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.
Goward
C R
CR
Division of Biotechnology, PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, UK.
Scawen
M D
MD
Murphy
J P
JP
Atkinson
T
T
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