Open AccessSequence analysis of the heat-labile enterotoxin subunit B gene originating in human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Tatsuo Yamamoto,
Tomohiro Tamura,
Masaru Ryoji,
Akira Kaji,
Takeshi Yokota,
Toshiya Takano
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.152.1.506-509.1982
Subject(s) - enterotoxigenic escherichia coli , biology , enterotoxin , escherichia coli , heat stable enterotoxin , signal peptide , peptide sequence , heat labile enterotoxin , protein subunit , gene , homology (biology) , microbiology and biotechnology , sequence analysis , biochemistry
In this study, we determined the amino-terminal coding sequence, covering the signal peptide and the amino-terminus of the mature peptide, of the heat-labile enterotoxin subunit B (LT-B) gene originating in human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Neither the signal sequence nor the amino-terminal sequence of the mature LT-B was identical to those sequences from porcine enterotoxigenic E. coli, but there was an extensive homology.