title: The division and cell wall gene cluster of Enterococcus hirae S185.
abstract: A chromosomal 10355-bp segment of Enterococcus hirae S185 contains nine orfs which occur in the same order as the MraW-, FtsL-, PBP3-, MraY-, MurD-, MurG-, FtsQ-, FtsA- and FtsZ-encoding genes of the division and cell wall clusters of Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. The E. hirae DNA segment lacks the genes which in E. coli encode the ligases Ddl, MurC, MurE and MurF and the integral membrane protein FtsW. The encoded E. hirae and E. coli proteins share 25% to 50% identity except FtsL and FtsQ (approximately = 14% identity).
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Liège, Institut de Chimie, Sart Tilman, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thamm
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sapunaric
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coyette
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ghuysen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016983:Enterococcus / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial