title: Cloning and characterization of a lignin peroxidase gene from the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor.
abstract: Six putative lignin peroxidase (LIP) genes were isolated from a lambda EMBL3 phage library of the white-rot fungus, Trametes versicolor, using the Phanerochaete chrysosporium LIP cDNA CLG5 as the probe. Sequence analysis of one of the genes, VLG1, showed that its coding region is interrupted by six small introns (49-64 bp) and that it encodes a mature LIP protein (341 aa; Mr: 36,714) that is preceded by a 25 aa signal sequence. This protein has a relatively high degree of aa homology to the N-termini of the LIP proteins purified from T. versicolor and has an aa homology of 55-60% to the LIP proteins of P. chrysosporium, which is comparable to that found between P. chrysosporium and Phlebia radiata LIP proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Public Health, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824-1101.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reddy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003001:Cloning, Molecular / Q000379:methods; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000235:genetics*; D011124:Polyporaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D010544:Peroxidases; C042858:lignin peroxidase