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J Bacteriol

Title:		A lipoprotein signal peptide encoded by the staphylococcal conjugative plasmid pSK41 exhibits an activity resembling that of Enterococcus faecalis pheromone cAD1
Author(s):		Firth N; Fink PD; Johnson L; Skurray RA;
Address:		"School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia"
Journal Title:		J Bacteriol
Year:		1994
Volume:		176
Issue:		18
Page Number:		5871 - 5873
DOI:		10.1128/jb.176.18.5871-5873.1994
ISSN/ISBN:		0021-9193 (Print) 1098-5530 (Electronic) 0021-9193 (Linking)
Abstract:		"The traH gene of the staphylococcal conjugative plasmid pSK41 has recently been shown to encode a lipoprotein (N. Firth, K. P. Ridgway, M. E. Byrne, P. D. Fink, L. Johnson, I. T. Paulsen, and R. A. Skurray, Gene 136:13-25, 1993). Here we report that traH encodes a product recognized as a pheromone by Enterococcus faecalis cells harboring the conjugative plasmid pAD1. The mature traH product is not essential for this phenomenon, as expression of pheromone-like activity was found to require sequences encoding only the pro-TraH signal peptide"
Keywords:		"Amino Acid Sequence Bacterial Adhesion *Bacterial Proteins Base Sequence Conjugation, Genetic/genetics Enterococcus faecalis/chemistry Lipoproteins/genetics Molecular Sequence Data Nuclear Proteins/*genetics/metabolism Oligopeptides/*metabolism Pheromones;"
Notes:		"MedlineFirth, N Fink, P D Johnson, L Skurray, R A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 1994/09/01 J Bacteriol. 1994 Sep; 176(18):5871-3. doi: 10.1128/jb.176.18.5871-5873.1994"