Patent Application: US-93199997-A

Abstract:
therapeutic proteinaceous substances produced by staphylococcus having a molecular weight of from about 3 to 4 kilodaltons are disclosed . also disclosed are methods of inhibiting the growth of procaryotic or eucaryotic cells using these substances .

Description:
the following examples describe the purification and characterization of bacr1 , a therapeutic proteinaceous substance produced by s . aureus ut0007 , and its use in inhibiting the growth of cells . the examples are set forth by way of illustration only , and nothing therein shall be taken as a limitation upon the overall scope of the invention . s . aureus ut0007 harbors prw001 which encodes the genetic determinants for bacr1 production . this strain is maintained on typticase soy agar ( tsa ). for bacr1 production , the strain is propagated at 37 ° c . with shaking at 220 rpm in 2x - yt medium [ 16 g / l bacto - tryptone ( difco laboratories , detroit , mich . ), 10 g / l bacto - yeast extract ( difco laboratories , detroit , mich . ), and 5 g / l nacl ]. corynebacterium renale atcc 19412 was used as the indicator strain in bactericidal assays ( see below ) and is routinely grown at 37 ° c . in brain heart infusion media ( difco laboratories , detroit , mich .) containing 0 . 3 % tween - 80 ( bht - 80 ). bactericidal activity of bacr1 was determined by plate dilution analysis on bht - 80 agar plates containing c . renale as previously described [ mayr - harting et al . 1972 . in j . r . norris and d . w . ribbons ( ed . ), methods in microbiology , vol . 7a , p . 315 - 422 . academic press , inc ., new york ; tagg et al . 1971 . appl . microbiol . 21 : 943 ]. to prepare c . renale plates , 100 μl of an overnight culture of c . renale were added to 20 ml of liquified bht - 80 agar held at 45 ° c . the inoculated agar was poured into petri dishes . after solidification , wells having a diameter of 3 mm were bored in the agar with a gel punch . bactericidal activity was assayed by pipetting 25 μl of serially diluted preparations of bacr1 into each well and incubating the plates at 37 ° c . overnight . bactericidal activity was evident the next day as a zone of growth inhibition surrounding the well . this activity was measured in au , defined as the reciprocal of the highest dilution demonstrating inhibitory activity . the propagation of s . aureus ut0007 in 2x - yt media resulted in maximal levels of bacr1 being detected after 7 h of growth ( fig1 ). although de novo synthesis of bacr1 was not directly examined , it appears that production of bacr1 is tightly regulated because production ceases after approximately 7 h . prolonged incubation of filter - sterilized media from exponential phase cultures and from several stages of stationary phase cultures did not result in the loss of bacr1 activity . therefore , bacr1 activity does not increase or decrease after about 7 h in culture . the stability of bacr1 is further demonstrated by the continual observation of maximal bactericidal activity up to 24 h in culture . this stability allowed the culture to be harvested at convenience without measurable losses in bacr1 activity . an overnight culture of s . aureus ut0007 was used to inoculate one liter of 2x - yt medium to an a 550 of 0 . 05 . the culture was incubated at 37 ° c . for 12 - 18 h with shaking at 220 rpm , and the cells were removed by centrifugation at 5 , 000 × g for 10 min . the clarified culture supernatant was filter sterilized by passage through a 0 . 45 μm filter . solid ammonium sulfate was added to the filter - sterilized supernatant to 60 % saturation at room temperature to precipitate the bacr1 activity . the mixture was stirred for approximately 20 min until all of the ammonium sulfate was dissolved . this precipitation step provided a convenient way to concentrate large sample volumes without significant loss of total bacr1 activity . the use of ammonium sulfate concentrations greater than 60 % did not result in any measurable increase in bacr1 activity relative to the activity obtained using 60 % ammonium sulfate ( fig2 ). after ammonium sulfate precipitation , a floating pellicle composed of protein and lipid was removed from the surface of the mixture . the mixture was then centrifuged at 9 , 000 × g for 20 min at 4 ° c . the supernatant was discarded and the precipitate was dissolved in a minimal volume of 25 % acetonitrile - 10 mm sodium phosphate , ph 3 . 0 . after centrifugation at 9 , 000 × g for 10 min at 4 ° c . to remove insoluble protein , the sample was subjected to ion - exchange chromatograpy using a cm300 cation - exchange column ( 250 mm × 10 mm ) ( synchrom , inc ., lafayette , ind .). after passing the sample through the cm300 column , the column was subjected to an increasing gradient of nacl in acetonitrile using two buffers , buffers a and b . buffer a consisted of 25 % acetonitrile - 10 mm sodium phosphate , ph 3 . 0 , and buffer b consisted of buffer a containing 1 m nacl . the elution conditions consisted of 0 m nacl for the first 20 min and 1 m nacl over the next 35 min ( 100 % buffer a / 0 % buffer b for 0 to 20 min , and 0 % buffer a / 100 % buffer b for 20 to 55 min ). fractions were collected and taken to dryness by evaporation , resuspended in 0 . 5 ml distilled water , and analyzed for bacr1 activity . as shown in fig3 bacr1 activity did not bind to the cation - exchange column and eluted over several fractions . also , bacr1 activity did not bind to an anion - exchange column ( data not shown ). although binding could not be achieved with either ion - exchange column , cation - exchange chromatography at ph 3 removed a significant amount of contaminating protein and resulted in the best overall purification step ( table 1 ). fractions containing peak bacr1 activity were pooled , concentrated by evaporation , and passed through a c4 reverse - phase chromatography column ( 250 mm × 4 . 6 mm ; vydac , hesperia , calif .). the column was then subjected to an increasing acetonitrile gradient using two buffers , buffers a1 and b1 . buffer a1 consisted of 25 % acetonitrile - 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid and buffer b1 consisted of 85 % acetonitrile - 0 . 1 % trifluoroacetic acid . the gradient was increased from 25 % to 85 % acetonitrile at a rate of change of 1 %/ min . the elution conditions consisted of 25 % acetonitrile for the first 10 min , 55 % acetonitrile for the next 30 min , and 85 % acetonitrile over the final 5 min ( 100 % buffer a1 / 0 % buffer b1 for 0 to 10 min , 50 % buffer a1 / 50 % buffer b1 for 10 to 40 min , and 0 % buffer a1 / 100 % buffer b1 for 40 to 45 min ). as shown in fig4 bacr1 activity eluted in fractions 25 and 26 . c4 reverse - phase chromatography resulted in a significant increase in bacr1 specific activity ( table 1 ). fractions 25 and 26 were pooled and concentrated by evaporation . final purification was then achieved by subjecting fractions 25 and 26 to a second cycle of c4 reverse - phase chromatography using an acetonitrile gradient that increased from 25 % to 55 % acetonitrile at a rate change of 0 . 5 %/ min . the elution conditions consisted of 25 % acetonitrile for the first 5 min , 37 % acetonitrile for the next 5 min , 43 % acetonitrile for the next 14 min , 55 % acetonitrile for the next 6 min , and finally 85 % acetonitrile for the final 10 min ( 100 % buffer a1 / 0 % buffer b1 for 0 to 5 min , 80 % buffer a1 / 20 % buffer b1 for 5 to 10 min , 70 % buffer a1 / 30 % buffer b1 for 10 to 24 min , 50 % buffer a1 / 50 % buffer b1 for 24 to 30 min , and 0 % buffer a1 / 100 % buffer b1 for 30 to 40 min ). a single fraction contained the bacr1 activity ( fig5 ). when this fraction was re - applied to the c4 column using the same elution conditions , a single homogeneous peak was detected ( data not shown ). the peak fraction of bacr1 activity was taken to dryness by evaporation . the resultant pellet was resuspended in distilled water , and total bacr1 activity and total protein concentration were determined . protein concentrations were determined either by measuring the a 280 of the solution or by using a dc protein assay kit ( bio - rad , richmond , calif .). the final purification step resulted in a bacr1 specific activity of 37 , 450 ( au / mg ) with a total yield of 0 . 0047 % ( table 1 ). the molecular weight of purified bacr1 was estimated to be 3362 daltons by mass spectrometry ( data not shown ). mass spectrometry was carried out using a lasermat matrix - assisted laser - desorption mass spectrometer at the kansas state university biotechnology facility . bacr1 purified through the final purification step as described above is referred to hereinafter as &# 34 ; finally purified &# 34 ; bacr1 . table 1______________________________________purification of bacr1 . specific total total activity fold protein activity ( au / yield purifi - purification stage ( mg / ml ) ( au ). sup . a mg ). sup . b % cation______________________________________supernatant ( 1 l ) 2100 320 , 000 152 100 1 ammonium sulfate 211 . 4 266 , 240 1259 83 . 2 8 . 3 cation exchange 4 . 11 28 , 620 6963 9 . 3 45 . 8 c4 reverse - phase 0 . 24 3994 16 , 642 0 . 0125 109 . 5 ( 1st cycle ) c4 reverse - phase 0 . 04 1498 37 , 450 0 . 0047 246 . 4 ( 2nd cycle ) ______________________________________ . sup . a determined by bactericidal assay ( plate method ). . sup . b specific activity is au divided by the total protein . purified preparations of bacr1 were subjected to electrophoretic analysis by sds - page . after electrophoresis , gels were either silver stained ( blum et al . 1987 . electrophoresis 8 : 93 - 99 ) or bioassayed using a slight modification of the method of bhunia et al . ( 1987 . j . indust . microbiol . 2 : 319 - 322 ). briefly , each protein sample was electrophoresed in a 10 - 20 % sds - page gradient gel ( bio - rad , richmond , calif .) as previously described ( laemmli et al . 1970 . nature . 227 : 680 - 685 ). after electrophoresis , sds was removed by soaking the gel in 20 % isopropanol - 10 % acetic acid in water for 2 h , followed by rinsing in distilled water for 4 h . the gel was then placed on a bht - 80 agar plate and overlaid with bht - 80 top agar ( 0 . 7 % agar ) containing c . renale . after incubation at 37 ° c . overnight , the plate / gel combination was examined for zones of growth inhibition . finally purified bacr1 , when analyzed by sds - page , was not stainable with either coomassie blue or silver ( fig6 panel a ) but possessed bacr1 activity ( fig6 panel b ). the estimated molecular weight of purified bacr1 ( 3362 daltons ) correlated well with the position of bactericidal activity shown on the sds - page gel in fig6 panel b . isoelectric focusing of ammonium sulfate - precipitated culture supernatants of s . aureus ut0007 was carried out on a rotofor isoelectric focusing cell ( bio - rad , richmond , calif .) in order to define certain biophysical characteristics of bacr1 . concentrated culture supernatants were dialyzed overnight in 3 , 500 molecular - weight - cutoff dialysis tubing ( spectrapor , los angeles , calif .) against 4 l distilled water at 4 ° c . the dialyzed sample was centrifuged at 9 , 000 × g for 10 min at 4 ° c . to remove insoluble material , and the supernatant was diluted to a total volume of 55 ml with distilled water . ampholytes ( ph 3 - 10 ) ( fisher , st . louis , mo .) were added to a final concentration of 1 % and the sample was loaded into the rotofor cell for focusing at 12 w constant power at 4 ° c . the initial conditions were approximately 600 v and 35 ma ; upon equilibrium the values were approximately 1200 v and 15 ma . twenty individual fractions were harvested and the total protein , ph , and bacr1 activity for each fraction was determined . bacr1 did not focus tightly , since bacr1 activity was found throughout all 20 harvested fractions ( fig7 ). the majority of the activity ( 46 %) was contained in fractions 15 through 17 , which is consistent with an apparent average pl of 7 . 