Identity of the 17-kilodalton protein, a DNA-binding protein from Escherichia coli, and the firA gene product

J Bacteriol. 1988 Dec;170(12):5916-8. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.12.5916-5918.1988.

Abstract

The 17-kilodalton protein, a DNA-binding protein encoded by the skp gene of Escherichia coli, was found to be identical to histonelike protein I, the product of the firA gene. This conclusion was reached after chromosomal localization, using the recently constructed high- and low-resolution E. coli restriction maps, and by direct comparison of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of histonelike protein I and the 17-kilodalton protein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Mapping
  • Chromosomes, Bacterial
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Genes*
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Histones
  • Molecular Weight
  • Restriction Mapping

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Histones