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Sequence analysis of the glucosyltransferase A gene (gtfA) from Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt
J J Ferretti1, T T Huang, R R Russell
1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City 73190.
Infection and Immunity
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
The complete nucleotide sequence of a 2.4-kilobase fragment containing the glucosyltransferase A gene (gtfA) of Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt (serotype c) was determined. The gtfA gene contains 481 codons and specifies a protein of molecular weight 55,665. There is no evidence of a signal peptide in the protein or that the glucosyltransferase A enzyme is secreted. No sequence homologies were observed between the gtfA gene or protein and the gtfI or gtfB gene and its protein.