Title: | Characterization of the determinant (traB) encoding sex pheromone shutdown by the hemolysin/bacteriocin plasmid pAD1 in Enterococcus faecalis |
Address: | "Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0147-619X (Print) 0147-619X (Linking) |
Abstract: | "pAD1 is a hemolysin/bacteriocin plasmid originally identified in Enterococcus faecalis DS16. It encodes a mating response to a peptide sex pheromone, cAD1, secreted by recipient bacteria. Once pAD1 is acquired, production of the pheromone ceases--a trait related in part to a determinant designated traB. Here we report the nucleotide sequence of traB and the position of several transposon insertions resulting in the characteristic self-induction phenotype. The deduced product has a mass of 43.7 kDa with the C-terminal third consisting primarily of hydrophobic amino acid residues" |
Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Bacterial Proteins/*genetics *Bacteriocin Plasmids Base Sequence DNA Transposable Elements DNA, Bacterial Enterococcus faecalis/*genetics Escherichia coli/genetics *Hemolysin Factors Molecular Sequence Data Sex Attractants/*genetics;" |
Notes: | "MedlineAn, F Y Clewell, D B eng GM33956/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. 1994/03/01 Plasmid. 1994 Mar; 31(2):215-21. doi: 10.1006/plas.1994.1023" |