title: Isolation of ALU1-P gene encoding a protein with aluminum tolerance activity from Arthrobacter viscosus.
abstract: We isolated a DNA fragment (ALU1-P) encoding a protein with an activity of aluminum tolerance from an Al tolerant soil microorganism, Arthrobacter viscosus. This microorganism was isolated from acidic tea field soils. The cloned DNA is composed of 1090 nucleotides, which has one open-reading frame without any stop codon. However, when the DNA fragment was transferred into Escherichia coli, a microorganism susceptible to Al toxicity, it endowed E. coli with Al tolerance. The deduced amino acid sequence of the DNA showed 65% identity with the protein of YbaX gene in Escherichia coli, and 51.1% identity with YB91 Haein hypothetical protein of HI1191 gene in Haemophilus influenzae. The ALU1-P gene in the expression vector produced a protein of 192 amino acids deriving a molecular weight of 21.3 kDa by using the stop codon in vector. The ALU1-P gene is a new one that has the characteristic of Al tolerance.
authors.affiliation: College of Agriculture, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W I
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000535:Aluminum / Q000633:toxicity*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: C109204:ALU1 protein, Arthrobacter viscosus; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000535:Aluminum