REI Gene Information


Name : mecI (SAR0041)
Accession : YP_039517.1
REI name : Type-II SCCmec
REI accession : NC_002952_R1
Strain : Staphylococcus aureus 04-02981
Resistance or Virulence: Resistance
Product : methicillin resistance regulatory protein MecI
Function : -
Note : Previously sequenced as Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Staphylococcus aureus methicillin resistance regulatory protein MecI SW:MECI_STAEP (P26598) (123 aa) fasta scores: E(): 2.5e-41, 100.000% id in 114 aa. Similar to and to Staphylococcus haemolyticus b
Homologs in the searched genomes :   82 hits    ( 81 protein-level,   1 DNA-level )  
Publication :
    -Holden,M.T.G., "Direct Submission", Submitted (23-JUN-2004) Submitted on behalf of the Pathogen Sequencing Unit, Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, E-mail: mh3@sanger.ac.uk.

    -Holden,M.T.G., Feil,E.J., Lindsay,J.A., Peacock,S.J., Day,N.P.J., Enright,M.C., Foster,T.J., Moore,C.E., Hurst,L., Atkin,R., Barron,A., Bason,N., Bentley,S.D., Chillingworth,C., Chillingworth,T., Churcher,C., Clark,L., Corton,C., Cronin,A., Doggett,J., Do, "Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: Evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance", Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (26), 9786-9791 (2004) PUBMED 15213324.

    -Holden,M.T.G., Feil,E.J., Lindsay,J.A., Peacock,S.J., Day,N.P.J., Enright,M.C., Foster,T.J., Moore,C.E., Hurst,L., Atkin,R., Barron,A., Bason,N., Bentley,S.D., Chillingworth,C., Chillingworth,T., Churcher,C., Clark,L., Corton,C., Cronin,A., Doggett,J., Do, "Direct Submission", Submitted (11-SEP-2004) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.

    -Kenny,J.G., Ward,D., Josefsson,E., Jonsson,I.M., Hinds,J., Rees,H.H., Lindsay,J.A., Tarkowski,A. and Horsburgh,M.J., "The Staphylococcus aureus response to unsaturated long chain free fatty acids: survival mechanisms and virulence implications", PLoS ONE 4 (2), E4344 (2009) PUBMED 19183815 REMARK Publication Status: Online-Only.


DNA sequence :
ATGGATAATAAAACGTATGAAATATCATCTGCAGAATGGGAAGTTATGAATATCATTTGGATGAAAAAATATGCAAGTGC
GAATAATATAATAGAAGAAATACAAATGCAAAAGGACTGGAGTCCAAAAACCATTCGTACACTTATAACGAGATTGTATA
AAAAGGGATTTATAGATCGTAAAAAAGACAATAAAATTTTTCAATATTACTCTCTTGTAGAAGAAAGTGATATAAAATAT
AAAACATCTAAAAACTTTATCAATAAAGTATACAAAGGCGGTTTCAATTCACTTGTCTTAAACTTTGTAGAAAAAGAAGA
TCTATCACAAGATGAAATAGAATAA

Protein sequence :
MDNKTYEISSAEWEVMNIIWMKKYASANNIIEEIQMQKDWSPKTIRTLITRLYKKGFIDRKKDNKIFQYYSLVEESDIKY
KTSKNFINKVYKGGFNSLVLNFVEKEDLSQDEIE