Molecular analysis and expression of the lipase of Staphylococcus epidermidis Farrell, Angela M. and Foster, Timothy J. and Holland, Keith T.,, 139, 267-277 (1993), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-139-2-267, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1350-0872, abstract= Lipase of Staphylococcus epidermidis 9 was purified from culture supernatant fluid. Two polypeptides (51 and 43 kDa) were detected by SDS-PAGE, of which the 43 kDa polypeptide reacted with anti-lipase serum. The S. epidermidis 9 lipase gene (gehC) was cloned in Escherichia coli and localized to a 2ยท1 kb sequence by subcloning and transposon mutagenesis. The nucleotide sequence of gehC (2064 nucleotides) was determined and the predicted amino acid sequence of the encoded lipase (77 kDa) identified. A 97 kDa lipase was detected in extracts of E. coli harbouring gehC and in post-exponential-phase culture supernatant fluids of S. epidermidis 9. Data presented indicate that the lipase behaves anomalously during SDS-PAGE and that a pro-lipase is proteolytically processed in cultures of S. epidermidis 9 during growth., language=, type=