Gray G S, Kehoe M
Infect Immun. 1984 Nov;46(2):615-8. doi: 10.1128/iai.46.2.615-618.1984.
The complete DNA sequence of a cloned alpha-toxin gene from Staphylococcus aureus was determined. The amino acid sequence of the alpha-toxin protein, predicted from the DNA sequence, was described and compared with published data. The primary product of the cloned alpha-toxin gene contained a 26-amino-acid leader sequence which possessed characteristic features of a signal sequence involved in secretion. The mature alpha-toxin protein had a molecular size of 33,000 and contained only three short regions of high hydrophobicity in addition to a number of short, weakly hydrophobic regions.
测定了从金黄色葡萄球菌克隆的α-毒素基因的完整DNA序列。根据DNA序列预测的α-毒素蛋白的氨基酸序列进行了描述,并与已发表的数据进行了比较。克隆的α-毒素基因的初级产物包含一个26个氨基酸的前导序列,该序列具有参与分泌的信号序列的特征。成熟的α-毒素蛋白的分子大小为33000,除了一些短的、弱疏水区外,仅包含三个高疏水区。