATATGCAG GGACGCCGCC TGAAAGCCGT ATCGGACGGG TTGGAGCACA
3401 ACGGCACGGG TCTGCGCGTC ATCGCGCAAA CCCAACAGGA CGGTGGAACG
3451 TGGGAACAGG GCGGTGTDGA AGGCAAAATG CGCGGCAGTA CCCAAACCGT
3501 CGGCATTGCC GCGAAAACCG GCGAAAATAC GACAGCAGCC GCCACACTGG
3551 GCATGGGACG CAGCACATGG AGCGAAAACA GTGCAAATGC AAAAACCGAC
3601 AGCATTACTC TGTTTGCAGG CATACGGCAC GATGCGGGCG ATATCGGCTA
3651 TCTCAAAGGC CTGTTCTCCT ACGGACGCTA CAAAAACAGC ATCAQCCGCA
3701 GCACCGGTGC GGACGAACAT GCGGAAGGCA GCGTCAACGG CACGCTGATG
3751 CAGCTGGGCG CACTGGGCGG TGTCAACGTT CCGTTTGCCG CAACGGGAGA
3801 TTTGACGGTC GAAGGCGGTC TGCGCTACGA CCTGCTCAAA CAGGATGCAT
3851 TCGCCGAAAA AGGCAGTGCT TTGGGCTGGA GCGGCAACAG CCTCACTGAA
3901 GGCACGCTGG TCGGACTCGC GGGTCTGAAG CTGTCGCAAC CCTTGAGCQA
3951 TAAAGCCGTC CTGTTTGCAA CGGCGGGCGT GGAACGCGAC CTGAACGGAC
4001 GCGACTACAC GGTAACGGGC GGCTTTACCG GCGCGACTGC AGCAACCGGC
4051 AAQACGGGGG CACGCAATAT GCCGCACACC CGTCTGGTTG CCGGCCTGGG
4101 CGCGGATGTC GAATTCGGCA ACGGCTGGAA CGGCTTGGCA CGTTACAGCT
4151 ACGCCGGTTC CAAACAGTAC GGCAACCACA GCGGACQAGT CGGCGTAGGC
4201 TACCGGTTCT GACTCGAG
1    MKHFPSKVLT TAILATFCSG ALAATNDDDV KKAATVAIAA AYNNQQEING
51   FKAGETIYDI DHDGTITKKD ATAADVEADD FKGLGLKKVV TNLTKTVNEN
101  KQNVDAKVKA AESEIEKLTT KLADTDAALA DTDAALDATT NMZNKLGENI
151  TTFABETKTN IVKIDEKLEA VADTVDKNIAE AFNDIADSLD ETNTKADEAV
201  KTANEARQTA EETKQNVDAR VKAAETAAGK AEAAAGTANT AADKAEAVAA
251  KVTDIKADIA TNKDNIAKKA NSADVYTREB SDSKFVRIDG LNATTEKLDT
301  RLASAEKEIA DIWTPLNGLD KTVSDLRKET RQGLAEQAAL SGLFQPYNVG
351  GSGGGGTSAP DFNAGGTGIG SNSRATTAKS AAVSYAGIKN EMCKDRSMLC
401  AGRDDVAVTD RDAKINAPPP NLHTGDFPNP NDAYKNLINL KPAIEAGYTG
451  EGVEVGIVDT GESVGSISFP BLYGRKEEGY NENYKNYTAY HRKEAPEDGG
501  GKDIEASFDD BAVIETEAKP TDIRHVKEIG HIDLVSHIIG GESVDGEPAG
551  GIAPDATLHI MNTNDETKNE LDYSGGDKTD EGIRLMQQSD YRNLSYHIRN
601  AGTADLFQIA NSEBQYEQAL LDYSGGDKTD EGIEIMQQSD YGNLSYHIRN
651  KNMLPIFSTG NDAQAQPNTY ALLPFYEKDA QKGIITVAGV DRSGEKFKRE
701  MYGEPGTBPL EYGSNHCGIT AMWCLSAPYE ASVRFTRTNP IQIAGTSPSA
751  PIVTGTAALL LQKYOWNSBD NLRTTLLTTA QDIGAVGVDS KFGWGLLDAG
801  KAMNGPABFP FGDFTADTKG TSDIAYSFRN DISGTGGLIK KGGSQLQLHG
851  NNTYTGKTII EGGBLVLYGN NKSDMRVETK GALIYNGAAS GGSLNBDGIV
901  YLADTDQSGA NBTVHIKGSL QLDGKGTLYT ELGKLLKVDG TAIIGGKLYM
951  SARGKGAGYL NSTGRRVPPL SAAKIGQDYS FFTNIETDGG LLASLDSVEK
1001 TAGSRGDTLS YYVRRGNAAR TASAAAHSAP AGLKHAVEQG GSNLENLMVB
1051 LDASESSATP ETVETAAADR TDNPGIEPYG ATFRAAAAVQ HANAADGVRI
1101 FNSLAATVYA DSTAAHADMQ GRRLKAVSDG LDHNGTGLRV IAQTQQDGGT
1151 WEQGGVEGKH RGSTQTVGIA AKTGENTTAA ATLGHGRSTW SENSANAKTD
1201 SISLFAGIRH DAGDIGYLKG LFSYGRYKNS ISRSTGADBH AEGSVNGTLM
1251 QLGALGGVNV PFAATGDLTV EGGLRYDLLK QDAFAEKGBA LGWSGNSLTE
1301 GTLVGLAGLK LSQPLSDKAV LFATAGVERD LNGRDYTVTG GFTGATAATG
1351 KTGAPNMPHT RLVAGLGADV EFGNGWNGLA RYSYAGSKQY GNHSGRVGVG
1401 YRF*

[0403] It will be understood that the invention has been described by way of example only and modifications may be made whilst remaining within the scope and spirit of the invention. For instance, the use of proteins from other strains is envisaged [e.g. see WO00/66741 for polymorphic sequences for ORF4, ORF40, ORF46, 225, 235, 287, 519, 726, 919 and 953].

[0404] Experimental Details

[0405] FPLC Protein Purification

[0406] The following table summarises the FPLC protein purification that was used:

Protein	PI	Column	Buffer	pH	Protocol
121.1untagged	6.23	Mono Q	Tris	8.0	A
128.1untagged	5.04	Mono Q	Bis-Tris propane	6.5	A
406.1L	7.75	Mono Q	Diethanolamine	9.0	B
576.1L	5.63	Mono Q	Tris	7.5	B
593untagged	8.79	Mono S	Hepes	7.4	A
726untagged	4.95	Hi-trap S	Bis-Tris	6.0	A
919untagged	10.5(-leader)	Mono S	Bicine	8.5	C
919Lorf4	10.4(-leader)	Mono S	Tris	8.0	B
920L	6.92(-leader)	Mono Q	Diethanolamine	8.5	A
953L	7.56(-leader)	Mono S	MES	6.6	D
982untagged	4.73	Mono Q	Bis-Tris propane	6.5	A
919-287	6.58	Hi-trap Q	Tris	8.0	A
953-287	4.92	Mono Q	Bis-Tris propane	6.2	A

[0407] Buffer solutions included 20-120 mM NaCl, 5.0 mg/ml CHAPS and 10% v/v glycerol. The dialysate was centrifuged at 13000 g for 20 min and applied to either a mono Q or mono S FPLC ion-change resin. Buffer and ion exchange resins were chosen according to the pI of the protein of interest and the recommendations of the FPLC protocol manual [Pharmacia: FPLC Ion Exchange and Chromatofocussing; Principles and Methods. Pharmacia Publication]. Proteins were eluted using a step-wise NaCl gradient. Purification was analysed by SDS-PAGE and protein concentration determined by the Bradford method.

[0408] The letter in the ‘protocol’ column refers to the following:

[0409] FPLC-A: Clones 121.1, 128.1, 593, 726, 982, periplasmic protein 920L and hybrid proteins 919-287, 953-287 were purified from the soluble fraction of E.coli obtained after disruption of the cells. Single colonies harbouring the plasmid of interest were grown overnight at 37° C. in 20 ml of LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid culture. Bacteria were diluted 1:30 in 1.0 L of fresh medium and grown at either 30° C. or 37° C. until the OD550 reached 0.6-08. Expression of recombinant protein was induced with IPTG at a final concentration of 1.0 mM. After incubation for 3 hours, bacteria were harvested by centrifugation at 8000 g for 15 minutes at 4° C. When necessary cells were stored at −20° C. All subsequent procedures were performed on ice or at 4° C. For cytosolic proteins (121.1, 128.1, 593, 726 and 982) and periplasmic protein 920L, bacteria were resuspended in 25 ml of PBS containing complete protease inhibitor (Boehringer-Mannheim). Cells were lysed by by sonication using a Branson Sonifier 450. Disrupted cells were centrifuged at 8000 g for 30 min to sediment unbroken cells and inclusion bodies and the supernatant taken to 35% v/v saturation by the addition of 3.9 M (NH4)2SO4. The precipitate was sedimented at 8000 g for 30 minutes. The supernatant was taken to 70% v/v saturation by the addition of 3.9 M (NH4)2SO4 and the precipitate collected as above. Pellets containing the protein of interest were identified by SDS-PAGE and dialysed against the appropriate ion-exchange buffer (see below) for 6 hours or overnight. The periplasmic fraction from E.coli expressing 953L was prepared according to the protocol of Evans et. al. [Infect.Immun. (1974) 10:1010-1017) and dialysed against the appropriate ion-exchange buffer. Buffer and ion exchange resin were chosen according to the pI of the protein of interest and the recommendations of the FPLC protocol manual (Pharmacia). Buffer solutions included 20 mM NaCl, and 10% (v/v) glycerol. The dialysate was centrifuged at 13000 g for 20 min and applied to either a mono Q or mono S FPLC ion-exchange resin. Buffer and ion exchange resin were chosen according to the pI of the protein of interest and the recommendations of the FPLC protocol manual (Pharmacia). Proteins were eluted from the ion-exchange resin using either step-wise or continuous NaCl gradients. Purification was analysed by SDS-PAGE and protein concentration determined by Bradford method. Cleavage of the leader peptide of periplasmic proteins was demonstrated by sequencing the NH2-terminus (see below).

[0410] FPLC-B: These proteins were purified from the membrane fraction of E.coli. Single colonies harbouring the plasmid of interest were grown overnight at 37° C. in 20 ml of LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid culture. Bacteria were diluted 1:30 in 1.0 L of fresh medium. Clones 406.1L and 919LOrf4 were grown at 30° C. and Orf25L and 576.1L at 37° C. until the OD550 reached 0.6-0.8. In the case of 919LOrf4, growth at 30° C. was essential since expression of recombinant protein at 37° C. resulted in lysis of the cells. Expression of recombinant protein was induced with IPTG at a final concentration of 1.0 mM. After incubation for 3 hours, bacteria were harvested by centrifugation at 8000 g for 15 minutes at 4° C. When necessary cells were stored at −20° C. All subsequent procedures were performed at 4° C. Bacteria were resuspended in 25 ml of PBS containing complete protease inhibitor (Boehringer-Mannheim) and lysed by osmotic shock with 2-3 passages through a French Press. Unbroken cells were removed by centrifugation at 5000 g for 15 min and membranes precipitated by centrifugation at 100000 g (Beckman Ti50, 38000 rpm) for 45 minutes. A Dounce homogenizer was used to re-suspend the membrane pellet in 7.5 ml of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 1.0 M NaCl and complete protease inhibitor. The suspension was mixed for 2-4 hours, centrifuged at 100000 g for 45 min and the pellet resuspended in 7.5 ml of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0), 1.0M NaCl, 5.0 mg/ml CHAPS, 10% (v/v) glycerol and complete protease inhibitor. The solution was mixed overnight, centrifuged at 100000 g for 45 minutes and the supernatant dialysed for 6 hours against an appropriately selected buffer. In the case of Orf25.L, the pellet obtained after CHAPS extraction was found to contain the recombinant protein. This fraction, without further purification, was used to immunise mice.

[0411] FPLC-C: Identical to FPLC-A, but purification was from the soluble fraction obtained after permeabilising E.coli with polymyxin B, rather than after cell disruption.

[0412] FPLC-D: A single colony harbouring the plasmid of interest was grown overnight at 37° C. in 20 ml of LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid culture. Bacteria were diluted 1:30 in 1.0 L of fresh medium and grown at 30° C. until the OD550 reached 0.6-0.8. Expression of recombinant protein was induced with IPTG at a final concentration of 1.0 mM After incubation for 3 hours, bacteria were harvested by centrifugation at 8000 g for 15. minutes at 4° C. When necessary cells were stored at −20 ° C. All subsequent procedures were performed on ice or at 4° C. Cells were resuspended in 20 mM Bicine (pH 8.5), 20 mM NaCl, 10% (v/v) glycerol, complete protease inhibitor (Boehringer-Mannheim) and disrupted using a Branson Sonifier 450. The sonicate was centrifuged at 8000 g for 30 min to sediment unbroken cells and inclusion bodies. The recombinant protein was precipitated from solution between 35% v/v and 70% v/v saturation by the addition of 3.9M (NH4)2SO4. The precipitate was sedimented at 8000 g for 30 minutes, resuspended in 20 mM Bicine (pH 8.5), 20 mM NaCl, 10% (v/v) glycerol and dialysed against this buffer for 6 hours or overnight. The dialysate was centrifuged at 13000 g for 20 min and applied to the FPLC resin. The protein was eluted from the column using a step-wise NaCl gradients. Purification was analysed by SDS-PAGE and protein concentration determined by Bradford method.

[0413] Cloning Strategy and Oligonucleotide Design

[0414] Genes coding for antigens of interest were amplified by PCR, using oligonucleotides designed on the basis of the genomic sequence of N. meningitidis B MC58. Genomic DNA from strain 2996 was always used as a template in PCR reactions, unless otherwise specified, and the amplified fragments were cloned in the expression vector pET21b+ (Novagen) to express the protein as C-terminal His-tagged product, or in pET-24b+(Novagen) to express the protein in ‘untagged’ form (e.g. ΔG 287K).

[0415] Where a protein was expressed without a fusion partner and with its own leader peptide (if present), amplification of the open reading frame (ATG to STOP codons) was performed.

[0416] Where a protein was expressed in ‘untagged’ form, the leader peptide was omitted by designing the 5′-end amplification primer downstream from the predicted leader sequence.

[0417] The melting temperature of the primers used in PCR depended on the number and type of hybridising nucleotides in the whole primer, and was determined using the formulae:

T m1 =4 (G+C)+2 (A+T)   (tail excluded)

T m2 =64.9+0.41 (% GC)−600/N   (whole primer)

[0418] The melting temperatures of the selected oligonucleotides were usually 65-70° C. for the whole oligo and 50-60° C. for the hybridising region alone.

[0419] Oligonucleotides were synthesised using a Perkin Elmer 394 DNA/RNA Synthesizer, eluted from the columns in 2.0 ml NH4OH, and deprotected by 5 hours incubation at 56° C. The oligos were precipitated by addition of 0.3M Na-Acetate and 2 volumes ethanol. The samples were centrifuged and the pellets resuspended in water.

		Restriction
	Sequences	site
Orf1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-AAAACAACCGACAAACGG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCAGCGGTAGCCTA	XhoI
Orf1	Fwd	CrAGCTAGC-GGACACACTTATTTCGGCATC	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG- TTACCAGCGGTAGCCTAATTTG	XhoI
Orf1LOmpA	Fwd		NdeI-(NheI)
	Rev	CCCCCTCGAG-	XhoI
Orf4L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAACCTTCTTCAAAACC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTTGGCTGCGCCTTC	XhoI
Orf7-1L	Fwd	GCGGCATTAAT-ATGTTGAGAAAATTGTTGAAATGG	AseI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATTTTTTCAAAATATATTTGC	XhoI
Orf9-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-TTACCTAACCGTTTCAAAATGT	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATTTCCGAGGTTTTCGGG	XhoI
Orf23L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ACACGCTTCAAATATTC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTTAAACCGATAGGTAA	XhoI
Orf25-1 His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GGCAGGGAAGAACCGC	NdeI
	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-ATCGATGGAATAGCCGCG	Hindlfl
Orf29-1 b-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-AACGGTTTQGATGCCCG	NheI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTTGTCTAAGTTCCTGATAT	XhoI
Orf29-1 c-HIS	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-ATGAATTTGCCTATTCAAAAAT	NheI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGGACGATGCCCGCGA	XhoI
Orf29-1 c-L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-ATGAATTTCGGTATTCAAAAAT	NheI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTGGACGATGCCCGC	XhoI
Orf25L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TATCGCAAACTGATTGC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CTAATCGATGGAATAGCC	XhoI
Orf37L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAACAGACAGTCAAATG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATAACCCGCCTTCAG	XhoI
Orf38L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATAGG-	NdeI
		TTACGTTTGACTGCTTTAGCCGTATGCACC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		TTATTTTGCCGCGTTAAAAGCGTCGGCAAC
Orf40L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AACAAAATATACCGCAT	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCACTGATAACCGAC	XhoI
Orf40.2-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ACCGATGACGACGATTTAT	NdeI
	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-CCACTGATAACCGACAGA	HindIII
Orf40.2L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AACAAAATATACCGCAT	NdeI
	Rev	GCCCAAGCT-TTACCACTGATAACCGAC	HindIII
Orf46-2L	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATG-GGCATTTCCCGCAAAATATC	NdeI
	Rev	CCGCTCGAG-TTATTTACTCCTATAACGAGGTCTCTTAAC	XhoI
Orf46-2	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATG-TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTCTT	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTTACTCCTATAACGAGGTCTCTTAAC	XhoI
Orf46.1L	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATG-GGCATTTCCCGCAAAATATC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGGTCGAG-TTACGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
orf46.(His-GST)	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATGCACGTGAAATATGATACGAAG	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGTTTACTCCTATAACGAGGTCTCTTAAC	XhoI
rf46.1-His	Fwd	GGAATTCCATATGTCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTCTT	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGCGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
rf46.2-His	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATGTCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTCTT	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGGTCGAGTTTACTCCTATAACGAGGTCTCTTAAC	XhoI
Orf65-1-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CAAAATGCGTTCAAAATCCC	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AACAAAATATACCGCAT	XhoI
		CCCGCTCGAG-TTTGCTTTCGATAGAACGG
Orf72-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GTCATAAAATATACAAATTTGAA	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTAGCCTGAGACCTTTGCAAATT	XhoI
Orf76-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AAACAGAAAAAAACCGCTG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTACGGTTTGACACCGTTTTC	XhoI
Orf83.1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAACCCTGCTCCTC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATCCTCCTTTGCGGC	XhoI
Orf85-2L	Fwd	GCGGCCATAGE-GCAAAAATGATGAAATGGG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTACGGCGCGGCGGGCC	XhoI
Orf91L (MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCCATATGAAAAAATCCTCCCTCATCA	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGTTATTTGCCGCCGTTTTTGGC	XhoI
Orf91-His(MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCCATATGGCCCCTGCCGACGCGGTAAG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGTTTGCCGCCGTTTTTGGCTTTC	XhoI
Orf97-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AAACACATACTCCCCCTGA	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATTCGCCTACGTTTTTTG	XhoI
Orf119L(MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCCATATGATTTACATCGTACTGTTTC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGTTAGGAGAACAGGCGCAATGC	XhoI
Orf119-His(MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCCATATGTACAACATGTATCAGGAAAAC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGGGAGAACAGGCGCAATGCGG	XhoI
Orf137.1 (His-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGCTGCGGCACGGCGGG	BamHI-NheI
GST) (MC58)
	Rec	CCCGCTCGAGATAACGGTATGCCGCCAG	XhoI
Orf143-1L	Fwd	CGCGGATYCCCATATG-GAATCAACACTTTCAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACACGCGGTTGCTGC	XhoI
008	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AACAACAGACATTTTG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCTGTCCGGTAAAAG	XhoI
050-1(48)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-ACCGTCATCAAACAGGAA	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAAGATTCGACGGGGA	XhoI
105	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TCCGCAAACGAATACG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGTGTTCTGCCAGTTT	XhoI
111L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CCGTCTGAAACACG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAGCGGAGCAGTTTTTC	XhoI
117-1	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ACCGCCATCAGCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAAAGCCGGGTAACGC	XhoI
121-1	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GAAACACAGCTTTACATCGG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAATAATAATATCCCGCG	XhoI
122-1	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-ATTAAAATCCGCAATATCC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTAAATCTTGGTAGATTGGATTTGG	XhoI
128-1	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-ACTGACAACGCACTGCTCC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAGACCGCGTTGTCGAAAC	XhoI
148	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCGTTAAAAACATCAAA	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGCCCTTCATACAGC	XhoI
149.1L (MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCATTAATGGCACAAACTACACTCAAACC	AseI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGTTAAAACTTCACGTTCACGCG	XhoI
149.1-His(MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCATTAATGCATGAAACTGAGCAATCGGTGG	AseI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGAAACTTCACGTTCACGCCGCCGGTAAA	XhoI
205 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGGCAAATCCGAAAATACG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGATAATGGCGGCGGCGG	XhoI
206L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TTTCCCCCCGACAA	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCATTCTGTAAAAAAAGTATG	XhoI
214 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGCTTCAAAGCGACAGCAG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGTTCGATTTTTGCGTACTC	XhoI
216	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCAATGGCAGAAAACG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CTATACAATCCGTGCCG	XhoI
225-1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GATTCTTTTTTCAAACC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGTTCAGAAAGCGGG	XhoI
235L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAACCTTTGATTTTAGG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTGGGCTGCTCTTC	XhoI
243	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GTAATCGTCTGGTTG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CTACGACTTGGTTACCG	XhoI
247-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AGACGTAAAATGCTAAAGCTAC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAAGTGTTCTGTTTGCGC	XhoI
264-His	Fwd	GCCGCCATATG-TTGACTTTAACCCGAAAAA	NdeI
	Rev	GCCGCCTCGAG-GCCGGCGGTCAATACCGCCCGAA	XhoI
270 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGCGGCAATGCGATTGAC	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGTTCGGCGGTAAATGCCG	XhoI
274L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GCGGGGCCGATTTTTGT	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATTTGCTTTCAGTATTATTG	XhoI
283L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AACTTTGCTTTATCCGTCA	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTAACGGCAGTATTTGTTTAC	XhoI
285-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGGTTTGCGCTTCGGGC	BamHI
	Rev	GCCCAAGCTTTTTTCCTTTGCCGTTTCCG	HindIII
286-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCGACCTTTCCGAAAA	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAAGCGCGTTCCCAAGC	XhoI
286L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CACGACACCCGTAC	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAGAAGCGCGTTCCCAA	XhoI
287L	Fwd	CTAGCTAGC-TTTAAACGCAGCGTAATCGCAATGG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC
287	Fwd	CTAGCTAGC-GGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
287LOrf4	Fwd	CTAGCTAGCGCTCATCCTCGCCGCC-	NheI
		TCGCCCCCGCGCGGT
	Rev	CCCGGTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
287-fu	Fwd	CGGGGATCC-GGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	BamHI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
287-His	Fwd	CTAGCTAGC-GGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ATCCTGCTCTTTTTTTGCC*	XhoI
287-His(2996)	Fwd	CTAGCTAGC-TGCGGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ATCCTGCTCTTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
Δ1 287-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC§	NheI
Δ2 287-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CAAGATATGGCGGCAGT§	NheI
Δ3 287-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-GCCGAATCCGCAAATCA§	NheI
Δ4 287-His	Fwd	CGCGCTAGC-GGAAGGGTTGATTTGGCTAATGG§	NheI
Δ4 287MC58-His	Fwd	CGCGCTAGC-GGAAGGGTTGATTTGGCTATGG§	NheI
287-a-His	Fwd	CGCCATATG-TTTAAACGCAGCGTAATCGC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-AAAATTGCTACCGCCATTCGCAGG	XhoI
287b-His	Fwd	CGCCATATG-GGAAGGGTTGATTTGGCTAATGG	NdeI
287b-2996-His	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CTTGTCTTTATAAATGATGACATATTTG	XhoI
287b-MC58-His	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTTATAAAAGATAATATATTGATTGATTCC	XhoI
287c-2996-His	Fwd	CGCGCTAGC-ATGCCCGCTGATTCCCGTCAATC§	NheI
‘287untaggd,(2996)	Fwd	CTAGCTAGC-GGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
ΔG287-His*	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
ΔG 287-L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-	NheI
		TTTGAACGCAGTGTGATTGCAATGGCTTGTATTTTTGCC
		CTTTCAGCCTGT TCGCCCCGATGTTAAATCGGCG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
ΔG 287-Orf4L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-	NheI
		AAAACCTTCTTCAAAACCCTTTCCGCCGCCGCACTCGCG
		CTCATCCTCGCCGCCTGC TCGCCCCGATGTTAAATCG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTGCC	XhoI
292L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAACCAAGTTAATCAAA	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTTGATTTTTGCGGATGA	XhoI
308-1	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TTAAATCGGGTATTTTATC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAATCCGCCATTCCCTG	XhoI
401L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AAATTACAACAATTGGCTG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTACCTTACGTTTTTCAAAG	XhoI
406L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CAAGCACGGCTGCT	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAAGGTTCTCCTTGTCTA	XhoI
502-1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATGAAACCGCACAAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGTTGCTCAACACGTC	XhoI
502-A (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGTAGACGCGCTTAAGCA	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGAGCTGCATGGCGGCG	XhoI
503-1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCACGGTCGTTATAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CTACCGCGCATTCCTG	XhoI
519-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GAATTTTTCATTATCTTGTT	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATTTGGCGGTTTTGCTGC	XhoI
525-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AAGTATGTCCGGTTATTTTTC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATCGGCTTGTGCAACGG	XhoI
529-(His/GST)	Fwd	GCCGGATCCGCTAGC-TCCGGCAGCAAAACCGA	Bam HI-NheI
(MC58)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-ACGCAGTTCGGAATGGAG	HindIII
552L	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGTTGAATATTAAACTGAAAACCTTG	NdeI
	Rev	GCCGCCTCGAGTTATTTCTGATCGGTTTTCCC	XhoI
556L	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGGACAATAAGACCAAACTG	NdeI
	Rev	GCCGCCTCGAGTTAACGGTGCGGACGTTTC	XhoI
557L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AACAAACTGTTTCTTAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCATTCCGCCTTCAGAAA	XhoI
564ab-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)		CAAGGTATCGTTGCCGACAAATCCGCACCT
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-
		AGCTAATTGTGCTTGGTTTGCAGATAGGAGTT
564ab (MC58)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	NdeI
		AACCGCACCCTGTACAAAGTTGTATTTAACAAACATC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		TTAAGCTAATTGTGCTTGGTTTGCAGATAGGAGTT
564b-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)(MC58)		ACGGGAGAAAATCATGCGGTTTCACTTCATG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		AGCTAATTGTGCTTGGTTTGCAGATAGGAGTT
546c-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)(MC58)		GTTTCAGACGGCCTATACAACCAACATGGTGAAATT
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		GCGGTAACTGCCGCTTGCACTGAAGCCGTAA
546bc-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)(MC58)		ACGGGAGAAAATCATGCGGTTTCACTTCATG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		GCGGTAACTGCCGCTTGCACTGAATCCGTAA
546d-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-Ndel
(His/GST)(MC58)		CAAAGCAAAGTCAAAGCAGACCATGCCTCCGTAA
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		TCTTTTCCTTTCAATTATAACTTTAGTAGGTTCAATTTTG
		GTCCCC
564cd-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)(MC58)		GTTTCAGACGGCCTATACAACCAACATGGTGAAATT
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		TCTTTTCCTTTCAATTATAACTTTAGTAGGTTCAATTTTG
		GTCCCC
570L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-ACCCGTTTGACCCGCG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAGCGGGCGTTCATTTCTT	XhoI
576-1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AACACCATTTTCAAAATC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAATTTACTTTTTTGATGTCG	XhoI
580L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GATTCGCCCAAGGTCGG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-CTACACTTCCCCCGAAGTGG	XhoI
583L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATAGTTGACCAAAGCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTTTTTCCGATTTTTCGG	XhoI
593	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-CTTGAACTGAACGGACT	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAGCGGAAGCGGACGATT	XhoI
650 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGTCCAAACTCAAAACCATCG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGGCTTCCAATCAGTTTGACC	XhoI
652	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AGCGCAATCGTTGATATTTTC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTATTTGCCCAGTTGGTAGAATG	XhoI
664L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GTGATACATCCGCACTACTTC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAAAATCGAGTTTTACACCA	XhoI
726	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-ACCATCTATTTCAAAAACGG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAGCCGATGTTTAGCGTCCATT	XhoI
741-His(MC58)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AGCAGCGGAGGGGGTG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGCTTGGCGGCAAGGC	XhoI
ΔG741-His(MC58)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GTCGCCGCCGACATCG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGCTTGGCGGCAAGGC	XhoI
686-2-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GGCGGTTCGGAAGGCG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGAACACTGATGTCTTTTCCGA	XhoI
719-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-AAACTCTCGTTGGTGTTAAC	BamHI-NheI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGACCCGCTCCACGG	XhoI
730-His (MC58)	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGGCGGACTTGGCGCAAGACCC	NdeI
	Rev	GCCGCCTGCAGATCTCCTAAAGGTGTTTTAACAATGCCG	XhoI
730A-His (MC58)	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGGCGGACTTGGCGCAAGACCC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGCTCCATGCTGTTGCCCCAGC	XhoI
730-B-His (MC58)	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGGCGGACTTGGCGCAAGACCC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTGCAGAAAATCCCCGCTAACCGCAG	XhoI
741-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AGCAGCGGAGGGGGTG	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGCTTGGCGGCAAGGC	XhoI
