TABLE 2.

N-terminal sequences of PC1839 (sarA) exoproteins

Designation	Approximate size (kDa)	Sequence	Homologya	Accession no. (reference)
P6	40	AAETGKGKGVLGDTKDININ	85% identity to metalloprotease (SepPI) of S. epidermidis	P4314863
P1	35	VILPNNDRHQI	100% identity to V8 serine protease of S. aureus	P0418811, S2175869
P2	28	ENNVTKIKDTNIFPYTGVVAFFSASGF	88 and 67% identities to novel antigens ORF-1 and ORF-2 of S. aureus, respectively	U60589 and U6352959, respectively
P3	26	ENNVKQITNTNVAPYNGVTV	55% identity to both novel antigens ORF-1 and ORF-2 of S. aureus	U60589 and U6352959, respectively
P4	22	DQVQYENTLKNFKIREQQFD	100% identity to ORFX 3′ of V8 serine protease of S. aureus	W. Hufnagle 32

^aHomology at the amino acid level to proteins in the SWISSPROT and EMBL databases.