title: Cloning and characterization of the Bacillus licheniformis gene coding for alkaline phosphatase.
abstract: The structural gene for alkaline phosphatase (orthophosphoric monoester phosphohydrolase; EC 3.1.3.1) of Bacillus licheniformis MC14 was cloned into the Pst1 site of pMK2004 from chromosomal DNA. The gene was cloned on an 8.5-kilobase DNA fragment. A restriction map was developed, and the gene was subcloned on a 4.2-kilobase DNA fragment. The minimum coding region of the gene was localized to a 1.3-kilobase region. Western blot analysis was used to show that the gene coded for a 60,000-molecular-weight protein which cross-reacts with anti-alkaline phosphatase prepared against the salt-extractable membrane alkaline phosphatase of B. licheniformis MC14 .
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000235:genetics*; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005838:Genotype; D010641:Phenotype; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase