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| HAMAP: Streptococcus pyogenes serotype M12 (strain MGAS2096) complete proteome |
| Species code: | STRPB |
| Taxonomy: | Bacteria; Firmicutes; Lactobacillales; Streptococcaceae; Streptococcus (TaxID: 370553) [NEWT/ NCBI] |
| Description: | The group A streptococci (GAS, Streptococcus pyogenes) are gram-positive, nonmotile, nonsporeforming coccus that occur in chains or in pairs of cells. Individual cells are round-to-ovoid cocci, 0.6-1.0 micrometer in diameter. They are catalase-negative aerotolerant anaerobe (facultative anaerobe) which require enriched medium containing blood in order to grow. Their capsule is composed of hyaluronic acid. GAS are important human pathogens which can cause a variety of diseases, ranging from mild infections to very severe invasive diseases. The M protein is a highly polymorphic cell-surface molecule that is antiphagocytic and forms the basis of a scheme commonly used to classify GAS strains. Serotype M3 strains cause a higher rate of lethal infections than strains of other M types. In addition, serotype M3 and other GAS strains can undergo rapid shifts in disease frequency and display epidemic behaviour. This is a serotype M12 strain of S.pyogenes. |
| Properties: |
Presence of flagella:
No Human pathogen: Yes Interaction: Animal pathogen in Mammalia Number of membranes: 1 Number of inteins:0 |
| Statistics: | Number of STRPB entries in the UniProt Knowledgebase: 1885 (268 in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot + 1617 in UniProtKB/TrEMBL) |