1. Amino acid alignment of TprK showing six different sequences in the T
Amino acid alignment of TprK showing six different sequences in the T. pallidum Sea81-4 strain harvested from a single infection.
Amino acid alignment of TprK showing six different sequences in the T. pallidum Sea81-4 strain harvested from a single infection. Conserved regions are indicated by black shading; V regions have white and gray shading. The V region that exhibits the greatest diversity is V6, with six different sequences; in comparison, only two different sequences are found in V1. For ease of visualization, the conserved C- and N-terminal portions of the protein and 64 amino acids of conserved sequence between V1 and V2 are truncated (//). (The GenBank accession numbers of the sequences shown are AY to AY )‏
Rebecca E. LaFond, and Sheila A. Lukehart Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 2006; doi: /CMR