title: Secretion of streptavidin from Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: Streptavidin is an extracellular tetrameric protein produced by Streptomyces avidinii. A series of hybrid gene fusions consisting of Bacillus signal peptide coding regions fused to the mature streptavidin sequence were constructed. B. subtilis strains harboring these plasmids accumulate a tetrameric streptavidin in the growth medium. The properties of the streptavidin produced by B. subtilis are similar to those of the streptavidin produced by S. avidinii. B. subtilis strains carrying the various fusions can be grown to a high cell density in a biotin-free medium. Thus, B. subtilis represents an alternate host system for the production of streptavidin.
authors.affiliation: Central Research and Development Division, E. I. duPont de Nemours Company, Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0328.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nagarajan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramaley
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Albertson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015202:Protein Engineering; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D019809:Streptavidin; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D019809:Streptavidin