ΔG741-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GTCGCCGCCGACATCG	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGCTTGGCGGCAAGGC	XhoI
743 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGACGGTGTTGTGCCTGTT	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGCTTACGGATCAAATTGACG	XhoI
757 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGGCAGCCAATCTGAAGAA	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGCTCAGCTTTTGCCGTCAA	XhoI
759-His/GST	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-TACTCATCCATTGTCCGC	BamHI-NheI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CCAGTTGTAGCCTATTTTG	XhoI
759L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-ATGCGCTTCACACACAC	NheI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCAGTTGTAGCCTATTT	XhoI
760-His	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGGCACAAACGGAAGGTTTGGAA	NdeI
	Rev	GCCGCCTCGAGAAAACTGTAACGCAGGTTTGCCGTC	XhoI
769-His (MC58)	Fwd	GCGGCCATATGGAAGAAACACCGCGCGAACCG	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAGGAACGTTTTATTAAACTCGAC	XhoI
907L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AGAAAACGACCGATACCCTA	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TCAACGCCACTGCCAGCGGTTG	XhoI
911L	Fwd	CGCCGATCCCATATG-AAGAAGAACATATTGGAATTTTGGGTCGGACTG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTCGGCGGCTTTTTCCGCATTGCCG	XhoI
911LOmpA	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATGAAAAAGACAGCTATCGCGATTGCA	NdeI-(NheI)
		GTFFCACTGGCTGGTTTCGCTACCGTAGCGCAGGCCGC
		TAGC-GCTTTCCGCGTGGCCGGCGGTGC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTCGGCGGCTTTTTCCGCATTGCCG	XhoI
911LPe1B	Fwd	CATGCCATGG-CTTTCCGCGTGGCCGGCGGTGC	NcoI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTCGGCGGCTTTTTCCGCATTGCCG	XhoI
913-His/GST	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TTTGCCGAAACCCGCC	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-AGGTTGTGTTCCAGGTTG	XhoI
913L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAAAAACCGCCTATG	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAAGGTTGTGTTCCAGG	XhoI
919L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAAAATACCTATTCCGC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACGGGCGGTATTCGG	XhoI
919	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CAAAGCAAGAGCATCCAAA	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACGGGCGGTATTCGG	XhoI
919L Orf4	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATGAAAACCTTCTTCAAAACCCTTTCCG	NdeI-(NheI)
		CCGCCGCGCTAGCCTCATCCTCGCCGCC-
		TGCCAAAGCAAGAGCATC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACGGGCGGTATTCGGGCTTCATACCG	XhoI
(919)-287 fusion	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGTCGAG-TGTGGGGGCGGTGGC	SalI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCC	XhoI
920-1L	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-AAGAAAACATTGACACTGC	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTAATGGTGCGAATGACCGAT	XhoI
925-His/GST	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctTGCGGCAAGGATGCCGG	attB1
(MC58)GATE
	Rev	ggggaccactttgtacaagaaagctgggtCTAAAGCAACAATGCCGG	attB2
926L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAACACACCGTATCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATCTCGTGCGCGCC	XhoI
972-2-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AGCCCCGCGCCGATT	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTTTTGTGCGGTCAGGCG	XhoI
932-His/GST	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctTGTTCGTTTGGGGGATTTAA	attB1
(MC58)GATE		ACCAAACCAAATC
935 (His-GST)	For	CGCGGATCCCATATGGCGGATGCGCCCCGCG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)
	Rev	CCGCTCGAGAAACCGCCAATCCGCC	XhoI
	Rev	ggggaccactttgtacaagaaagctgggtTCATTTTGTTTTTCCTTCTTCT	attB2
		CGAGGCCATT
936-1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAACCCCAAACCGCAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGCGTTGGACGTAGT	XhoI
953L	Fwd	GGGAATCcatatg-AAAAAAATCATCTTCGCCG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTGTTTGGCTGCCTCGAT	XhoI
953-fu	Fwd	GGGAATTCCATATG-GCCACCTACAAAGTGGACG	NdeI
	Rev	CGGGGATCC-TTGTTTGGCTGCCTCGATTTG	BamHI
954 (His-GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGCAAGAACAATCGCAGAAAG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGTTTTTTCGGCAAATTGGCTT	XhoI
958-His/GST	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctGCCGATGCCGTTGCGG	attB1
(MC58)GATE
	Rev	GGGGACCACTTTGTACAAGAAAGCTGGGTtcagggtcgtttgttgcg	ATTb2
961L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAACACTTTCCATCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	XhoI
961	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAGCGACGAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACCACTCGTAATTGAC	XhoI
961 c (His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACG	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ACCCACGTTGTAAGGTTG	XhoI
961 c-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAGCGACGACGA	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ACCCACGTTGTAAGGTTG	XhoI
961 c-L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATGAAACACTTTCCATCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAACCCACGTTGTAAGGT	XhoI
961 c-L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATGAAACACTTTCCATCC	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTAACCCACGTTGTAAGGT	XhoI
961 d (His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACG	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GTCTGACACTGTTTTATCC	XhoI
961 Δ1-L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATGAAACACTTTCCATCC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATGCTTTGGCGGCAAAG	XhoI
fu 961-. . .	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAAGCACGAC	NdeI
	Rev	CGCGGATCC-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	BamHI
fu 961- . . .	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAGCGACGAC	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CGCGGATCC-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	BamHI
fu 961 c- . . .	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACGAC	NdeI
	Rev	CGCGGATCC-ACCCACGTTGTAAGGTTG	BamHI
fu961 c-L- . . .	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ATGAAACACTTTCCATCC	NdeI
	Rev	CGCGGATCC-ACCCACGTTGTAAGGTTG	BamHI
fu (961)-	Fwd	CGCGGATCC-GGAGGGGGTGGTGTCG	BamHI
741(MC58)-His
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGCTTGGCGGCAAGGC	XhoI
fu (961)-983-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCC-GGCGGAGGCGGCACTT	BamHI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAACCGGTAGCCTACG	XhoI
fu (961)- Orf46.1-	Fwd	GCGGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-	BamHI
His		TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
fu (961 c-L)-	Fwd	CGCGGATCC-GGAGGGGGTGGTGTCG	BamHI
741(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGAACCGGTAGCCTAC	XhoI
fu (961c-L)-983	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-BamHI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGAACCGGTAGCCTAC	XhoI
fu (961C-L)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-	BamHI
Orf46.1		TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTACGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
961-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAGCGACGACG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCGCTCGAG-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	XhoI
961 Δ1-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACGAC	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TGCTTTGGCGGCAAAGTT	XhoI
961a-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCCACAAACGACGAC	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTTAGCAATATTATCTTTGTTCGTAGC	XhoI
961b-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAGCAAACCGTGCCGA	BamHI-NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	XhoI
961-His/GSTGATE	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctGCAGCCACAAACGACGACG	attB1
		ATGTTAAAAAAGC
	Rev	ggggaccactttgtacaagaaagctgggtTTACCACTCGTAATTGACGC	attB2
		CGACATGGTAGG
982	Fwd	GCGGCCATATG-GCAGCAAAAGACGTACAGTT	NdeI
	Rev	GCGGCCTCGAG-TTACATCATGCCGCCCATACCA	XhoI
983-His (2996)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-TTAGGCGGCGGCGGAG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAACCGGTAGCCTACG	XhoI
ΔG983-His (2996)	Fwd	CCCCTAGCTAGC-ACTTCTGCGCCCGACTT	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAACCGGTAGCCTACG	XhoI
983-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-TTAGGCGGCGGCGGAG	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAACCGGTAGCCTACG	XhoI
ΔG983-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-ACTTCTGCGCCCGACTT	NheI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAACCGGTAGCCTACG	XhoI
983L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-	NheI
		CGAACGACCCCAACCTTCCCTACAAAAACTTTCAA
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGAACCGACGTGCCAAGCCGTTC	XhoI
987-His (MC58)	Fwd	GCCGCCATATGCCCCCACTGGAAGAACGGACG	NdeI
	Rev	GCCGCCTCGAGTAATAAACCTTCTATGGGCAGCAG	XhoI
989-(His/GST)	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TCCGTCCACGCATCCG	BamHI-NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTTGAATTTGTAGGTGTATTG	XhoI
989L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-ACCCCTTCCGCACT	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTTGAATTTGTAGGTGTAT	XhoI
CrgA-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AAAACCAATTCAGAAGAA	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCCACAGAGATTGTTTCC	XhoI
PilC1-ES	Fwd	GATGCCCGAAGGGCGGG
(MC58)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAGAAGAAGACTTCACGC
PilC1-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CAAACCCATAAATACGCTATT	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-GAAGAAGACTTCACGCCAG	HindIII
Δ1PilC1-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GTCTTTTTGACAATACCGA	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-	HindIII
PilC1L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-AATAAAACTTTAAAAAGGCGG	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TCAGAAGAAGACTTCACGC	HindIII
ΔGtbp2-His	Fwd	CGCGAATCCCATATG-TTCGATCTTGATTCTGTCGA	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCCTCGAG-TCGCACAGGCTGTTGGCG	XhoI
Tbp-2His	Fwd	CGCGAATCCCATATG-TTGGGCGGAGGCGGCAG	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCGCACAGGCTGTTGGCG	XhoI
Tbp2-His(MC58)	Fwd	CGCGAATCCCATATG-TTGGGCGGAGGCGGCAG	NdeI
	Rev	CCCGCGCGAG-TCGCACAGGCTGTTGGCG	XhoI
NMB0109-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GCAAATTTGGAGGTGCGC	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTCGGAGCGGTTGAAGC	XhoI
NMB0109L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-CAACGTCGTATTATAACCC	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTATTCGGAGCGGTTGAAG	XhoI
NMB0207-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)		GGCATCAAGTCGCCATCAACGGCTAC
(MC58)	Rev	CCCG,CTCGAG-TTTGAGCGGGCGCACTTCAAGTCCG	XhoI
NMB0462-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GGCGGCAGCGAAAAAAAC	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GTTGGTGCCGACTTTGAT	XhoI
NMB0623-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GGCGGCGGAAGCGATA	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTTGCCCGCTTTGAGCC	XhoI
NMB0625 (His-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGGCAAATCCGAAAATACG	BamHI-NdeI
(GST)(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CATCCCGTACTGTTTCG	XhoI
NMB0634	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctVCGACATTACCGTGTACAAC	attB1
(His/GST)(MC58)		GGCCAACAAAGAA
	Rev	ggggaccactttgtacaagaaagctgggtCTTATTTCATACCGGCTTGCT	attB2
		CAAGCAGCCGG
NMB0776-	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctGATACGGTGTTTTCCTGTAA	attB1
His/GST (MC58)		AACGGACAACAA
GATE	Rev	ggggaccactttgtacaagaaagctgggtCTAGGAAAAATCGTCATCGT	attb2
		TGAAATTCGCC
NMB1115-	Fwd	ggggacaagtttgtacaaaaaagcaggctATGCACCCCATCGAAACC	attB1
His/GST (MC58)	Rev	ggggaccactttgtacaagaaagctgggtCTAGTCTTGCAGTGCCTC	attB2
GATE
NMB1343-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)		GGAAATTTCTTATATAGAGGCATTAG
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		GTTATTTCTATCAACTCTTTAGCAATAAT
NMB1369 (His-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGCCTGCCAAGACGACA	BamHI-NdeI
GST (MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGCCGCCTCCTGCCGAAA	XhoI
NMB1551 (His-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGGCAGAGATCTGTTTGATAA	BamHI-NdeI
GST)(MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGCGGTTTCCGCCCAATG	XhoI
NMB1899 (His-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATGCAGCCGGATACGGTC	BamHI-NdeI
GST) (MC58)
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGAATCACTTCCAACACAAAAT	XhoI
NMB2050-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-TGGTTGCTGATGAAGGGC	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GACTGCTTCATCTTCTGC	XhoI
NMB2050L	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-GAACTGATGACTGTTTTGC	NdeI
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TCAGACTGCTTCATCTTCT	XhoI
NMB2159-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCCATATG-	BamHI-NdeI
(His/GST)		AGCATTAAAGTAGCGATTAACGGTTTCGGC
(MC58)	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
		GATTTTGCCTGCGAAGTATTCCAAAGTGCG
fu-ΔG287...-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC	NheI
	Rev	CGGGGATCC-ATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCCGG	BamHI
fu-(ΔG287)-919-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-	BamHI
His		CAAAGCAAGAGCATCCAAACC
	Rev	CCCAAGCTT-TTCGGGCGGTATTCGGGCTTC	HindIII
fu-(ΔG287)-952-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-	BamHI
His		GCCACCTACAAAGTGGAC
	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-TTGTTTGGCTGCCTCGAT	HindIII
fu-(ΔG287)-961-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-ACAAGCGACGACG	BamHI
His	Rev	GCCCAAGCTT-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	HindIII
fu-(Δ287)-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-	BamHI
Orf46.1-His		TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC
	Rev	CCCAAGCTT-CGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	HindIII
fu-(ΔG287-919)-	Fwd	CCCAAGCTTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGT-	HindIII
Orf46.1-His		TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
fu-(ΔG287-	Fwd	CCCAAGCTTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGT-	XhoI
Orf46.1)-919-His		CAAAGCAAGAGCATCCAAACC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GGGGCGGTATTCGGGCTT	XhoI
fu ΔG287(394.98)-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-CCCGATGTTAAATCGGC	NheI
...
	Rev	CGGGGATCC-ATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCCGG	BamHI
fu Orf1-(Orf46.1)-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGCTAGC-GGACACACTTATTTCGGCATC	NheI
His	Rev	CGCGGATCC-CCAGCGGTAGCCTAATTTGAT
fu (Orf1)-Orf46.1-	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGT-	BamHI
His		TCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC
	Rev	CCCAAGCTT-CGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	HindIII
fu (919)-Orf46.1-	Fwd1	GCGGCGTCGACGGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGTCCTCAG	SalI
His	Fwd2	GGAGGCACTGGATCCTCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
Fu orf46-...	Fwd	GGAATTCCATATGTCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC	NdeI
	Rev	CGCGGATCCCGATATCATATTTCACGTGC	BamHI
Fu (orf46)-287-His	Fwd	CGGGGATCCGGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	BamHI
	Rev	CCCAAGCTTATCCTGCTCTTTTTTGCCGGC	HindIII
Fu (orf46)-919-His	Fwd	CGCGGATCCGGTGGTGGTGGTCAAAGCAAGAGCATCCA	BamHI
		AACC
	Rev	CCCAAGCTTCGGGCGGTATTCGGGCTTC	HindIII
Fu (orf46-919)-	Fwd	CCCCAAGCTTGGGGGCGGCGGTGGCG	HindIII
287-His
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGATCCTGCTCTTTTTGCCGGC	XhoI
Fu (orf46-287)-	Fwd	CCCAAGCTTGGTGGTGGTGGTGGTCAAAGCAAGAGCAT	HindIII
919-His		CCAAACC
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAGCGGGCGGTATTCGGGCTT	XhoI
(ΔG741)-961c-His	Fwd1	GGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAGCCACAAACGACGACGA	XhoI
	fwd2	GCGGCCTCGAG-GGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ACCCAGCTTGTAAGGTTG	XhoI
(ΔG741)-961-His	Fwd1	GGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAGCCACAAACGACGACGA	XhoI
	Fwd2	GCGGCCTCGAG-GGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	XhoI
(ΔG741)-983-His	Fwd	GCCCGCTCGAG-	XhoI
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-GAACCGGTAGCCTACG	XhoI
(ΔG741)-orf46.1-	Fwd1	GGAGGCACTGGATCCTCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC	SalI
His	Fdw2	GCGGCGTCGACGGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGATCCTCAGA
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CGTATCATATTTACGTGC	XhoI
(ΔG983)-	Fwd	GCGGCCTCGAG-GGATCCGGAGGGGGTGGTGTCGCC	XhoI
741(MC58)-His
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-TTGCTTGGCGGCAAG	XhoI
(ΔG983)-961c-His	Fwd1	GGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAGCCACAAACGACGACGA	XhoI
	Fwd2	GCGGCCTCGAG-GGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-ACCCAGCTTGTAAGGTTG	XhoI
(ΔG983)-961-His	Fwd1	GGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAGCCACAAACGACGACGA	XhoI
	Fwd2	GCGGCCTCGAG-GGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGATCCGCAG
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CCACTCGTAATTGACGCC	XhoI
(ΔG983)-Orf46.1-	Fwd1	GGAGGCACTGGATCCTCAGATTTGGCAAACGATTC	SalI
His	Fwd2	GCGGCGTCGACGGTGGCGGAGGCACTGGATCCTCAGA
	Rev	CCCGCTCGAG-CGTATCATATTTCACGTGC	XhoI
*This primer was used as a Reverse primer for all the C terminal fusions of 287 to the His-tag.
§Forward primers used in combination with the 287-His Reverse primer.
NB - All PCR reactions use strain 2996 unless otherwise specified (e.g. strain MC58)

