These were identified as glutamate dehydrogenase (FTT_0380c) and sugar transamine/perosamine synthetase (FTT_1455c), as indicated in the protein stained gel image shown in Fig. 2e.
No single protein was observed to be immunoreactive with all Type A tularemia patient sera screened, although the proteins pyruvate dehydrogenase E2 (FTT_1484c) and ribosomal protein L7/L12 (FTT_0143) were observed to be reactive with ten of the twelve sera studied.
In addition, the proteins dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase component of 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (FTT_0077) and chaperonin protein DnaK (FTT_1269c) were reactive with 8 of the total 12 sera.