GENE OF LUKF-PV-LIKE COMPONENT OF PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS P83 IS LINKED WITH LUKM

Authors
KANEKO J MURAMOTO K KAMIO Y
Citation
J. Kaneko et al., GENE OF LUKF-PV-LIKE COMPONENT OF PANTON-VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS P83 IS LINKED WITH LUKM, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 61(3), 1997, pp. 541-544
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
61
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
541 - 544
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1997)61:3<541:GOLCOP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus P83 (ATCC 31890) produces five components, I to V for synergistic toxins, leukocidin and gamma-hemolysin [Sudo et al., Biosci, Biotech, Biochem., 56, 1786-1789 (1995)]. We report here the identification of component II, which is designated LukF-PV(P83) and i ts gene (lukF-PV(P83)). The lukF-PV(P83) gene was found to be one base downstream of the stop codon of the lukM gene. The deduced amino acid sequence of LukF-PV(P83) showed 78.4% identity with that of LukF-PV, The lukM and lukF-PV(P83) genes were encoded as one operon like that o f Panton-Valentine leukocidin.