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Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin type A (scarlet fever toxin) is related to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B
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Streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin type A (scarlet fever toxin) is related to Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B

Lane P Johnson, James J L'Italien and Patrick M Schlievert
Molecular & general genetics, Vol.203(2), pp.354-356
05/1986
DOI: 10.1007/BF00333979
PMID: 3526093

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Abstract

The nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin type A (SPE A) was determined by the dideoxy chain termination method. The first 30 residues of the translation product represented a hydrophobic signal peptide. The mature protein was 220 amino acids in length and had a molecular weight of 25,805. It has significant protein sequence homology with Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B but not with other proteins in the Dayhoff library.

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