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. 2013 Oct;195(20):4650–4659. doi: 10.1128/JB.00544-13

Table 2.

Sortase A-catalyzed surface protein anchoring to the cell wall is not altered in the Δlcp mutanta

Ion Observed m/z
Calculated m/z Proposed structure
Wild type/pHTT4 Δlcp/pHTT4
1 1,665.941 1,665.811 1,665.729 NH2-H6AQALPET-Gly2-CO2H
2 1,693.893 1,693.830 1,693.739 HCO-NH-H6AQALPET-Gly2-CO2H
3 1,722.888 1,722.827 1,722.781 NH2-H6AQALPET-Gly3-CO2H
4 1,750.956 1,750.867 1,750.791 HCO-NH-H6AQALPET-Gly3-CO2H
5 3,826.572 3,826.436 3,826.215 NH2-VDSKDVKIEVYLTTKKGTMH6AQALPET-Gly2-CO2H, Na+
6 3,854.116 3,854.111 3,854.225 HCO-NH-VDSKDVKIEVYLTTKKGTMH6AQALPET-Gly2-CO2H, Na+
7 3,901.934 3,902.469 3,903.301 H2NCO-NH-VDSKDVKIEVYLTTKKGTMH6AQALPET-Gly3-CO2H
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Cyanogen bromide cleavage products of cell wall-anchored SEB-MH6-CWS liberated by lysostaphin treatment and purified by Ni-NTA chromatography (Fig. 4) were analyzed by MALDI-TOF MS in linear positive mode. The program CS ChemDraw was used for m/z calculations.