The nucleotide sequence of the spc determinant of the Staphylococcus aureus transposon Tn 554 has been determined. This gene encodes a spectinomycin adenyltransferase, AAD(9), that mediates resistance to spectinomycin but not to streptomycin. The sequence predicts a 260 amino acid protein of molecular weight 28,943. A spectinomycin-sensitive mutant (spc-1) contains a G→A transition resulting in substitution of threonine (ACA) for alanine (GCA) at residue 165. The predicted amino acid sequence is 36% homologous to that of a widely distributed, gramnegative streptomycin/spectinomycin adenyltransferase, AAD(3″) (9), specified by the aadA determinant (Holingshead and Vapnek 1985). © 1985 Springer-Verlag.
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Murphy, E. (1985). Nucleotide sequence of a spectinomycin adenyltransferase AAD(9) determinant from Staphylococcus aureus and its relationship to AAD(3″) (9). MGG Molecular & General Genetics, 200(1), 33–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383309
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