[0420] In all constructs starting with an ATG not followed by a unique NheI site, the ATG codon is part of the NdeI site used for cloning. The constructs made using NheI as a cloning site at the 5′ end (e.g. all those containing 287 at the N-terminus) have two additional codons (GCT AGC) fused to the coding sequence of the antigen.

[0421] Preparation of Chromosomal DNA Templates

[0422] N.meningitidis strains 2996, MC58, 394.98, 1000 and BZ232 (and others) were grown to exponential phase in 100 ml of GC medium, harvested by centrifugation, and resuspended in 5 ml buffer (20% w/v sucrose, 50 mM Tris-HCl, 50 mM EDTA, pH8). After 10 minutes incubation on ice, the bacteria were lysed by adding 10 ml of lysis solution (50 mM NaCl, 1% Na-Sarkosyl, 50 μg/ml Proteinase K), and the suspension incubated at 37° C. for 2 hours. Two phenol extractions (equilibrated to pH 8) and one CHCl3/isoamylalcohol (24:1) extraction were performed. DNA was precipitated by addition of 0.3M sodium acetate and 2 volumes of ethanol, and collected by centrifugation. The pellet was washed once with 70% (v/v) ethanol and redissolved in 4.0 ml TE buffer (10 mM Tris-HCl, 1 mM EDTA, pH 8.0). The DNA concentration was measured by reading OD260.

