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J Bacteriol. 1984 December; 160(3): 1184-1187

Nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding pilin of Bacteroides nodosus, the causal organism of ovine footrot.

T C Elleman and P A Hoyne

ABSTRACT

The nucleotide sequence encoding pilin, the monomer protein subunit of the pilus from Bacteroides nodosus, has been determined. The sequence predicts a short, positively charged, amino-terminal segment which is absent from the amino acid sequence of mature pilin. The coding sequence is preceded upstream by a sequence of five nucleotides complementary to the 3' end of 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli--a potentially good ribosome binding site--and even further upstream by an AT-rich region preceding several potential recognition sites for RNA polymerase. The coding sequence is followed by a region of hyphenated dyad symmetry having the potential to act as a rho-independent terminator of transcription.

J Bacteriol. 1984 December; 160(3): 1184-1187






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