title: Cloning and sequence analysis of a polygalacturonase-encoding gene from the phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
abstract: The phytopathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum produces a number of extra-cellular pectin-degrading enzymes. We have cloned and determined the complete sequence of a gene (pg1) encoding an endopolygalacturonase (PG1). The coding region consists of a non-interrupted 1143-bp open reading frame. S. sclerotiorum pg1 was compared to other fungal PG-encoding genes. Basic transcription control sequences were identified in the 5' non-coding region. The deduced amino acid (aa) sequence (380 aa) of the enzyme is compared to seven fungal PG sequences and shows a high level of identity (41.5 to 59.8%). Predicted secondary structures were compared, revealing a similar protein organization most probably in antiparallel beta sheets. Hybridization analysis using a pg1 0.65-kb BamHI fragment as a probe allowed the identification of seven different recombinant phages from a genomic library. Analysis of the hybridizing restriction fragments suggests that PG-encoding genes are organized as a family.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire Fongique, Université Lyon I, CGMC-CNRS UMR 106, Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reymond
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deléage
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rascle
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fèvre
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D005800:Genes, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics*; D011096:Polygalacturonase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D011096:Polygalacturonase