title: Molecular cloning of a cell wall exo-beta-1,3-glucanase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: A major protein of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell walls is a 29-kilodalton glycoprotein which shows lectinlike binding to beta-1,3-glucan and chitin. It was solubilized by heating isolated cell walls at 90 degrees C and purified to homogeneity by running two high-pressure liquid chromatography columns. With the sequence information of the N terminus and seven peptides, two oligonucleotides were synthesized and the gene was cloned. Its sequence is similar to those of two plant beta-glucanases, and the protein was shown to possess beta-1,3-exoglucanase activity with laminarin as substrate. Haploid yeast cells contained one copy of the gene (BGL2). Gene disruption did not result in a phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Zellbiologie und Pflanzenphysiologie, Universität Regensburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Klebl
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tanner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000201:enzymology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D043326:Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase; D005959:Glucosidases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005959:Glucosidases; D001617:beta-Glucosidase; D043326:Glucan 1,3-beta-Glucosidase