title: Isolation and characterization of the gene encoding gluconolactonase from Zymomonas mobilis.
abstract: The gene encoding the enzyme gluconolactonase (D-glucono-delta-lactone lactonohydrolase, EC 3.1.1.17) has been isolated from a recombinant library of genomic Zymomonas mobilis DNA, by detection of enzyme activity in recombinant clones. The gene encoded a protein of 320 amino acids, which is processed to the mature enzyme of 285 amino acids (31079 Da) by cleavage at an Ala-Ala bond, as determined from N-terminal sequencing of the purified enzyme. A minor sequence commencing at amino acid 6 is suggestive of an alternative start of translation at the ATG codon of amino acid 5; in this case the expressed enzyme would remain cytoplasmic, whereas it is presumed that the main portion is directed to the membrane of periplasm by the leader sequence.
authors: Centre for Protein and Enzyme Technology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia.
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Kanagasundaram
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Scopes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017355:Zymomonas / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C020579:gluconolactonase