Rv2082, (MTCY49.21), len: 721 aa. Conserved hypothetical protein. Similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv0029, and to Rv3899c and Rv3900c which may be frameshifted.

Rv1753c, (MTCY28.16c), len: 1053 aa. PPE24, Member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE family of Gly-,Asn-rich proteins, similar to many e.g. YF48_MYCTU|Q10778 hypothetical protein cy48.17 (678 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 1360, E(): 0, (48.9% identity in 550 aa overlap). Note that the Gly-, Asn-rich sequence is interrupted by six near-perfect 26 aa repeats, a unique region, and another,more degenerate region of five 25 aa repeats before resuming at the C-terminus. The end of the first Gly-, Asn-rich region and the start of the first set of repeats shows some similarity to Q50577|AT10S fr [...]

PPE family protein PPE54; Probably plays a role in host phagosome maturation arrest.

Rv0305c, (MTCY63.10c), len: 963 aa. PPE6, Member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE family (PPE, MPTR),similar to others e.g. Y04H_MYCTU|Q10778 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (734 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 1340, E(): 0,(40.9% identity in 815 aa overlap).

PPE family protein PPE42; Elicits a high humoral and a low T-cell response. Could be involved in directing the host toward development of a more humoral type of immune response; Belongs to the mycobacterial PPE family.

Rv3899c, (MTCY15F10.13), len: 410 aa. Conserved hypothetical protein, similar in part to proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains H37Rv and CDC1551. Region between aa 29-80 is strictly identical to P96909 hypothetical 15.1 KDA protein (fragment) (143 aa) FASTA scores: opt: 562, E(): 4e-16, (69.0% identity in 142 aa overlap); and the N-terminal end is highly similar, but longer 65 aa, to O07266 hypothetical 13.7 KDA protein (fragment) (143 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 562, E(): 4e-16,(69.0% identity in 142 aa overlap). Highly similar to C-terminal end of Q10690|YK82_MYCTU|Rv2082|MTCY [...]

PPE family protein PPE8; Rv0355c, (MTCY13E10.15c, MTCY13E10.16c,MTCY13E10.17c), len: 3300 aa. PPE8, Member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE family, similar to others e.g. AL009198|MTV004_5 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (3716 aa), FASTA scores: opt: 2906, E(): 0, (40.9% identity in 3833 aa overlap); MTV004_3 FASTA scores: (39.0% identity in 3531 aa overlap); etc. Gene contains large number of clustered Major Polymorphic Tandem Repeats (MPTR). Related to MTCY13E10.16c, E(): 0; MTCY13E10.17c, E(): 0; MTCY48.17,E(): 0; MTCY98.0034c, E(): 0; MTCY03C7.23 E(): 0; MTCY98.0031c, E(): 0; [...]

Probable membrane protein; Rv1004c, (MTCI237.20c), len: 419 aa. Probable membrane protein. Contains repetitive sequences, which have similarities with elastin, and possible N-terminal signal sequence.

PPE family protein PPE34; Facilitates a shift in the ensuing immunity toward the Th2 phenotype and could aid in immune evasion by mycobacteria. Interacts with human Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and triggers functional maturation of human dendritic cells (DCs), leading to secretion of IL- 4, IL-5 and IL-10 from CD4(+) T cells and induction of Th2 immune response. Maturation of DCs involves PI3K, ERK1/2, p38 MAPK and NF- kappa-B signaling pathways.