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Journal of Bacteriology, February 2003, p. 1470-1474, Vol. 185, No. 4
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1470-1474.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Overrepresentation of a Gene Family Encoding Extracytoplasmic Solute Receptors in Bordetella

Rudy Antoine,1 Françoise Jacob-Dubuisson,1* Hervé Drobecq,2 Eve Willery,1 Sarah Lesjean,1 and Camille Locht1

INSERM U447,1 CNRS UMR 8525, Institut de Biologie de Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 59019 Lille Cedex, France2

Received 16 September 2002/ Accepted 12 November 2002

A family of genes that are likely to encode extracytoplasmic solute receptors is strongly overrepresented in several ß-proteobacteria, including Bordetella pertussis. This gene family, of which members have been called bug genes, contains some examples that are contained within polycistronic operons coding for tripartite uptake transporters of the TTT family, while the vast majority are "orphan" genes. Proteomic and functional analyses demonstrated that several of these genes are expressed in B. pertussis, and one is involved in citrate uptake. The bug genes probably form an ancient family that has been subjected to a large expansion in a restricted phylogenic group.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: INSERM U447, IBL, Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue Calmette, 59019 Lille Cedex, France. Phone: 33 320 87 11 55. Fax: 33 320 87 11 58. E-mail: francoise.jacob{at}pasteur-lille.fr.

Journal of Bacteriology, February 2003, p. 1470-1474, Vol. 185, No. 4
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1470-1474.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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