title: Cloning and sequencing of a dextranase-encoding cDNA from Penicillium minioluteum.
abstract: A cDNA from Penicillium minioluteum HI-4 encoding a dextranase (1,6-alpha-glucan hydrolase, EC 3.2.1.11) was isolated and characterized. cDNA clones corresponding to genes expressed in dextran-induced cultures were identified by differential hybridization. Southern hybridization and restriction mapping analysis of selected clones revealed four different groups of cDNAs. The dextranase cDNA was identified after expressing a cDNA fragment from each of the isolated groups of cDNA clones in the Escherichia coli T7 system. The expression of a 2 kb cDNA fragment in E. coli led to the production of a 67 kDa protein which was recognized by an anti-dextranase polyclonal antibody. The cDNA contains 2109 bp plus a poly(A) tail, coding for a protein of 608 amino acids, including 20 N-terminal amino acid residues which might correspond to a signal peptide. There was 29% sequence identity between the P. minioluteum dextranase and the dextranase from Arthrobacter sp. CB-8.
authors.affiliation: Bioindustry Division, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Havana, Cuba.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Margolles
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mateu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raices
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Gonzales
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Delgado
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D003910:Dextranase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010407:Penicillium / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D003910:Dextranase