title: Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase specified by cat-86: relationship between the gene and the protein.
abstract: Gene cat-86 is chloramphenicol (Cm)-inducible and specifies Cm acetyltransferase, CAT-86. The gene was previously cloned from the DNA of a strain of Bacillus pumilus. In the present study we report the construction of a constitutively expressed version of cat-86 that permits high-level expression of the gene on a plasmid in B. subtilis. A method is described that allows very rapid purification of CAT-86 protein to homogeneity. The sequence of 13 N-terminal amino acids of purified CAT-86, as well as the 26.6-kDa size of the subunit protein, agree with predictions made based on the nucleotide sequence of the gene. The Mr of the native enzyme suggests that CAT-86 is a trimer consisting of three identical protein subunits. Our studies demonstrate that cat-86 provides a convenient system for analyzing relationships between a gene and a multimeric enzyme in the B. subtilis background.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Catonsville 21228.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laredo
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Lovett
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase