title: Characterization of the prtA and prtB genes of Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16.
abstract: Two tandem metalloprotease-encoding structural genes, prtA and prtB, were sequenced from Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16. These were highly homologous to previously reported genes from the same bacteria, as well as to three other metalloprotease-encoding genes from enteric bacteria. The three tandem prt structural genes from strain EC16 were closely linked to a cluster of genes previously found to be essential for extracellular secretion of the metalloproteases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside 92521.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boyd
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Keen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D016974:Dickeya chrysanthemi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C079508:PrtA metalloprotease; C084269:PrtB protein, Erwinia chrysanthemi