title: Nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding pilin of Bacteroides nodosus, the causal organism of ovine footrot.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence encoding pilin, the monomer protein subunit of the pilus from Bacteroides nodosus, has been determined. The sequence predicts a short, positively charged, amino-terminal segment which is absent from the amino acid sequence of mature pilin. The coding sequence is preceded upstream by a sequence of five nucleotides complementary to the 3' end of 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli--a potentially good ribosome binding site--and even further upstream by an AT-rich region preceding several potential recognition sites for RNA polymerase. The coding sequence is followed by a region of hyphenated dyad symmetry having the potential to act as a rho-independent terminator of transcription.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003062:Codon; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes