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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-16
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The gene encoding a 51 kDa polypeptide of Porphyromonas gingivalis 381 was isolated by immunoblotting using an antiserum raised against P. gingivalis alkaline phosphatase. DNA sequence analysis of a 2.5 kb DNA fragment containing a gene encoding the 51 kDa protein revealed one complete and two incomplete ORFs. Database searches using the FASTA program revealed significant homology between the P. gingivalis 51 kDa protein and the MurC protein of Escherichia coli, which functions in peptidoglycan synthesis. The cloned 51 kDa protein encoded a functional product that complemented an E. coli murC mutant. Moreover, the ORF just upstream of murC coded for a protein that was 31% homologous with the E. coli MurG protein. The ORF just downstream of murC coded for a protein that was 17% homologous with the Streptococcus pneumoniae penicillin-binding protein 2B (PBP2B), which functions in peptidoglycan synthesis and is responsible for antibiotic resistance. These results suggest that P. gingivalis contains a homologue of the E. coli peptidoglycan synthesis gene murC and indicate the possibility of a cluster of genes responsible for cell division and cell growth, as in the E. coli mra region.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alkaline Phosphatase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aminoacyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carrier Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hexosyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muramoylpentapeptide..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Penicillin-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Synthases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptidoglycan, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptidyl Transferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-N-acetylmura..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-alanine..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/penicillin-binding protein 2b...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1350-0872
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
141 ( Pt 9)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2047-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Aminoacyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Hexosyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Penicillin Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Penicillin-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Peptide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Peptidoglycan, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Peptidyl Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Porphyromonas gingivalis, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Species Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:7496515-Streptococcus pneumoniae
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A murC gene in Porphyromonas gingivalis 381.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study