FIG. 4.

Complete nucleotide sequence of the fbe gene from S. epidermidis HB and the deduced amino acid sequence of the encoded protein. A putative ribosomal-binding site (RBS) is underlined, and possible transcription termination hairpin loops are double underlined. The putative signal sequence (S) is followed by the nonrepetitive N-terminal region (A), which harbors the Fg-binding activity. R indicates the highly repetitive region. The amino acid sequence LPDTG, assumed to be involved in cell wall anchoring, is printed in boldface. M indicates the membrane-spanning region, and the translational stop codon is marked with an asterisk.