S. aureus에서 분리된 plasmid pSBK203 상의 CAT 유전자 염기서열을 결정하였으며 유발성 발현현상이 확인되었다. 염기서열 결과에 의해 예측된 단백질의 아미노산 서열 분석결고 pC221-CAT 와는 78%의 가장 높은 상동성을 나타냈으며 pC194-CAT와는 55%, 그람음성균 유래의 CAT 중 하나인 Tn9-CATdhkss 38%의 상동성을 각각 보여주고 있었다.
The nucleotide sequence of inducible chloramphenicol acetyl-transferase(CAT) gene isolated from a small plasmid pSBK203 of Staphylococcus aureus was determined. The base sequence shows that structural gene of pSBK203-CAT encodes a protein of 213 amino acids and has a leader region which encodes a short polypeptide of 9 amino-acids in its upstream. vertical bar 35S vertical bar-Methionine labelled CAT gene product in minicell showed almost same mobility with pC194-CAT of which molecular weight is 24Kdal on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Predicted amino acid sequence of pSBK203-CAT has revealed a high degree of homology with the CATs of pC194 and pC221 than those of cat-86, Tn9 and proteus mirabilis PM13.
