title: Cloning and characterization of femA and femB from Staphylococcus epidermidis.
abstract: A DNA fragment was identified and cloned from Staphylococcus epidermidis (Se) using femA from S. aureus (Sa) as a heterologous hybridization probe. DNA sequence analysis of a portion of this clone revealed two complete ORFs highly related to femA and femB of Sa. The genomic arrangement of the Se femA/B complex was nearly identical to that observed in Sa. Intra- and interspecies relatedness of these genes and conservation of genomic organization were consistent with gene duplication of one of these genes in an ancestral organism. Recombinant FEMA, produced in Escherichia coli (Ec), was purified to near homogeneity. Identity of the purified protein was verified by N-terminal amino acid (aa) sequence analysis.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Research, Eli Lilly and Company, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA.
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Alborn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoskins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Flokowitsch
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dotzlaf
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Skatrud
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; C096686:FemA protein, Bacteria; C102928:FemB protein, Staphylococcus epidermidis; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins