title: Phosphoserine aminotransferase from Bacillus circulans subsp. alkalophilus: purification, gene cloning and sequencing.
abstract: Two peaks of aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) catalytic activity were observed during DEAE chromatography of a protein extract from alkalophilic B. circulans. The enzyme purified from the major peak appeared to be not aspartate but phosphoserine aminotransferase (PSAT) with a considerably high AspAT side activity. The sequence of the enzyme N-terminus was determined, and the PSAT gene was cloned as two separate fragments. DNA sequencing revealed the open reading frame for the PSAT starting from TTG, putative ribosomal binding site and terminator of transcription. The PSAT gene encodes a protein of 361 amino acids (M(r) 39793) which shows moderate homology to other known phosphoserine aminotransferases (36-46% of identity, 60-64% of similarity). The PSAT from the alkalophile shares with all of them the consensus sequence pattern around the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate attachment site.
authors.affiliation: Finnish-Russian Joint Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland. nbattchikova@finabo.abo.fi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Battchikova
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Himanen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahjolahti
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Korpela
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000637:Transaminases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000637:Transaminases; C022393:phosphoserine aminotransferase; D015246:Deoxyribonuclease EcoRI; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII