title: Cloning, sequencing and expression of the gene encoding the cell-envelope-associated proteinase from Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei NCDO 151.
abstract: The gene encoding the cell-envelope-associated proteinase of Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei NCDO 151 (formerly Lactobacillus casei NCDO 151) was cloned and sequenced. The gene was located on the chromosome and encoded a polypeptide of 1902 amino acids. The proteinase is N-terminally cleaved upon maturation. It shows extensive homology to the Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris Wg2 proteinase. Similar to the situation in Lactococcus, a maturation gene was found upstream of the proteinase gene. The cloned proteinase gene was expressed in Lactobacillus plantarum. However, no expression was observed when the gene was cloned in Lactococcus lactis.
authors.affiliation: MATFORSK, Norwegian Food Research Institute, Oslovn.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D010450:Endopeptidases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C073584:Prt protein, Streptomyces