| Type: | Domain | Name: | Outer surface lipoprotein domain |
| Description: | The ospA and ospB genes encode the major outer membrane proteins of the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burgdorferi[]. The deduced gene products OspA and OspB, contain 273 and 296 residues respectively []. The two Osp proteins show a high degree of sequence similarity, indicating a recent evolutionary event. Molecular analysis and sequence comparison of OspA and OspB with other proteins has revealed similarity to the signal peptides of prokaryotic lipoproteins [, ].This entry represents a structural domain, which consists of 21 stranded sheet partly folded upon itself at the ends, found in outer surface lipoproteins. | Short Name: | OM_lipoprot_dom |
