title: Cloning and sequencing of the gene coding for dextranase from Streptococcus salivarius.
abstract: We cloned and sequenced the dextranase (Dex) (1,6-alpha-glucanhydrolase; EC 3.2.1.11)-encoding gene from Streptococcus salivarius (Ss) strain M-33. Recombinant clones from an Ss genomic library specifying Dex activity were identified as colonies surrounded by transparent halos on blue dextran plates. One of the clones had a 4.3-kb KpnI fragment containing the gene coding for an 826-amino-acid polypeptide with a molecular mass of 87.9 kDa, which corresponds well to that of native Dex from the Ss culture supernatant. There was no sequence homology between the gene encoding Ss Dex and the gene encoding dextran glucosidase of S. mutans, or between their protein products.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbial Genetics, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gonda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsushiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003910:Dextranase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003910:Dextranase