FIG. 1.
Similarity of the structure and organization of RsbU, RsbV, RsbW, ςB, and RsbX proteins with their B. subtilis and S. aureus homologs. The percent similarity scores of pairwise alignments of the primary amino acid sequences of the L. monocytogenes proteins with the B. subtilis and S. aureus proteins are shown between the blocks representing the respective genes. Coding regions that overlap are indicated by overlapping of the respective blocks representing each gene. The ςB-dependent promoters (PB) identified upstream of rsbV in B. subtilis (28) and in L. monocytogenes (this report) are indicated by arrows.