title: Molecular cloning of the gene encoding a 2Fe-2S ferredoxin from extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica strain TR-1.
abstract: A ferredoxin was purified from extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula japonica strain TR-1, and then characterized. The Ha. japonica ferredoxin proved to contain a 2Fe-2S cluster. A part of the gene encoding the ferredoxin was amplified by PCR. Subsequently, the entire ferredoxin gene was cloned from chromosomal DNA of Ha. japonica using the PCR product as a probe. The structural gene consisted of an open reading frame of 387 nucleotides. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 89-98% identities with those of the ferredoxins from other extremely halophilic archaea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichimata
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sugimori
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D005288:Ferredoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D019613:Haloarcula / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005288:Ferredoxins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins