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The cell surface of ATCC 12980 is completely covered with an oblique S-layer lattice. To investigate sequence identities and a common structure–function relationship in S-layer proteins of different wild-type strains, the nucleotide sequence encoding theS-layer protein SbsC of . ATCC 12980 was determined by PCR techniques. The entire sequence showed an ORF of 3297 bp predicted to encode a protein of 1099 aa with a theoretical molecular mass of 115409 Da and an isoelectric point of 573. Primer extension analysis suggested the existence of two promoter regions. Amino acid sequence comparison between SbsC and SbsA, a previously characterized S-layer protein of PV72/p6 which assembles into a hexagonally ordered lattice, revealed an identical secretion signal peptide, 85% identity for theN-terminal regions (aa 31–270) which do not carry any S-layer homologous motifs, but only 21% identity for the rest of the sequences. Affinity studies demonstrated that the N-terminal part of SbsC is necessary for recognition of a secondary cell wall polymer. This was in accordance with results obtained in a previous study for SbsA, thus confirming a common functional principle for the N-terminal parts of both S-layer proteins. The coding region cloned into the pET3a vector without its own upstream region, the signal sequence and the 3′ transcriptional terminator led to stable expression in .

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