title: Homology between endoglucanase Z of Erwinia chrysanthemi and endoglucanases of Bacillus subtilis and alkalophilic Bacillus.
abstract: Nucleotide sequencing of the celZ gene encoding the extracellular endoglucanase Z of Erwinia chrysanthemi indicated the presence of an open reading frame encoding 428 amino acids. The mature protein appeared to be extended by a signal peptide of 43 amino acids; this sequence is unusually long and positively charged (+5). It was shown to function as a signal peptide by fusing it to a truncated phoA gene encoding Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase. Comparison of the encoded sequence with those of the endoglucanases of Bacillus subtilis and alkalophilic Bacillus revealed the existence of a region of extensive homology occurring in all three proteins at about the same distance from the NH2-terminal end. These regions may be involved in substrate binding and/or catalytic sites.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, C.N.R.S.B.P., 71-31, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guiseppi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cami
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Aymeric
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Creuzet
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002480:Cellulase / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004885:Erwinia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002480:Cellulase