7 for bacr1 . bacr1 activity was not destroyed when ampholytes were removed by adsorption with ag ® 501 - x8 ( d ) resin ( bio - rad , richmond , calif .). the inability of bacr1 to focus tightly makes isoelectric focusing an inefficient purification step due to the significant losses in total activity asociated with the remaining fractions . since bacr1 activity was present throughout the ph gradient , it was concluded that the protein is hydrophobic . however , attempts to decrease hydrophobic interactions by incorporating 6 m urea during isoelectric focusing were unsuccessful ( data not shown ). the stability of bacr1 was assessed by determining the activity of bacr1 by bactericidal assay ( plate method ) after exposure to various temperatures , environmental conditions , and enzymes ( table 2 ). solutions of finally purified bacr1 at a concentration of 640 au / ml were used in these stability experiments . bacr1 samples were held at various temperatures for 15 min , were held at phs ranging from 3 to 11 at room temperature for 1 h , were incubated in 6m urea at room temperature for 1 h , or were incubated with 1 mg / ml of enzyme at room temperature for 1 h . bacr1 can be classified as heat - stable since full bactericidal activity was retained after heating at 95 ° c . for 15 min . additionally , bacr1 was not inactivated by treatment with 6 m urea , deoxyribonuclease ( dnase ), ribonuclease ( rnase ), or lysostaphin . however , proteinase k and trypsin destroyed bactericidal activity , confirming the proteinaceous nature of bacr1 . table 2______________________________________physical properties of bacr1 . treatment . sup . a % residual activity______________________________________ - 20 ° c . 100 4 ° c . 100 25 ° c . 100 37 ° c . 100 95 ° c . 100 ph 3 to 11 100 6 m urea 100 dnase 100 rnase 100 lysostaphin 100 proteinase k 0 trypsin 0______________________________________ . sup . a bacr1 samples were held at the indicated temperatures for 15 min , and at room temperature for 1 h for all other treatments . enzyme concentrations were 1 mg / ml . amino acid analysis was carried out at the kansas state university biotechnology facilities on an applied biosystems model 420a amino acid analysis system ( applied biosystems , foster city , calif .). amino acid analysis revealed a high molar concentration of hydrophobic amino acids such as ala , pro , and leu ( table 3 ), confirming the hydrophobic nature of bacr1 . the association of bacr1 with other cellular proteins throughout the various purification steps described above may be due to its high degree of hydrophobicity . furthermore , this hydrophobicity may account for the low yields of bacr1 during purification . table 3______________________________________amino acid composition of bacr1 . amino acid mole % ______________________________________asx 11 . 91 glx 7 . 87 ser 5 . 36 gly 21 . 16 his 2 . 58 arg 0 . 79 thr 0 . 86 ala 8 . 78 pro 12 . 55 tyr 2 . 95 val 3 . 91 met 3 . 72 ile 2 . 08 leu 5 . 46 phe 2 . 39 lys 6 . 66 cys 0 . 88 trp not determined______________________________________ bactericidal activity of bacr1 against c . renale was determined by tube dilution analysis . an overnight culture of c . renale was used to innoculate fresh bht - 80 to an initial a 550 of 0 . 05 . the fresh culture was then incubated at 37 ° c . with shaking at 220 rpm for 3 h to reach early log phase . at this point , 4 μl of the culture were added to each of tubes containing serially diluted , finally purified bacr1 in 0 . 4 ml bht - 80 . the tubes were incubated at 37 ° c . with shaking at 220 rpm for 5 h . percent survival of c . renale was determined by dividing the a 550 of each bacr1 - containing culture by the a550 of a bacr1 - free control culture . the mic 50 represents the concentration of bacteriocin that caused a 50 % inhibition of growth . bacr1 kills c . renale in a dose - dependent fashion , with a mic 50 of approximately 6 au / ml ( fig8 ). furthermore , the killing is rapid in the absence of cell lysis as evidenced in fig9 and 10 . no viable cells were detected after 120 min of exposure to bacr1 . purified bacr1 is bactericidal to c . renale because the cells do not recover after prolonged incubation with the bacteriocin . such recovery would be observed with a bacteriostatic agent . bactericidal activity of bacr1 against various test organisms was determined using the bactericidal assay ( plate method ), except that c . renale was replaced by each test organism . bacr1 ( purified through the first cycle of c4 reverse - phase chromatography ) at a concentration of 1280 au / ml was added to each plate . both gram - positive and gram - negative organisms were sensitive to the lethal effects of bacr1 ( table 4 ). these data show that important pathogens such as bordetella brochoseptica , pasteurella multocida , s . aureus , and streptococcus suis are all killed by bacr1 . moreover , moraxella bovis , the agent causing infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis ( ibk ), is especially sensitive to bacr1 . ibk is a very serious disease of the eye in cattle ( hughes et al . 1970 . j . am . vet . med . assoc . 157 : 443 - 451 ) and economic losses caused by it approach $ 150 million annually ( u . s . dept . agriculture . 1976 . ars natl . res . prog . no . 20420 , p . 35 - 36 ). this infection causes severe pain and blindness which interferes with the ability of cattle to graze and subsequently gain weight normally . treatment regimens for ibk based on prior art antibiotics have met with only limited success . table 4______________________________________inhibitory spectrum of bacr1 . test organism susceptibility . sup . a______________________________________actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae - enterococcus faecalis jh2 - 2 - escherichia coli - haemophilus somnus - klebseilla pneumoniae - pseudomonas aeruginosa - salmonella typhimurium - streptococcus canis - streptococcus equii - bacillus subtilis marburg + bordetella brochoseptica + bordetella pertussis + corynebacterium diphtheriae + corynebacterium pseudo - + tuberculosis whetten 1 corynebacterium renale + haemophilus parasuis + moraxella bovis + pasteurella multocida + staphylococcus aureus 502a + staphylococcus aureus 8325 + staphylococcus aureus rn4220 + staphylococcus intermedias + streptococcus porcinus + streptococcus suis + ______________________________________ . sup . a susceptibility (+) of test organisms to bacr1 was demonstrated by bactericidal assays ( plate method ) in which zones of growth inhibition surrounded wells in indicator plates , while resistance (-) was demonstrated by the lack of zones of growth inhibition . additional analyses of the inhibitory spectrum of bacr1 reveals that additional organisms are sensitive , namely hemophilus parasuis , bordatella pertussis , b . bronchoseptica and moraxella bovis . in addition , ten methicillin - resistant s . aureus ( mrsa ) strains were tested and all were very sensitive to bacr1 . about 40 % vancomycin - resistant strains of enterococcus faecalis and e . faecium tested were sensitive to bacr1 , while the remainder exhibit varying degrees of resistance . in terms of relative susceptibility , c . renale and m . bovis were equally ( and most ) sensitive . s . aureus was susceptible , but required higher doses of bacr1 . the methicillin - resistant strains demonstrated increased sensitivity to bacr1 . all sensitive genera were killed by reasonable amounts of bacr1 . strains of s . aureus that produce bacteriocin activity have the necessary immunity factors to protect themselves from the lethal effects of bacr1 . several important gram - negative pathogens were also found to be sensitive to bacr1 . the broad spectrum of activity of bacr1 is a distinguishing feature that enhances its value as an antibacterial . the bacr1 structural gene ( seq id no . 2 ) was identified by n - terminal sequencing of the purified bacr1 peptide , prepared as described previously . the peptide was subjected to mass spectrographic analysis , and exhibited only a single peak . the peptide was then subjected to sequencing by automated edman degradation . using a codon usage table made from staphylococcal genomic sequence information , the peptide information was back - translated to construct an oligonucleotide probe . the probe was then used to identify a fragment of the prw001 plasmid believed to contain the bacr1 structural gene . the sequence of this fragment was determined from sequence information previously accumulated for prw001 . the bacr1 operon was then identified by comparison of the bacr1 protein sequence to the deduced peptides arising from the dna sequence . the sequence of the bacr1 operon is set forth as seq id no . 4 . the remaining genes in the bacr1 operon have been identified and provided with tentative designations by comparison to entries in the genbank database . in the operon and following the bacr1 structural gene , is a homolog of the cylm gene of the cytolysin operon of enterococcus faecalis , whose function is involved in the maturation ( i . e ., post - translational condensation and cyclization ) of the pre - cytolysin . next are an atp - binding cassette transport protein ( i . e ., abc - transporter gene ), two additional biosynthesis genes ( biol and bio2 ) that are related to lactococcin biosynthesis and modification , and finally a gene that appears to relate to the immunity function ( nisf / epif homologs of the nissin and epidermin immunity genes ). the entire bacr1 operon ( seq id no . 4 ) is cloned into the plasmid pub110 ( kan r ) and transformed into bacillus subtilis competent cells . transformants are placed on trypticise soy agar plates containing kanamycin and inoculated with c . renale ( pub 110 ) that is resistant to kanamycin . kanamycin - resistant clones of b . subtilis that also produce a zone of inhibition in the c . renale lawn are isolated . alternately , transformants are plated on agar - containing bacteriocin and selected directly for resistance . the clones actively produce bacr1 and are tested to determine the amounts expressed . purification of the expressed bacr1 is then carried out as described above . this system has the advantage of exploiting the ability of b . subtilis to produce extracellular proteins , and clones expressing bacr1 secrete it into the medium . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - - - - ( 1 ) general information : - - ( iii ) number of sequences : 4 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 1 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 204 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic ) - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( a ) organism : staphylococc - # us aureus ( b ) strain : ut0007 - - ( vii ) immediate source : ( b ) clone : bacr1 - - ( viii ) position in genome : ( a ) chromosome / segment : pr - # w001 ( c ) units : bp - - ( ix ) feature : ( a ) name / key : mat . sub .-- - # peptide ( b ) location : 124 .. 204 - - ( xi ) sequence description : seq id no : 1 : - - atgaaaaatg aattaggtaa gtttttagaa gaaaacgaat tagagttagg ta -# aattttca 60 - - gaatcagaca tgctagaaat tactgatgat gaaagtatat gcagctggaa ca -# cctttacc 120 - - ttattgggtg gagctgccac cggggtgata ggttatattt ctaaccaaac at -# gtccaaca 180 - - actgcttgta cacgcgcttg ctag - # - # 204 - - - - ( 2 ) information for seq id no : 2 : - - ( i ) sequence characteristics : ( a ) length : 81 base - # pairs ( b ) type : nucleic acid ( c ) strandedness : double ( d ) topology : unknown - - ( ii ) molecule type : dna ( genomic ) - - ( iii ) hypothetical : no - - ( iv ) anti - sense : no - - ( vi ) original source : ( a ) organism : staphylococc - 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- aacagagaga aaaaaaaaaa acccaagcac aaccgcaagc gaccaaaaaa aa -# aacgccga 3660 - - aaccaaacag gaaaaaacca aaagagagaa agaaaaaaaa aaaacggagc aa -# aaagcgca 3720 - - gaaaaacgga ggaaacaaga aaaaaaccaa aaaaagggaa aaagcaaaaa ac -# gcggacag 3780 - - accacaaaaa aaaaagggac aggagaaaag caaaagaaaa accaaacaaa ag -# agaagcac 3840 - - gaaaagaaaa aacaggaaga gcgaacaaaa aaccggcaca agaagaagag ga -# gaaggagg 3900 - - caacgaaacg aaaaccaaaa agagacccaa agcaacaaag gcagcgcaac gc -# cagggcac 3960 - - agagcagaga gaaaaacaaa acgaaaccaa acgaggaaac agccagccga aa -# aaaaaaaa 4020 - - aacaagagaa cagcggaaaa aaaccaagca gacacaaacc caaaaaaaga ac -# agcagaaa 4080 - - gagggcaaaa accccacccc aaaaaacaaa aaaggcgcaa aaaaggcacg ag -# caggaaag 4140 - - ccaaagaaaa gaccggaacc aaaaaccaaa aacaacagaa gggaagcaag ca -# acccaccc 4200 - - acaacgacag aaggcaaaag gaaaacgggc ggaaaaacga ccaaaaaaaa ac -# aaaaacac 4260 - - acaagagaga aaaaaggcca ccgacaaaac agccgagcaa aaaccccaga aa -# acaaaaag 4320 - - gaaaaaaagc gaaaaaaaga cacaaagcca acaaaagaaa gaagaaaaag cc -# ggaaaaaa 4380 - - gaagaaaaaa aagcaaaaac aaggagaacc ccaacaaaca agcaaaaaaa ac -# acaaggac 4440 - - gacaggaaaa gcgagaaccc agagaaaaaa gggaaaaaaa caaacaaaaa aa -# ggaaagca 4500 - - aaaaccaaag caggaaggca aacaacacaa aagaggcgga gacggaagaa aa -# aacacccc 4560 - - gaaaaaaaca acaaaaagac aacacaaaac caacccaaag agaagaaaga aa -# cacaacga 4620 - - aaaaagaaaa cggggaagga agaggaaaca gccagagaaa cagacaacca ca -# gaacggga 4680 - - ggggaccaga acaaaaagaa ggcaaaacca gagaagggac aaaccagcaa ac -# aggaacaa 4740 - - gaacacaaga aaaagaaaaa caagaaaccg aaacggaaaa cacaagacag aa -# caaaaacg 4800 - - aaaaacgaca aagaaaaagc ggccgacgga caaaaaaagg aagagaggac cc -# caggaagg 4860 - - agacaccccc cacacccaga aaaaaaaaca agacaaggag acggaaaaac ac -# agaaaaaa 4920 - - ggaaagccac ggcaaaggaa ggcaaaacga aaaaagaaaa gaaaagaaca ga -# aaaaagga 4980 - - ggaagaaaaa aaccacaacg ggggggggca agcagggacc aggagcagga ca -# gaaaaacg 5040 - - ggaaaaacaa aaaacagcaa aaaggcaaaa cccaaaagaa ccaaaaaaca gg -# gcaggcca 5100 - - agccggcaac acacacaaga caacaaagag agggaacaca aaaccggcaa aa -# ggggaaca 5160 - - aaaaaggagg aaagggggga aaaaagagaa aagggacagg gggaggggca ga -# aggaaacg 5220 - - cccaaaaaaa agaaaaaacc ggaaccagaa aagcagaaac caagaaaaag aa -# ggagcgaa 5280 - - aaagaaaacg ggcaaaagca gaaaaagaac aacacaacaa ggggacagaa cg -# gacaacaa 5340 - - aaaccggaaa agaagcggaa aaccaaaacg aacacccgaa aagacgaagg ac -# aagcaaag 5400 - - caacgaaaag agacaaggcg aaaagaaaaa aagaaaaaaa aaaagaaaca aa -# acgccggg 5460 - - aaggccagga agaaagggca agcgaagaag ggagaaacag aaccaagcga ca -# gagagaaa 5520 - - aggaacggga acccacaagc agggagggaa aacaaaaaaa aaaaaaacgc ca -# aaaaaaac 5580 - - aaagaagcgg gaggggcaca aacagacagc aagaagaaaa aaaaaaacag gg -# gaacacag 5640 - - gaggcgcgaa cgacacaaaa aaaacagcac aaaaacccaa gaacacgaca aa -# aggagaaa 5700 - - aagaaaaaag acaaccaaga caagaaaaaa gaaaacaaag acaaacaaga aa -# agaaaaga 5760 - - agaaaaaaaa ccagcgaccc cgacagaaaa gaagagcaga gggaaacgga ca -# acaacagg 5820 - - gacagggaca acacccagaa acaccaacaa cacgaaccaa agagaaagca ag -# agagcaaa 5880 - - aaaacacaac agggaagagg aaaaccaaag aggaagagca aaaaagaaaa ag -# gcacagcc 5940 - - agagaaacca agaaagggaa aaaaacacga acggaaaaaa acaagaggaa aa -# gaagaaca 6000 - - aaaaaggaga acgagaaaaa caaagaaaca ggaacgagca agaagaagaa ca -# acaaaaaa 6060 - - aaagaaggag ggaaggaaga aaggagcagg aaaagaccaa gaaaaaacac ca -# accgaaaa 6120 - - agcacggaga gaaggaacga agaaggaaaa gaagaaccca aaaaaaaaca aa -# acgggaca 6180 - - gagcacaaag accaaaaaca acaacgaaaa acgacaagaa acaaaacaca aa -# gagagaaa 6240 - - aagaaaagaa aaaaaacgca ggagaaacaa aagcagggaa acaagcaaaa aa -# acccgcaa 6300 - - agacgagccc acaaaagagg aagaaaccgc gaaaaaaaga aaaaaaaaaa gc -# caaaaaca 6360 - - aaaaggaaca acaagcaaaa agaagaagaa aagggaagaa aaaagaggaa aa -# cagagaga 6420 - - acaaaagcca aaaaaacaac gaagcggaga agaaagagca aaaacaaaca cg -# caaaaggg 6480 - - caaaaaagca cgaccaaaca aaagacaaac aagcacaaca aagcgaacaa ca -# caacccaa 6540 - - aaaaaagaga acagaaaaac aaacacgaga acaacaaaga aagggaggca aa -# agaacaaa 6600 - - acaaaaaaca cgaagaacac ggggaaaaaa agaggacaca aaggaaaaca ac -# accccccc 6660 - - ccccaagcga cccaaaaaaa gagccaacaa aacagacaaa cagagggcag cg -# ccgcagca 6720 - - caccaccaga aagagacaca caaaggacca aaaaa - #- # 6755__________________________________________________________________________