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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-26
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A new type of mitogenic factor, termed MF, has been found in the culture supernatant of Streptococcus pyogenes and its N-terminal amino acid sequence has been determined. On the basis of this sequence, an S. pyogenes gene encoding MF was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was determined. The MF gene includes a long, open reading frame with 813 nucleotides capable of encoding the MF precursor protein with 271 amino acids. Removal of the putative 43 residues as a signal peptide results in the mature MF protein with 228 amino acids. The molecular mass of the mature MF is calculated as 25,363 which is consistent with the previously determined value of 25,370 for MF secreted from S. pyogenes. Neither nucleotide nor amino acid sequence homology was found between the mature MF and other streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins, such as SPE A, SPE B and SPE C. The mature MF was recombinantly overexpressed as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein showed mitogenic activity in rabbit peripheral blood lymphocytes and immunoreactivity with the rabbit antiserum raised against the secreted MF from S. pyogenes. These data indicate that a unique gene encoding MF was cloned from S. pyogenes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
331
pubmed:geneSymbol
MF
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
187-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning, characterization and overexpression of a Streptococcus pyogenes gene encoding a new type of mitogenic factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Shionogi Institute for Medical Science, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article