title: Nucleotide sequence of leukocidin S-component gene (lukS) from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of lukS gene encoding S-component of Staphylococcal leukocidin from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was determined. The structural gene of lukS consisted of 857 base pairs. An open reading frame that could encode a 35,556 dalton polypeptide consisting of 315 amino acids was assigned. The molecular size of the polypeptide predicted from the amino acid composition was close to the value of pre-matured S-component determined in DNA-directed transcription/translation system. Inspection of the amino acid sequence deduced from nucleotide sequence of lukS and that from S-component of leukocidin clarified that pre-matured S-component contains a typical signal sequence at the NH2 terminus. The amino acid sequence of predicted matured S-component correlated exactly with the known N-terminal 50 amino acid sequence of S-component from MRSA and S. aureus V8. The molecular size of the predicted matured protein was also close to the value of S-component determined in both MRSA and S. aureus V8. The nucleotide sequence of the 5'-flanking region showed the presence of the consensus sequence of ribosome binding site, Pribnow box and the RNA polymerase recognition site in Escherichia coli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Izaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamio
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007956:Leukocidins / Q000235:genetics*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D007956:Leukocidins