title: Molecular cloning of acetyl coenzyme A: deacetylcephalosporin C o-acetyltransferase cDNA from Acremonium chrysogenum: sequence and expression of catalytic activity in yeast.
abstract: Acetyl CoA: deacetylcephalosporin C o-acetyltransferase(DCPC-ATF) catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of cephalosporin C, the conversion of deacetylcephalosporin C to cephalosporin C. A cDNA encoding DCPC-ATF has been isolated from a cDNA library of a cephalosporin C producing fungus Acremonium chrysogenum using oligonucleotide probes based on N-terminal amino acid sequences of the enzyme. The cDNA contains a single large open reading frame for a putative precursor consisting of 12 amino acid(AA) leader peptide of unknown function, 274 AA large subunit and 126 AA small subunit at the carboxyl end. The cDNA was expressed in yeast exhibiting a functional DCPC-ATF activity. It was also indicated that the leader peptide was not essential for expression of the enzyme activity. The primary structure of DCPC-ATF shows significant homology with those of acetyl CoA: homoserine o-acetyltransferase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Ascobolas immersus.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Research and Development Department, Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Fuji, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sugiura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komatsu
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000164:Acremonium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C018707:acetyl CoA-deacetylcephalosporin C acetyltransferase; C021369:homoserine O-acetyltransferase