Nucleotide sequence of the Mycobacterium leprae katG region.

AUTOR(ES)

Nakata, N

RESUMO

Synthetic oligonucleotide primers based on the DNA sequence data of the Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium intracellulare katG genes encoding the heme-containing enzyme catalase-peroxidase were used to amplify and analyze the Mycobacterium leprae katG region by PCR. A 1.6-kb DNA fragment, which hybridized to an M. tuberculosis katG probe, was obtained from an M. leprae DNA template. Southern hybridization analysis with a probe derived from the PCR-amplified fragment showed that the M. leprae chromosome contains only one copy of the putative katG sequence in a 3.4-kb EcoRI-BamHI DNA segment. Although the nucleotide sequence of the katG region of M. leprae was approximately 70% identical to that of the M. tuberculosis katG gene, no open reading frame encoding a catalase-peroxidase was detectable in the whole sequence. Moreover, two DNA deletions of approximately 100 and 110 bp were found in the M. leprae katG region, and they seemed to be present in all seven M. leprae isolates tested. These results strongly suggest that M. leprae lacks a functional katG gene and catalase-peroxidase activity.

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