title: Molecular cloning of the gene for bilirubin oxidase from Myrothecium verrucaria and its expression in yeast.
abstract: Myrothecium verrucaria bilirubin oxidase (EC 1.3.3.5) is an enzyme catalyzing the oxidation of bilirubin to biliverdin and other substrates. We have purified bilirubin oxidase from the medium of M. verrucaria and determined its partial amino acid sequence and isolated cDNA fragment amplified by polymerase chain reaction using oligonucleotide primers designed on the basis of the partial amino acid sequence. The gene for bilirubin oxidase has been cloned from a genomic library using the cDNA fragment as a probe. The gene encodes a precursor of bilirubin oxidase consisting of 572 amino acid residues, which comprises the prepro-region of 38 amino acid residues and the mature enzyme of 534 amino acid residues containing one cysteine. Five introns were found within the coding region. Sequence comparison of bilirubin oxidase with other blue copper proteins (laccase, ascorbate oxidase, human ceruloplasmin, plastocyanin, and azurin) revealed the presence of four domains corresponding to potential copper ligands. We have expressed this bilirubin oxidase gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under the repressible acid phosphatase promotor and found an active recombinant bilirubin oxidase, establishing the functional identity of the gene.
authors.affiliation: Tsukuba Research Laboratories, Amano Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ibaragi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koikeda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murao
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Samejima
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015342:DNA Probes; D015870:Gene Expression; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; D010957:Plasmids; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D044925:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-CH Group Donors; C042401:bilirubin oxidase