Title: | Isolation and structure of staph-cAM373 produced by Staphylococcus aureus that induces conjugal transfer of Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pAM373 |
Author(s): | Nakayama J; Igarashi S; Nagasawa H; Clewell DB; An FY; Suzuki A; |
Address: | "Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan" |
Journal Title: | Biosci Biotechnol Biochem |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0916-8451 (Print) 0916-8451 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Enterococus faecalis plasmid pAM373 encodes a mating response to the sex pheromone, cAM373, which is secreted from pAM373-free E. faecalis. cAM373-like activity was detected in a culture filtrate of Staphylococcus aureus. The major active substance, termed staph-cAM373, was isolated, and its structure was identified as a H-Ala-IIe-Phe-IIe-Leu-Ala-Ala-OH heptapeptide" |
Keywords: | "Amino Acid Sequence Conjugation, Genetic/*drug effects Enterococcus faecalis/*drug effects/genetics Molecular Sequence Data Oligopeptides/chemistry/*isolation & purification/pharmacology Pheromones/chemistry/isolation & purification/pharmacology Plasmids;" |
Notes: | "MedlineNakayama, J Igarashi, S Nagasawa, H Clewell, D B An, F Y Suzuki, A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 1996/06/01 Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1996 Jun; 60(6):1038-9. doi: 10.1271/bbb.60.1038" |