[0423] PCR Amplification

[0424] The standard PCR protocol was as follows: 200 ng of genomic DNA from 2996, MC581000, or BZ232 strains or 10 ng of plasmid DNA preparation of recombinant clones were used as template in the presence of 40 μM of each oligonucletide primer, 400-800 μM dNTPs solution, 1×PCR buffer (including 1.5 mM MgCl2), 2.5 units TaqI DNA polymerase (using Perkin-Elmer AmpliTaQ, Boerhingher Mannheim Expand™ Long Template).

[0425] After a preliminary 3 minute incubation of the whole mix at 95° C., each sample underwent a two-step amplification: the first 5 cycles were performed using the hybridisation temperature that excluded the restriction enzyme tail of the primer (Tm1). This was followed by 30 cycles according to the hybridisation temperature calculated for the whole length oligos (Tm2). Elongation times, performed at 68° C, or 72° C., varied according to the length of the Orf to be amplified. In the case of Orf1 the elongation time, starting from 3 minutes, was increased by 15 seconds each cycle. The cycles were completed with a 10 minute extension step at 72° C.

[0426] The amplified DNA was either loaded directly on a 1% agarose gel. The DNA fragment corresponding to the band of correct size was purified from the gel using the Qiagen Gel Extraction Kit, following the manufacturer's protocol.

[0427] Digestion of PCR Fragments and of the Cloning Vectors

[0428] The purified DNA corresponding to the amplified fragment was digested with the appropriate restriction enzymes for cloning into pET-21b+, pET22b+ or pET-24b+. Digested fragments were purified using the QIAquick PCR purification kit (following the manufacturer's instructions) and eluted with either H2O or 10 mM Tris, pH 8.5. Plasmid vectors were digested with the appropriate restriction enzymes, loaded onto a 1.0% agarose gel and the band corresponding to the digested vector purified using the Qiagen QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit.

[0429] Cloning

[0430] The fragments corresponding to each gene, previously digested and purified, were ligated into pET21b+, pET22b+ or pET-24b+. A molar ratio of 3:1 fragment/vector was used with T4 DNA ligase in the ligation buffer supplied by the manufacturer.

[0431] Recombinant plasmid was transformed into competent E.coli DH5 or HB101 by incubating the ligase reaction solution and bacteria for 40 minutes on ice, then at 37° C. for 3 minutes.

[0432] This was followed by the addition of 800 μl LB broth and incubation at 37° C. for 20 minutes. The cells were centrifuged at maximum speed in an Eppendorf microfuge, resuspended in approximately 200 μl of the supernatant and plated onto LB ampicillin (10 mg/ml) agar.

[0433] Screening for recombinant clones was performed by growing randomly selected colonies overnight at 37° C. in 4.0 ml of LB broth+100 μg/ml ampicillin. Cells were pelleted and plasmid DNA extracted using the Qiagen QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit, following the manufacturer's instructions. Approximately 1 μg of each individual miniprep was digested with the appropriate restriction enzymes and the digest loaded onto a 1-1.5% agarose gel (depending on the expected insert size), in parallel with the molecular weight marker (1 kb DNA Ladder, GIBCO). Positive clones were selected on the basis of the size of insert.

[0434] Expression

[0435] After cloning each gene into the expression vector, recombinant plasmids were transformed into E.coli strains suitable for expression of the recombinant protein. 1 μl of each construct was used to transform E.coli BL21-DE3 as described above. Single recombinant colonies were inoculated into 2 ml LB+Amp (100 μg/ml), incubated at 37° C. overnight, then diluted 1:30 in 20 ml of LB+Amp (100 μg/ml) in 100 ml flasks, to give an OD600 between 0.1 and 0.2. The flasks were incubated at 30° C. or at 37° C. in a gyratory water bath shaker until OD600 indicated exponential growth suitable for induction of expression (0.4-0.8 OD). Protein expression was induced by addition of 1.0 mM IPTG. After 3 hours incubation at 30° C. or 37° C. the OD600 was measured and expression examined. 1.0 ml of each sample was centrifuged in a microfuge, the pellet resuspended in PBS and analysed by SDS-PAGE and Coomassie Blue staining.

[0436] Gateway Cloning and Expression

[0437] Sequences labelled GATE were cloned and expressed using the GATEWAY Cloning Technology (GIBCO-BRL). Recombinational cloning (RC) is based on the recombination reactions that mediate the integration and excision of phage into and from the E.coli genome, respectively. The integration involves recombination of the attP site of the phage DNA within the attB site located in the bacterial genome (BP reaction) and generates an integrated phage genome flanked by attL and attR sites. The excision recombines attL and attR sites back to attP and attB sites (LR reaction). The integration reaction requires two enzymes [the phage protein Integrase (Int) and the bacterial protein integration host factor (IF] (BP clonase). The excision reaction requires Int, IHF, and an additional phage enzyme, Excisionase (Xis) (LR clonase). Artificial derivatives of the 25-bp bacterial attB recombination site, referred to as B1 and B2, were added to the 5′ end of the primers used in PCR reactions to amplify Neisserial ORFs. The resulting products were BP cloned into a “Donor vector” containing complementary derivatives of the phage attP recombination site (P1 and P2) using BP clonase. The resulting “Entry clones” contain ORFs flanked by derivatives of the attL site (L1 and L2) and were subcloned into expression “destination vectors” which contain derivatives of the attL-compatible attR sites (R1 and R2) using LR clonase. This resulted in “expression clones” in which ORFs are flanked by B1 and B2 and fused in frame to the GST or His N terminal tags.

[0438] The E. coli strain used for GATEWAY expression is BL21-SL Cells of this strain are induced for expression of the T7 RNA polymerase by growth in medium containing salt (0.3 M NaCl).

[0439] Note that this system gives N-terminus His tags.

[0440] Preparation of Membrane Proteins.

[0441] Fractions composed principally of either inner, outer or total membrane were isolated in order to obtain recombinant proteins expressed with membrane-localisation leader sequences. The method for preparation of membrane fractions, enriched for recombinant proteins, was adapted from Filip et. al. [J.Bact. (1973) 115:717-722] and Davies et. al. [J.Immunol.Meth. (1990) 143:215-225]. Single colonies harbouring the plasmid of interest were grown overnight at 37° C. in 20 ml of LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid culture. Bacteria were diluted 1:30 in 1.0 L of fresh medium and grown at either 30° C. or 37° C. until the OD550 reached 0.6-0.8. Expression of recombinant protein was induced with IPTG at a final concentration of 1.0 mM. After incubation for 3 hours, bacteria were harvested by centrifugation at 8000 g for 15 minutes at 4° C. and resuspended in 20 ml of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) and complete protease inhibitors (Boehringer-Mannheim). All subsequent procedures were performed at 4° C. or on ice.

[0442] Cells were disrupted by sonication using a Branson Sonifier 450 and centrifuged at 5000 g for 20 min to sediment unbroken cells and inclusion bodies. The supernatant, containing membranes and cellular debris, was centrifuged at 50000 g (Beckman Ti50, 29000 rpm) for 75 min, washed with 20 mM Bis-tris propane (pH 6.5), 1.0 M NaCl, 10% (v/v) glycerol and sedimented again at 50000 g for 75 minutes. The pellet was resuspended in 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 2.0% (v/v) Sarkosyl, complete protease inhibitor (1.0 mM EDTA, final concentration) and incubated for 20 minutes to dissolve inner membrane. Cellular debris was pelleted by centrifugation at 5000 g for 10 min and the supernatant centrifuged at 75000 g for 75 minutes (Beckman Ti50, 33000 rpm). Proteins 008L and 519L were found in the supernatant suggesting inner membrane localisation. For these proteins both inner and total membrane fractions (washed with NaCl as above) were used to immunise mice. Outer membrane vesicles obtained from the 75000 g pellet were washed with 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5) and centrifuged at 75000 g for 75 minutes or overnight. The OMV was finally resuspended in 500 μl of 20 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 10% v/v glycerol. Orf1L and Orf40L were both localised and enriched in the outer membrane fraction which was used to immunise mice. Protein concentration was estimated by standard Bradford Assay (Bio-Rad), while protein concentration of inner membrane fraction was determined with the DC protein assay (Bio-Rad). Various fractions from the isolation procedure were assayed by SDS-PAGE.

