N-Terminal amino acid sequence of pilin isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Journal of BacteriologyPublished 1 June 1978Open access
W Paranchych, Laura S. Frost, Michael R. Carpenter
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The amino-terminal amino acid sequence of the pili protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa K pili is presented and is compared with those reported by others for pilin obtained from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Moraxella nonlique-faciens.
Abstract
The amino-terminal amino acid sequence of the pili protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa K pili is presented. The sequence is compared with those reported by others for pilin obtained from Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Moraxella nonlique-faciens. All three sequences are highly homologous, contain only two hydrophilic residues in the first 22 positions, and contain an unusual amino acid, N-monomethylphenylalanine, at the amino terminus.
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