title: Cloning and sequencing of a cluster of genes encoding novel enzymes of trehalose biosynthesis from thermophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
abstract: Trehalose biosynthesis genes, treZ, treX and treY, encoding maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (TreZ), glycogen debranching enzyme (TreX), and maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (TreY) have been cloned from the thermophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius ATCC33909. The amino-acid sequences deduced from treZ, treX and treY are composed of 556, 713 and 720 amino-acid residues, respectively. TreZ and TreY are 33-40% homologous to the corresponding enzymes from Arthrobacter sp. Q36. We have proposed that the biosynthesis of trehalose in Sulfolobus occurs via the actions of the three enzymes encoded by treZXY.
authors.affiliation: Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitsuzumi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chaen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurimoto
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006004:Glycogen Debranching Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014199:Trehalose / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006004:Glycogen Debranching Enzyme System; D014199:Trehalose