title: Conservation and divergence in cellulosome architecture between two strains of Ruminococcus flavefaciens.
abstract: A 17-kb scaffoldin gene cluster in Ruminococcus flavefaciens strain FD-1 was compared with the homologous segment published for strain 17. Although the general design of the cluster is identical in the two strains, significant differences in the modular architecture of the scaffoldin proteins were discovered, implying strain-specific divergence in cellulosome organization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Sadanari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jindou
authors.forename: Ilya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Borovok
authors.forename: Marco T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rincon
authors.forename: Harry J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Flint
authors.forename: Dionysios A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Antonopoulos
authors.forename: Margret E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Bryan A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Bayer
authors.forename: Raphael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lamed
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism; D044603:Cellulosomes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005810:Multigene Family; D010802:Phylogeny; D045857:Ruminococcus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C422913:ScaA protein, Ruminococcus; C422914:ScaB protein, Ruminococcus; D002482:Cellulose