Molecular evolution of bacterial cell-surface proteins.
The cell-surface proteins of the infective bacteria Streptococcus and Staphylococcus are probably involved in the process of infection. These proteins share many features including secretion signal peptides, cell-wall spanning regions, membrane anchor domains and repeated domains of various functions. These common features may have evolved by gene duplication and swapping of gene fragments.
Division of Biotechnology, PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
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Goward
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Scawen
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Murphy
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Atkinson
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000737:chemistry; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000737:chemistry*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000737:chemistry*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals