title: Sequence analysis of the sbsA gene encoding the 130-kDa surface-layer protein of Bacillus stearothermophilus strain PV72.
abstract: Bacillus stearothermophilus (Bs) contains a surface-layer (S-layer) protein (SbsA), which forms a hexagonal array on the cell wall. In order to understand the structural/functional relationship of SbsA from Bs PV72, the entire nucleotide (nt) sequence of the sbsA gene was determined from three overlapping fragments. The 3'-end was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, whereas the 5'-region was amplified from the genome of Bs PV72 by the polymerase chain reaction using two overlapping fragments. The open reading frame (3684 nt) of sbsA is predicted to encode a protein of 1228 amino acids (aa). The SbsA is synthesized with a leader sequence of 30 aa. The predicted SbsA aa profile was similar to most other sequenced S-layer proteins, containing more acidic than basic aa (pI 5.1) and a very low amount of sulfur-containing aa. Based on aa sequence data, SbsA has weak homology of with the S-layer proteins from B. sphaericus, Rickettsia rickettsii, B. brevis HPD31 and B. brevis 47 (OWP).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuen
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Sleytr
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lubitz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000235:genetics*; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C088619:sbsA protein, Bacillus stearothermophilus