title: Cloning and sequence of ftsZ and flanking regions from the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120.
abstract: Using degenerate oligodeoxyribonucleotide primers based on conserved regions of the cell-division protein FtsZ, a 220-bp fragment of DNA was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction from Anabaena PCC 7120 (Ana). This fragment, which showed significant homology with Escherichia coli ftsZ, was used as a probe to isolate a 15-kb genomic clone containing ftsZ from an Ana DNA library. Sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame (ORF) encoding a protein of 379 amino acids, with 49% identity with E. coli FtsZ. Upstream of Ana ftsZ is a small, unidentified ORF, transcribed in the same direction. An ORF lying downstream of the ftsZ coding region and transcribed in the opposite orientation, shows homology with bacterial glutathione synthetase-encoding genes. Single copies of ftsZ have been identified in Ana and two other cyanobacteria. Multiple transcripts hybridising to ftsZ were detected by Northern hybridisation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Doherty
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Adams
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017033:Anabaena / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002455:Cell Division; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D015723:Gene Library; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; C071525:FtsZ protein, Bacteria; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins