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SUBMITTER: To KK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3165592 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of clinical microbiology 20110629 9
We report a case of endocarditis and pericarditis caused by catalase-negative Staphylococcus aureus. Molecular characterization revealed a novel nonsense mutation in the katA gene, leading to a loss of 238 amino acids (47% of the wild-type catalase protein), including the heme-binding site, NADPH-binding region, and Tyr-337, essential for catalysis. ...[more]