Evaluation of Cocktails with Recombinant Proteins of Mycobacterium bovis for a Specific Diagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis

Table 1

Identified antigens from PPD-B by mass spectrometry.

Accession number	Rv	Mb	Proteins	Score	Length (aa)
gi 15611010	Rv3874	Mb3904	10 kda culture filtrate antigen EsxB or CFP10	182	100
gi 149926	Rv2875	Mb2900	MPB70	135	193
gi 2149409*			Unknown	113	116
gi 15609513	Rv2376c	Mb2397c	Low molecular weight antigen CFP2	102	168
gi 15610165	Rv3028c	Mb3054c	Electron transfer flavoprotein subunit alpha FixB	85	318
gi 15607267	Rv0125	Mb0130	Serine protease PepA	70	355
gi 248681**			MMP = 19 kDa major membrane protein [M. tuberculosis Erdman strain 107]	73	143
gi 6469702	Rv2873	Mb2898	MPB83 (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)	63	220

∗Sequence producing significant alignments with the protein of M. tuberculosis Rv0379, possible protein transport protein SecE2, with identities in 70 from 116 aa.
**Sequence producing alignments with HspX of M. tuberculosis/M. bovis.