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Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a branched-chain-amino-acid transporter.

ABSTRACT: We recently characterized a transposon-induced NaCl-sensitive mutant of Staphylococcus aureus (U. Vijaranakul, M. J. Nadakavukaren, D. O. Bayles, B. J. Wilkinson, and R. K. Jayaswal, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1889-1897, 1997). To further characterize this mutant, we determined the nucleotide sequence at the insertion site of the transposon on the S. aureus chromosome. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a 1,326-bp open reading frame (ORF442) encoding a hydrophobic 442-amino-acid polypeptide with a calculated molecular mass of 49,058 Da. The hydrophilicity profile of the gene product revealed the existence of 12 hydrophobic domains predicted to form membrane-associated alpha-helices. Comparison of the amino acid sequence of ORF442 with amino acid sequences in the GenBank database showed extensive homology with the branched-chain-amino-acid transport genes of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. This is the first brnQ gene in staphylococci to be described.

SUBMITTER: Vijaranakul U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC106115 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a Staphylococcus aureus gene encoding a branched-chain-amino-acid transporter.

Vijaranakul U U   Xiong A A   Lockwood K K   Jayaswal R K RK  

Applied and environmental microbiology 19980201 2

We recently characterized a transposon-induced NaCl-sensitive mutant of Staphylococcus aureus (U. Vijaranakul, M. J. Nadakavukaren, D. O. Bayles, B. J. Wilkinson, and R. K. Jayaswal, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:1889-1897, 1997). To further characterize this mutant, we determined the nucleotide sequence at the insertion site of the transposon on the S. aureus chromosome. Nucleotide sequencing revealed a 1,326-bp open reading frame (ORF442) encoding a hydrophobic 442-amino-acid polypeptide with a  ...[more]

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