[0443] Purification of His-Tagged Proteins

[0444] Various forms of 287 were cloned from strains 2996 and MC58. They were constructed with a C-terminus His-tagged fusion and included a mature form (aa 18-427), constructs with deletions (Δ, Δ2, Δ3 and Δ4) and clones composed of either B or C domains. For each clone purified as a His-fusion, a single colony was streaked and grown overnight at 37° C. on a LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) agar plate. An isolated colony from this plate was inoculated into 20 ml of LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid medium and grown overnight at 37° C. with shaking. The overnight culture was diluted 1:30 into 1.0 L LB/Amp (100 μg/ml) liquid medium and allowed to grow at the optimal temperature (30 or 37° C.) until the OD550 reached 0.6-0.8. Expression of recombinant protein was induced by addition of IPTG (final concentration 1.0 mM) and the culture incubated for a further 3 hours. Bacteria were harvested by centrifugation at 8000 g for 15 min at 4° C. The bacterial pellet was resuspended in 7.5 ml of either (i) cold buffer A (300 mM NaCl, 50 mM phosphate buffer, 10 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) for soluble proteins or (ii) buffer B (10 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM phosphate buffer, pH 8.8 and, optionally, 8M urea) for insoluble proteins. Proteins purified in a soluble form included 287-His, Δ1, Δ2, Δ3 and Δ4287-His, Δ4287MC58-His, 287c-His and 287cMC58-His. Protein 287bMC58-His was insoluble and purified accordingly. Cells were disrupted by sonication on ice four times for 30 sec at 40 W using a Branson sonifier 450 and centrifuged at 13000×g for 30 min at 4° C. For insoluble proteins, pellets were resuspended in 2.0 ml buffer C (6 M guanidine hydrochloride, 100 mM phosphate buffer, 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 and treated with 10 passes of a Dounce homogenizer. The homogenate was centrifuged at 13000 g for 30 min and the supernatant retained. Supernatants for both soluble and insoluble preparations were mixed with 150 μl Ni2+-resin (previously equilibrated with either buffer A or buffer B, as appropriate) and incubated at room temperature with gentle agitation for 30 min. The resin was Chelating Sepharose Fast Flow (Pharmacia), prepared according to the manufacturer's protocol. The batch-wise preparation was centrifuged at 700 g for 5 min at 4° C. and the supernatant discarded. The resin was washed twice (batch-wise) with 10 ml buffer A or B for 10 min, resuspended in 1.0 ml buffer A or B and loaded onto a disposable column. The resin continued to be washed with either (i) buffer A at 4° C. or (ii) buffer B at room temperature, until the OD280 of the flow-through reached 0.02-0.01. The resin was further washed with either (i) cold buffer C (300 mM NaCl, 50 mM phosphate buffer, 20 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) or (ii) buffer D (10 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM phosphate buffer, pH 6.3 and, optionally, 8M urea) until OD280 of the flow-through reached 0.02-0.01. The His-fusion protein was eluted by addition of 700 μl of either (i) cold elution buffer A (300 mM NaCl, 50 mM phosphate buffer, 250 mM imidazole, pH 8.0) or (ii) elution buffer B (10 mM Tris-HCl, 100 mM phosphate buffer, pH 4.5 and, optionally, 8M urea) and fractions collected until the OD280 indicated all the recombinant protein was obtained. 20μl aliquots of each elution fraction were analysed by SDS-PAGE. Protein concentrations were estimated using the Bradford assay.

[0445] Renaturation of Denatured His-Fusion Proteins.

[0446] Denaturation was required to solubilize 287bMC8, so a renaturation step was employed prior to immunisation. Glycerol was added to the denatured fractions obtained above to give a final concentration of 10% v/v. The proteins were diluted to 200 μg/ml using dialysis buffer I (10% v/v glycerol, 0.5M arginine, 50 mM phosphate buffer, 5.0 mM reduced glutathione, 0.5 mM oxidised glutathione, 2.0M urea, pH 8.8) and dialysed against the same buffer for 12-14 hours at 4° C. Further dialysis was performed with buffer II (10% v/v glycerol, 0.5M arginine, 50 mM phosphate buffer, 5.0 mM reduced glutathione, 0.5 mM oxidised glutathione, pH 8.8) for 12-14 hours at 4° C. Protein concentration was estimated using the formula:

Protein (mg/ml) (1.55×OD280)−(0.76×OD260)

[0447] Amino Acid Sequence Analysis.

[0448] Automated sequence analysis of the NH2-terminus of proteins was performed on a Beckman sequencer (LF 3000) equipped with an on-line phenylthiohydantoin-amino acid analyser (System Gold) according to the manufacturer's recommendations.

[0449] Immunization

[0450] Balb/C mice were immunized with antigens on days 0, 21 and 35 and sera analyzed at day 49.

[0451] Sera Analysis—ELISA

[0452] The acapsulated MenB M7 and the capsulated strains were plated on chocolate agar plates and incubated overnight at 37° C. with 5% CO2. Bacterial colonies were collected from the agar plates using a sterile dracon swab and inoculated into Mueller-Hinton Broth (Difco) containing 0.25% glucose. Bacterial growth was monitored every 30 minutes by following OD620. The bacteria were let to grow until the OD reached the value of 0.4-0.5. The culture was centrifuged for 10 minutes at 400 rpm. The supernatant was discarded and bacteria were washed twice with PBS, resuspended in PBS containing 0.025% formaldehyde, and incubated for 1 hour at 37° C. and then overnight at 4° C. with stirring. 100 μl bacterial cells were added to each well of a 96 well Greiner plate and incubated overnight at 4° C. The wells were then washed three times with PBT washing buffer (0.1% Tween-20 in PBS). 200 μl of saturation buffer (2.7% polyvinylpyrrolidone 10 in water) was added to each well and the plates incubated for 2 hours at 37° C. Wells were washed three times with PBT. 200 μl of diluted sera (Dilution buffer: 1% BSA, 0.1% Tween-20, 0.1% NaN3 in PBS) were added to each well and the plates incubated for 2 hours at 37° C. Wells were washed three times with PBT. 100 μl of HRP-conjugated rabbit anti-mouse (Dako) serum diluted 1:2000 in dilution buffer were added to each well and the plates were incubated for 90 minutes at 37° C. Wells were washed three times with PBT buffer. 100 μl of substrate buffer for HRP (25 ml of citrate buffer pH5, 10 mg of O-phenildiamine and 10 μl of H2O2) were added to each well and the plates were left at room temperature for 20 minutes. 100 μl 12.5% H2SO4 was added to each well and OD490 was followed. The ELISA titers were calculated abitrarely as the dilution of sera which gave an OD490 value of 0.4 above the level of preimmune sera The ELISA was considered positive when the dilution of sera with OD490 of 0.4 was higher than 1:400.

[0453] Sera Analysis—FACS Scan Bacteria Binding Assay

[0454] The acapsulated MenB M7 strain was plated on chocolate agar plates and incubated overnight at 37° C. with 5% CO2. Bacterial colonies were collected from the agar plates using a sterile dracon swab and inoculated into 4 tubes containing 8ml each Mueller-Hinton Broth (Difco) containing 0.25% glucose. Bacterial growth was monitored every 30 minutes by following OD620. The bacteria were let to grow until the OD reached the value of 0.35-0.5. The culture was centrifuged for 10 minutes at 400 rpm. The supernatant was discarded and the pellet was resuspended in blocking buffer (1% BSA in PBS, 0.4% NaN3) and centrifuged for 5 minutes at 4000 rpm. Cells were resuspended in blocking buffer to reach OD620 of 0.05. 100 μl bacterial cells were added to each well of a Costar 96 well plate. 100 μl of diluted (1:100, 1:200, 1:400) sera (in blocking buffer) were added to each well and plates incubated for 2 hours at 4° C. Cells, were centrifuged for 5 minutes at 4000 rpm, the supernatant aspirated and cells washed by addition of 200 μl/well of blocking buffer in each well. 100 μl of R-Phicoerytrin conjugated F(ab)2 goat anti-mouse, diluted 1:100, was added to each well and plates incubated for 1 hour at 4° C. Cells were spun down by centrifugation at 400 rpm for 5 minutes and washed by addition of 200 μl/well of blocking buffer. The supernatant was aspirated and cells resuspended in 200 μl/well of PBS, 0.25% formaldehyde. Samples were transferred to FACScan tubes and read. The condition for FACScan (Laser Power 15 mW) setting were: FL2 on; FSC-H threshold: 92; FSC PMT Voltage: E 01; SSC PMT: 474; Amp. Gains 6.1; FL,2 PMT: 586; compensation values: 0.

[0455] Sera Analysis—Bactericidal Assay

[0456] N. meningitidis strain 2996 was grown overnight at 37° C. on chocolate agar plates (starting from a frozen stock) with 5% CO2. Colonies were collected and used to inoculate 7 ml Mueller-Hinton broth, containing 0.25% glucose to reach an OD620 of 0.05-0.08. The culture was incubated for approximately 1.5 hours at 37 degrees with shacking until the OD620 reached the value of 0.23-0.24. Bacteria were diluted in 50 mM Phosphate buffer pH 7.2 containing 10 mM MgCl2, 10 mM CaCl2 and 0.5% (w/v) BSA (assay buffer) at the working dilution of 105 CFU/ml. The total volume of the final reaction mixture was 50 μl with 25 μI of serial two fold dilution of test serum, 12.5 μl of bacteria at the working dilution, 12.5 μl of baby rabbit complement (final concentration 25%).

[0457] Controls included bacteria incubated with complement serum, immune sera incubated with bacteria and with complement inactivated by heating at 56° C. for 30′. Immediately after the addition of the baby rabbit complement, 10 μl of the controls were plated on Mueller-Hinton agar plates using the tilt method (time 0). The, 96-wells plate was incubated for 1 hour at 37° C. with rotation. 7 μl of each sample were plated on Mueller-Hinton agar plates as spots, whereas 10 μl of the controls were plated on Mueller-Hinton agar plates using the tilt method (time 1). Agar plates were incubated for 18 hours at 37 degrees and the colonies corresponding to time 0 and time 1 were counted.

