title: Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase gene from the alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain no. 38-2.
abstract: The cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase, EC 2.4.1.19) gene from the alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain no. 38-2 was cloned in Escherichia coli using pBR322. A plasmid, pCS8, was isolated from a transformant producing CGTase and the cloned CGTase gene was found to be in a 5.3 kb DNA fragment. The nucleotide sequence of a 2.5 kb segment encoding the CGTase was determined. This segment showed an open reading frame which would encode a polypeptide of 712 amino acids. The pCS8 CGTase had the same enzymic properties as those of the extracellular CGTase produced by the alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain no. 38-2. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of this CGTase gene and gene product, respectively, have strong homology with those of the Bacillus macerans CGTase.
authors.affiliation: Riken Institute, Saitama-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horikoshi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C019963:cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase