In mice, a primary vaccination with Ag85B-encoding plasmid DNA (DNA-85B) was protective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and associated with Ag85B-specific CD4+ T cells producing IFN-gamma and controlling intramacrophagic MTB growth (Palma et al., 2007).
COG
COG0627R, under R: General function prediction only
Palma et al., 2007: Palma C, Iona E, Giannoni F, Pardini M, Brunori L, Orefici G, Fattorini L, Cassone A. The Ag85B protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis may turn a protective immune response induced by Ag85B-DNA vaccine into a potent but non-protective Th1 immune response in mice. Cellular microbiology. 2007; 9(6); 1455-1465. [PubMed: 17250590].
Rv1886c, (MT1934, MTCY180.32), len: 325 aa. fbpB (alternate gene names: mpt59, 85B), precursor of the 85-B antigen (fibronectin-binding protein B) (mycolyl transferase 85B) (EC 2.3.1.-) (see citations below), highly similar to other Mycobacterial antigen precursors e.g. P12942|A85B_MYCBO ANTIGEN 85-B PRECURSOR from Mycobacterium bovis (323 aa); P21160|A85B_MYCKA ANTIGEN 85-B PRECURSOR from Mycobacterium kansasii (325 aa); etc. Also highly similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen precursors: Rv3804c|fbpA (338 aa), Rv0129c|fbpC2 (340 aa), and Rv3803c|fbpC1 (299 aa). TBparse score is 0.912.; mpt59; 85B
Protein Annotation
FUNCTION: Proteins of the antigen 85 complex are responsible for the high affinity of mycobacteria to fibronectin. Possesses a mycolyltransferase activity required for the biogenesis of trehalose dimycolate (cord factor), a dominant structure necessary for maintaining cell wall integrity (UniProt: P31952)
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted protein (UniProt: P31952)
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the mycobacterial A85 antigen family (UniProt: P31952)