PAI Gene Information


Name : ear
Accession : AAD50329.1
PAI name : SaPI4
PAI accession : AF077865
Strain : Staphylococcus aureus 04-02981
Virulence or Resistance: Not determined
Product : unknown
Function : -
Note : ORF3; enterotoxin-linked ampicillin resistance; active when expressed in Escherichia coli
Homologs in the searched genomes :   33 hits    ( 33 protein-level )  
Publication :
    -Orwin,P.M., "A secreted protein of unknown function associated with the attL of several pathogenicity islands", Unpublished.

    -Orwin,P.M. and Schlievert,P.M., "EAR: A novel determinant of ampicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus", Abstr. Gen. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol. 97, 532-532 (1998).

    -Orwin,P.M., Hauser,A.R., Bohach,G.A., McCollister,B.D. and Schlievert,P.M., "Direct Submission", Submitted (13-JUL-1998) Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Box 196 FUMC, 420 Delaware St., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.


DNA sequence :
ATGAATAAAAAACTATTAACAAAAACATTGATAGCAAGTGCTTTAGTTTTAACAACAGTAGGTTCAGGTTTTCATTCTTC
TTCAAATTATAATGGTATTAATAACGTTGCACAAGCTGCTGAAACAACAGACGGACAGTTGTGGAAAAATGTAAGAGACG
CTTTGAAAGAGGCTAATATAATTGATGGAAATGAAAATGAAACAATAGATGTTAATTATAAATTGAAAAATGGTAGCGAA
AATAAAATTTCAGCAAATGGGAACTCTAATGGAGATTTTTCCAAACAAAATATAGATATTGAAAGTTTAACTACTATTAA
TATCAAAAAAGTAAATATTAGTAATTTCAACGAAAGAATTGATGCTAATAATACATGGAAGAATTTAACTAACAAATTAA
AAGGACAGAAAATTATTAAAGATGGTGATAAAGTAACCATTCATAGTAAAGACCAAAAAGATCCTAAAATCTCTGGAATA
GTTGGACAAGATTTTACTGAGCATAAGAATTATATGTTATACAAGAAAGACATAGATAAAATAACTATAAACTAG

Protein sequence :
MNKKLLTKTLIASALVLTTVGSGFHSSSNYNGINNVAQAAETTDGQLWKNVRDALKEANIIDGNENETIDVNYKLKNGSE
NKISANGNSNGDFSKQNIDIESLTTINIKKVNISNFNERIDANNTWKNLTNKLKGQKIIKDGDKVTIHSKDQKDPKISGI
VGQDFTEHKNYMLYKKDIDKITIN