title: Characterization and analysis of a new gene involved in glucose starvation response in Enterococcus faecalis.
abstract: The genome sequence of Enterococcus faecalis, led us to discover that gls24, encoding a general stress protein, seems to be in the second last position of a putative six-gene operon structure. Interestingly, another gene named orf4 located just upstream from gls24 shows strong identity (72%) with this last. To determine the role of the orf4 gene in E. faecalis, we have constructed a mutant strain by homologous recombination. Phenotypic analysis of these cells, reveals that Orf4 is probably involved in cell structure in stationary phase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Environnement, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée, Université de Caen, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Capiaux
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Giard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lemarinier
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Auffray
mesh_terms: D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
chemical_list: D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins