title: Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a xylanase gene from Bacteroides ruminicola 23.
abstract: A gene coding for xylanase activity in the ruminal bacterial strain 23, the type strain of Bacteroides ruminicola, was cloned into Escherichia coli JM83 by using plasmid pUC18. AB. ruminicola 23 genomic library was prepared in E. coli by using BamHI-digested DNA, and transformants were screened for xylanase activity on the basis of clearing areas around colonies grown on Remazol brilliant blue R-xylan plates. Six clones were identified as being xylanase positive, and all six contained the same 5.7-kilobase genomic insert. The gene was reduced to a 2.7-kilobase DNA fragment. Xylanase activity produced by the E. coli clone was found to be greater than that produced by the original B. ruminicola strain. Southern hybridization analysis of genomic DNA from the related B. ruminicola strains, D31d and H15a, by using the strain 23 xylanase gene demonstrated one hybridizing band in each DNA.
authors.affiliation: Northern Regional Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hespell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D043325:Xylan Endo-1,3-beta-Xylosidase