emm53.5 (emm-cluster D4) subtype-determining sequence consists of bases 31-180 that encodes residues 1-50 of mature protein. emm53.5 from GAS isolate B3 recovered from 4 year old boy with pyoderma in Brasilia, Brasil during 2004.Information and sequence data provided by Dr. Pierre Smeesters, Laboratoire de Genetique des Procaryotes, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 12. 6041 Gosselies. Belgium. . . . emm53.5.sds Length: 180 November 27, 2006 14:21 Type: N Check: 842 .. 1 GGGTTAGCAA GCCAGACAGA AGTTAAGGCG AATAGAGCAG ACGACGCTAG 51 AAATGAAGTA CTAAGGCGGA ATCTTGTACG GGCTGAGCTT TGGTACCGTC 101 AAATACAAGA AAATGACCAA CTTAAATTGG AAAATAAAGG GCTTAAGACT 151 GATTTACGGG AAAAGGAAGA AGAGTTACAA