title: Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gramicidin S synthetase 1 gene.
abstract: The entire gene for gramicidin S synthetase 1 (GS 1) was cloned into the plasmid vector pUC18, and the nucleotide sequences of the GS 1 gene and its flanking region were determined. The full-length clone was 4,539 base pairs long and had an open reading frame of 3,294 nucleotides coding for 1,098 amino acids. The calculated molecular weight of 123,474 agreed with the apparent molecular weight of 120,000 found in SDS-PAGE of GS 1 from B. brevis. The nucleotide sequence of GS 1 gene was highly homologous to that of tyrocidine synthetase 1. The overall similarity between the deduced amino acid sequences of the two genes was 57.5%. The gene product of clone GS309 was easily purified to an essentially homogeneous state by ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, Ultrogel AcA-34, and second DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B column chromatography. The purified protein catalyzed the D-phenylalanine-dependent ATP-32PPi exchange reaction which is specific for GS 1 activity, and the specific activity of the purified product was nearly the same as the purified GS 1 from B. brevis. The product also showed a weak phenylalanine racemase activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Hyogo College of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minetoki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurotsu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furuyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D000591:Amino Acid Isomerases; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C020831:gramicidin-S-synthetase 2