FIG. 4.

Alignment of deduced amino acid sequence of the N-terminal regions of Rsp proteins with corresponding regions of collagen-binding proteins of S. aureus and E. faecalis. The alignment was performed by means of the program CLUSTAL W (version 1.8). Identical and conserved amino acids are shown in boldface. The regions that have been shown to form the putative collagen-binding trench on the surface of S. aureus Cna (39) are underlined. The numbers indicate the positions of the amino acid residues in the proteins. Origins of sequences (accession number): S. aureus Cna (M81736), E. faecalis (AF260872).