FIG. 2.

Nucleotide sequence and deduced amino acid sequence for the gene encoding the Sao protein of S. suis. The Shine-Dalgarno sequence is shown in italics. The initiation codon, ATG, and the stop codon, TAA, are shown in bold. The two hydrophobic segments at both the N- and C-terminal ends of Sao are underlined. The vertical arrow indicates the cleavage site of the potential signal peptidase. R1 to R10 indicate the beginnings of the repeating units. The potential cell wall-associated region is underlined with a dashed line. The LPVTG membrane anchor motif is boxed, and the charged C-terminal tail is indicated.