[0458] Sera Analysis—Western Blots

[0459] Purified proteins (500 ng/lane), outer membrane vesicles (5 μg) and total cell extracts (25 μg) derived from MenB strain 2996 were loaded onto a 12% SDS-polyacrylamide gel and transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane. The transfer was performed for 2 hours at 150 mA at 4° C., using transfer buffer (0.3% Tris base, 1.44% glycine, 20% (v/v) methanol). The membrane was saturated by overnight incubation at 4° C. in saturation buffer (10% skimmed milk, 0.1% Triton X100 in PBS). The membrane was washed twice with washing buffer (3% skimmed milk, 0.1% Triton X100 in PBS) and incubated for 2 hours at 37° C. with mice sera diluted 1:200 in washing buffer. The membrane was washed twice and incubated for 90 minutes with a 1:2000 dilution of horseradish peroxidase labelled anti-mouse Ig. The membrane was washed twice with 0.1% Triton X100 in PBS and developed with the Opti-4CN Substrate Kit (Bio-Rad). The reaction was stopped by adding water.

[0460] The OMVs were prepared as follows: N. meningitidis strain 2996 was grown overnight at 37 degrees with 5% CO2 on 5 GC plates, harvested with a loop and resuspended in 10 ml of 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 2 mM EDTA. Heat inactivation was performed at 56° C. for 45 minutes and the bacteria disrupted by sonication for 5 minutes on ice (50% duty cycle, 50% output, Branson sonifier 3 mm microtip). Unbroken cells were removed by centrifugation at 5000 g for 10 minutes, the supernatant containing the total cell envelope fraction recovered and further centrifuged overnight at 50000 g at the temperature of 4° C. The pellet containing the membranes was resuspended in 2% sarkosyl, 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.5, 2 mM EDTA and incubated at room temperature for 20 minutes to solubilise the inner membranes. The suspension was centrifuged at 10000 g for 10 minutes to remove aggregates, the supernatant was further centrifuged at 50000 g for 3 hours. The pellet, containing the outer membranes was washed in PBS and resuspended in the same buffer. Protein concentration was measured by the D.C. Bio-Rad Protein assay (Modified Lowry method), using BSA as a standard.

[0461] Total cell extracts were prepared as follows: N. meningitidis strain 2996 was grown overnight on a GC plate, harvested with a loop and resuspended in 1 ml of 20 mM Tris-HCl. Heat inactivation was performed at 56° C. for 30 minutes.

[0462] 961 Domain Studies

[0463] Cellular fractions preparation Total lysate, periplasm, supernatant and OMV of E.coli clones expressing different domains of 961 were prepared using bacteria from over-night cultures or after 3 hours induction with IPTG. Briefly, the periplasm were obtained suspending bacteria in saccarose 25% and Tris. 50 mM (pH 8) with polimixine 100 μg/ml. After 1 hr at room temperature bacteria were centrifuged at 13000 rpm for 15 min and the supernatant were collected. The culture supernatant were filtered with 0.2 μm and precipitated with TCA 50% in ice for two hours. After centrifugation (30 min at 13000 rp) pellets were rinsed twice with ethanol 70% and suspended in PBS. The OMV preparation was performed as previously described. Each cellular fraction were analyzed in SDS-PAGE or in Western Blot using the polyclonal anti-serum raised against GST-961.

[0464] Adhesion assay Chang epithelial cells (Wong-Kilbourne derivative, clone 1-5c-4, human conjunctiva) were maintained in DMEM (Gibco) supplemented with 10% heat-inactivated FCS, 15 mM 1-glutamine and antibiotics.

[0465] For the adherence assay, sub-confluent culture of Chang epithelial cells were rinsed with PBS and treated with trypsin-EDTA (Gibco), to release them from the plastic support. The cells were then suspended in PBS, counted and dilute in PBS to 5×105 cells/ml.

[0466] Bacteria from over-night cultures or after induction with IPTG, were pelleted and washed twice with PBS by centrifuging at 13000 for 5 min. Approximately 2-3×108 (cfu) were incubated with 0.5 mg/ml FITC (Sigma) in 1 ml buffer containing 50 mM NaHCO3 and 100 mM NaCl pH 8, for 30 min at room temperature in the dark. FITC-labeled bacteria were wash 2-3 times and suspended in PBS at 1-1.5×109/ml. 200 μl of this suspension (2-3×108) were incubated with 2000 rpm (1×105) epithelial cells for 30min a 37° C. Cells were than centrifuged at 200 rpm for 5 min to remove non-adherent bacteria, suspended in 200 μl of PBS, transferred to FACScan tubes and read

Claims

1. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) at least one domain in the protein is deleted and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the protein of the invention is ORF46.

3. The method of claim 2, in which ORF46 is divided into a first domain (amino acids 1-433) and a second domain (amino acids 433-608).

4. The method of claim 2, in which the protein of the invention is 564.

5. The method of claim 4, in which protein 564 is divided into domains as shown in FIG. 8.

6. The method of claim 1 in which the protein of the invention is 961.

7. The method of claim 6, in which protein 961 is divided into domains as shown in FIG. 12.

8. The method of claim 1, in which the protein of the invention is 502 and the domain is amino acids 28 to 167 (numbered according to the MC58 sequence).

9. The method of claim 1, in which the protein of the invention is 287.

10. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) a portion of the N-terminal domain of the protein is deleted.

11. The method of claim 9 or claim 10, in which protein 287 is divided into domains A B & C shown in FIG. 5.

12. The method of claim 11, in which (i) domain A, (ii) domains A and B, or (iii) domains A and C are deleted.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein (i) amino acids 1-17, (ii) amino acids 1-25, (iii) amino acids 1-69, or (iv) amino acids 1-106, of domain A are deleted.

14. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) no fusion partner is used, and (b) the protein's native leader peptide (if present) is used.

15. The method of claim 14, in which the protein of the invention is selected from the group consisting of: 111, 149, 206, 225-1, 235, 247-1, 274, 283, 286, 292, 401, 406, 502-1, 503, 519-1, 525-1, 552, 556, 557, 570, 576-1, 580, 583, 664, 759, 907, 913, 920-1, 936-1, 953, 961, 983, 989, Orf4, Orf7-1, Orf9-1, Orf23, Orf25, Orf37, Orf38, Orf40, Orf40.1, Orf40.2, Orf72-1, Orf76-1, Orf85-2, Orf91, Orf97-1, Orf119, Orf143.1, NMB0109, NMB2050, 008, 105, 117-1, 121-1, 122-1, 128-1, 148, 216, 243, 308, 593, 652, 726, 926, 982, Orf83-1 and Orf143-1.

16. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) the protein's leader peptide is replaced by the leader peptide from a different protein and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

17. The method of claim 16, in which the different protein is 961, ORF4, E.coli OmpA, or E.carotovora PelB, or in which the leader peptide is MKKYLFSAA.

18. The method of claim 17, in which the different protein is E.coli OmpA and the protein of the invention is ORF1.

19. The method of claim 17, in which the protein of the invention is 911 and the different protein is E.carotovora PelB or E.coli OmpA.

20. The method of claim 17, in which the different protein is ORF4 and the protein of the invention is 287.

21. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) the protein's leader peptide is deleted and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

22. The method of claim 21, in which the protein of the invention is 919.

23. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which expression of a protein of the invention is carried out at a temperature at which a toxic activity of the protein is not manifested.

24. The method of claim 23, in which protein 919 is expressed at 30° C.

25. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which protein is mutated to reduce or eliminate toxic activity.

26. The method of claim 25, in which the protein of the invention is 907, 919 or 922.

27. The method of claim 26, in which 907 is mutated at Glu-117 (e.g. Glu→Gly).

28. The method of claim 26, in which 919 is mutated at Glu-255 (e.g. Glu→Gly) and/or Glu-323 (e.g. Glu→Gly).

29. The method of claim 26, in which 922 is mutated at Glu-164 (e.g. Glu→Gly), Ser-213 (e.g. Ser→Gly) and/or Asn-348 (e.g. Asn→Gly).

30. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which vector pSM214 is used or vector pET-24b is used.

31. The method of claim 30, in which the protein of the invention is 953 and the vector is pSM214.

32. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which a protein is expressed or purified such that it adopts a particular multimeric form.

33. The method of claim 32, in which protein 953 is expressed and/or purified in monomeric form.

34. The method of claim 32, in which protein 961 is expressed and/or purified in tetrameric form.

35. The method of claim 32, in which protein 287 is expressed and/or purified in dimeric form.

36. The method of claim 32, in which protein 919 is expressed and/or purified in monomeric form.

37. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which the protein is expressed as a lipidated protein.

38. The method of claim 37, in which the protein of the invention is 919, 287, ORF4, 406, 576, or ORF25.

39. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which (a) the protein's C-terminus region is mutated and, optionally, (b) no fusion partner is used.

40. The method of claim 39, wherein the mutation is a substitution, an insertion, or a deletion

41. The method of claim 40, wherein the protein of the invention is 730, ORF29 or ORF46.

42. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein of the invention, in which the protein's leader peptide is mutated.

43. The method of claim 42, in which the protein of the invention is 919.

44. A method for the heterologous expression of a protein, in which a poly-glycine stretch within the protein is mutated.

45. The method of claim 44, wherein the protein is a protein of the invention.

46. The method of claim 45, wherein the protein of the invention is 287, 741, 983 or Thp2.

47. The method of claim 46, wherein (Gly)6 is deleted from 287 or 983.

48. The method of claim 46, wherein (Gly)4 is deleted from Thp2 or 741

49. The method of claim 47 or claim 48, wherein the leader peptide is also deleted.

50. The method of any preceding claim, in which the heterologous expression is in an E.coli host.

51. A protein expressed by the method of any preceding claim.

52. A heterologous protein comprising the N-terminal amino acid sequence MKKYLFSAA.