Sequence analysis of the glucosyltransferase A gene (gtfA) from Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt.
The complete nucleotide sequence of a 2.4-kilobase fragment containing the glucosyltransferase A gene (gtfA) of Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt (serotype c) was determined. The gtfA gene contains 481 codons and specifies a protein of molecular weight 55,665. There is no evidence of a signal peptide in the protein or that the glucosyltransferase A enzyme is secreted. No sequence homologies were observed between the gtfA gene or protein and the gtfI or gtfB gene and its protein.
Ferretti
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City 73190.
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Russell
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
D005964:Glucosyltransferases