Conserved structure of genes encoding components of botulinum neurotoxin complex M and the sequence of the gene coding for the nontoxic component in nonproteolyticClostridium botulinum type F
- 1 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Current Microbiology
- Vol. 29 (2) , 69-77
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01575751
Abstract
For investigation of the genes of proteins associated in vivo with botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) experiments were carried out with oligonucleotide primers designed to regions of the nontoxic-nonhemagglutinin (NTNH) gene ofClostridium botulinum type C. The primers were used to amplify a DNA fragment from genomic DNA ofC. botulinum types A, B, E, F, G and toxigenic strains ofClostridium barati andClostridium butyricum. The amplified product from all of these strains hybridized with an internal oligonucleotide probe, whereas all nontoxigenic clostridia tested gave no PCR product and showed no reaction with the probe. TheNTNH gene was shown to be located upstream of the gene encoding BoNT, thereby revealing a conserved structure for genes encoding the proteins of the M complex of the progenitor botulinum toxin in these organisms. The sequence of theNTNH gene of nonproteolyticC. botulinum type F was determined by PCR amplification and sequencing of overlapping cloned fragments. NTNH/F showed 71% and 61% identity with NTNH ofC. botulinum type E and type C respectively.Keywords
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