title: Effect of signal peptide alterations and replacement on export of xylanase A in Streptomyces lividans.
abstract: Starting from its translation initiation site, the Streptomyces lividans xylanase A signal peptide consists of 41 amino acids. This signal peptide was deleted and successively replaced with one of six signal peptides from other enzymes secreted by S. lividans and by a signal peptide from the outer membrane protein (LamB) of Escherichia coli. Deletion of the xylanase A signal peptide or modification of its cleavage site abolished secretion of the enzyme. Replacement with the signal peptides of either xylanase B, cellulase A, mannanase, or acetylxylan esterase produced equivalent amounts of xylanase A, while the signal peptides of cellulase B, xylanase C, and LamB secreted less enzyme than did the wild type. All the clones exhibited the same transcription levels, which indicated that the variations in xylanase production were due to the natures of the signal sequences.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche en Microbiologie Appliquée, Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, Ville de Laval, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pagé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kluepfel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shareck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morosoli
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport; D043364:Endo-1,4-beta Xylanases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014995:Xylosidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C085044:LamB signal peptide, E coli; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014995:Xylosidases; D043364:Endo-1,4-beta Xylanases