title: The araBAD operon of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. II. Nucleotide sequence of araA and primary structure of its product, L-arabinose isomerase.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of gene araA of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 has been determined. The gene encodes an L-arabinose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.4) of 500 amino acid residues with a calculated Mr of 55814. The ATG start codon of araA is 10 bp distal to the TAA termination codon of araB. A presumed ribosome-binding site (RBS) "TAAGGA" 7 bp from the ATG codon overlaps the stop codon of araB. L-Arabinose isomerase was purified and the amino acid composition is in agreement with that predicted from the DNA sequence. The NH2-terminus of the protein is modified as the sequence cannot be analyzed by the automated Edman degradation. Amino acid composition analyses of both NH2-terminal and C-terminal cyanogen bromide (CNBr) cleaved peptides and partial amino acid sequence of the C-terminal peptide are consistent with the deduced amino acid sequence.
mesh_terms: D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001483:Base Sequence; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D009876:Operon; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002238:Carbohydrate Epimerases; D019747:Aldose-Ketose Isomerases; C019715:L-arabinose isomerase