title: Molecular analysis of the pac gene encoding a puromycin N-acetyl transferase from Streptomyces alboniger.
abstract: Nucleotide sequence of a 906-bp fragment of Streptomyces alboniger DNA containing the gene (pac), which encodes a puromycin N-acetyltransferase (PAC), has been determined. The pac gene contains a 600-nt open reading frame, starting with an ATG codon, which encodes a polypeptide of Mr 21,531; this is consistent with the 23 +/- 1.5 kDa size of the PAC enzyme. High-resolution S1 mapping indicates that transcription starts at or next to a C residue 35 bp upstream from the putative ATG start codon. A 263-bp DNA fragment from the 5' region of the pac gene has promoter activity in the promoter-probe plasmid pIJ486. Its -35 and -10 regions show significant structural homology to the corresponding regions of the hyg gene promoter, but they are different from the promoter sequences of other Streptomyces and Escherichia coli genes.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biología Molecular (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lacalle
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pulido
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zalacaín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiménez
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C045336:puromycin N-acetyltransferase; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases