Molecular cloning and characterization of Coccidioides immitis antigen 2 cDNA

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Previous experiments have provided evidence that Coccidioides immitis antigen 2 (Ag2) is a major T-cell-reactive component of mycelia and spherule cell walls. Here we report the identification and cloning of the cDNA that encodes Ag2 from a lambda ZAP cDNA expression library constructed from spherule-derived RNA. DNA sequence analysis established that the 1,255-bp clone contains a 174-bp 5' untranslated region, a 582-bp open reading frame which encodes for a protein consisting of 194 amino acids, and a 375-bp 3' untranslated region, including a poly(A) tail. The recombinant Ag2 protein has a predicted molecular mass of 19.5 kDa and contains an 18-amino-acid N terminus which has been tentively identified as a signal peptide. The Ag2 cDNA was ligated into the pGEX-4T-3 vector and expressed in Escherichia coli TG-1 cells as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein. The recombinant fusion protein showed reactivity with sera from patients with coccidioidomycosis and elicited delayed-type footpad hypersensitivity responses in Coccidioides-immune mice. These results suggest that the Ag2 cDNA can he used for the large-scale production of this immunologically important protein.

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Zhu, Y., Yang, C., Magee, D. M., & Cox, R. A. (1996). Molecular cloning and characterization of Coccidioides immitis antigen 2 cDNA. Infection and Immunity, 64(7), 2695–2699. https://doi.org/10.1128/iai.64.7.2695-2699.1996

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