title: Expression and secretion of heterologous proteases by Corynebacterium glutamicum.
abstract: Genes encoding the basic protease of Dichelobacter nodosus (bprV) and the subtilisin of Bacillus subtilis (aprE) were cloned and expressed in Corynebacterium glutamicum. In each case, enzymatically active protein was detected in the supernatants of liquid cultures. While the secretion of subtilisin was directed by its own signal peptide, the natural signal peptide of the bprV basic protease did not facilitate secretion. A hybrid aprE-bprV gene in which the promoter and signal peptide coding sequences of subtilisin replaced those of bprV could be expressed, and basic protease was secreted by C. glutamicum. Expression of these proteases in C. glutamicum provides an opportunity to compare protein secretion from this gram-positive host with that from other gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Animal Health, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Billman-Jacobe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kortt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Radford
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D013381:Subtilisins