title: Cloning and characterization of a phospholipase gene from Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16.
abstract: A single gene (plcA) was cloned from a cosmid library of Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 DNA that encoded an extracellular phospholipase. The gene was subcloned and DNA sequence data showed the presence of a single open reading frame encoding a protein with a predicted size of 39 kDa. The coding region was G+C-rich and the protein had a predicted basic isoelectric point. The protein showed no significant homology with others in the PIR library, including other phospholipases. When overexpressed in Escherichia coli cells, the plcA gene directed production of a c. 39 kDa protein that was largely localized in the periplasm, but its N-terminal amino acid sequence was that of the native protein predicted from DNA sequence data. Unlike the wild-type bacterium, an E. chrysanthemi EC16 marker exchange mutant of the plcA gene did not secrete extracellular phospholipase activity in the medium. However, no detectable change was observed in terms of the virulence of the mutant strain on potato tubers or chrysanthemum stems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside 92521.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Keen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ridgway
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boyd
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D016974:Dickeya chrysanthemi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010740:Phospholipases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D010740:Phospholipases