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The life‐cycle proteins RodA of Escherichia coli and SpoVE of Bacillus subtilis have very similar primary structures
Author(s) -
Joris B.,
Dive G.,
Henriques A.,
Piggot P. J.,
Ghuysen J. M.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00618.x
Subject(s) - bacillus subtilis , biology , escherichia coli , peptide sequence , protein primary structure , sequence (biology) , amino acid , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , gene
Summary Comparison of the predicted amino acid sequence of the cell‐cycle RodA protein with the National Research Foundation protein sequence database shows that the 370‐amino‐acid RodA, a protein that is essential for wall elongation in Escherichia coli and maintenance of the rod shape of the cell, is highly analogous, in terms of primary structure, with the Bacillus subtilis SpoVE protein involved in stage V of sporulation.