title: Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and transcriptional analysis of the nusG gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), which encodes a putative transcriptional antiterminator.
abstract: A 3 kb genomic fragment containing the nusG gene of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) was identified, cloned and sequenced. Sequence analysis revealed 3 complete and 2 truncated open reading frames (ORFs): truncated ORFU (similar to a Bacillus gene encoding a thermostable aspartate aminotransferase)-secE (94 amino acids; 79.0% similarity to Escherichia coli SecE)-nusG (300 amino acids; 73.3% similarity to E. coli NusG)-rplK (144 amino acids; 88.5% similarity to E. coli ribosomal subunit L11)-truncated rplA (similar to E. coli ribosomal subunit L1). The gene organization secE-nusG-rplKA exactly matches that in E. coli. Transcriptional analyses by the primer extension method revealed one transcriptional start site each for secE and nusG, and two sites for rplK. The presence of promoters was also confirmed with the aid of a promoter-probe vector.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Puttikhunt
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nihira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics*; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C070291:NusG protein, E coli; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors