title: N-Terminal amino acid sequence of pilin isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: The amino-terminal amino acid sequence of the pili protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa K pili is presented. The sequence is compared with those reported by others for pilin obtained from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Moraxella nonlique-faciens. All three sequences are highly homologous, contain only two hydrophilic residues in the first 22 positions, and contain an unusual amino acid, N-monomethylphenylalanine, at the amino terminus.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D009016:Moraxella / Q000032:analysis; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000032:analysis; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000032:analysis*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010649:Phenylalanine