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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2008, p. 2619-2623, Vol. 190, No. 7
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01885-07
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Flagellin and Outer Surface Proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi Are Not Glycosylated

Ján trba,^1* Marie Vancová,^1,2 Nataliia Rudenko,^1,2 Maryna Golovchenko,^1,2 Tammy-Lynn Tremblay,³ John F. Kelly,³ C. Roger MacKenzie,³ Susan M. Logan,³ and Libor Grubhoffer^1,2

Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Braniovská 31, CZ-37005 eské Budjovice, Czech Republic,¹ Biology Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Parasitology, Braniovská 31, CZ-37005 eské Budjovice, Czech Republic,² Institute of Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Dr., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0R6³

Received 30 November 2007/ Accepted 22 January 2008

We investigated the presence of glycoproteins in Borrelia burgdorferi. We did not find any evidence for glycosylation of the major outer membrane proteins OspA and OspB or the structural flagellar proteins FlaB and FlaA. We suggest that glycoproteins present on the surface of B. burgdorferi may be tightly bound culture medium glycoproteins.

Published ahead of print on 1 February 2008.