Surface proteins from gram-positive bacteria having highly conserved motifs and antibodies that recognize them

   
   

Isolated peptide sequences and proteins containing these sequences are provided which are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. The peptide sequences have been shown to be highly conserved motifs in the surface proteins of Gram-positive bacteria, and these consensus sequences include amino acid sequences such as LPXTG (SEQ ID NO:13), ALKTGKIDIIISGMTSTPERKK (SEQ ID NO:14), VEGAWEKPVAEAYLKQN (SEQ ID NO:15), and EYAGVDIDLAKKIAK (SEQ ID NO:16). By virtue of the highly conserved regions, the sequences and the proteins including these sequences can be utilized to generate antibodies which can recognize these highly conserved motifs and the proteins containing them and thus be useful in the treatment or prevention of a wide range of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria.

As seqüências isoladas e as proteínas do peptide que contêm estas seqüências são fornecidas que são úteis na prevenção e no tratamento da infecção causados pelas bactérias de Gram-positive. As seqüências do peptide foram mostradas para ser motifs altamente conservados nas proteínas de superfície das bactérias gram-positive, e estas seqüências do consenso incluem seqüências do amino-ácido tais como LPXTG (ID SEQ NO:13), ALKTGKIDIIISGMTSTPERKK (ID SEQ NO:14), VEGAWEKPVAEAYLKQN (ID SEQ NO:15), e EYAGVDIDLAKKIAK (ID SEQ NO:16). Pelo virtue das regiões altamente conservadas, as seqüências e as proteínas including estas seqüências podem ser utilizadas para gerar os antibodies que podem reconhecer estes motifs altamente conservados e as proteínas que contêm os e assim ser úteis no tratamento ou na prevenção de uma escala larga das infecções causadas pelas bactérias de Gram-positive.

 
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