title: The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the elongation factor 1 alpha in Sulfolobus solfataricus. Homology of the product with related proteins.
abstract: The cloning and sequencing of the gene coding for the archaebacterial elongation factor 1 alpha (aEF-1 alpha) was performed by screening a Sulfolobus solfataricus genomic library using a probe constructed from the eptapeptide KNMITGA that is conserved in all the EF-1 alpha/EF-Tu known so far. The isolated recombinant phage contained the part of the aEF-1 alpha gene from amino acids 1 to 171. The other part (amino acids 162-435) was obtained through the amplification of the S. solfataricus DNA by PCR. The codon usage by the aEF-1 alpha gene showed a preference for triplets ending in A and/or T. This behavior was almost identical to that of the S. acidocaldarius EF-1 alpha gene but differed greatly from that of EF-1 alpha/EF-Tu genes in other archaebacteria eukaryotes and eubacteria. The translated protein is made of 435 amino acid residues and contains sequence motifs for the binding of GTP, tRNA and ribosome. Alignments of aEF-1 alpha with several EF-1 alpha/EF-Tu revealed that aEF-1 alpha is more similar to its eukaryotic than to its eubacterial counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arcari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ianniciello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dello Russo
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bocchini
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D004247:DNA