title: Distribution of bacteria with the arylsulfate sulfotransferase activity.
abstract: This study is to predict the possible roles of the arylsulfate sulfotransferase (ASST) in the microorganism. At first we studied the spectrum of a distribution of the ASST enzyme through about 1,300 bacteria and the several selected strains were compared with Klebsiella K-36 previously reported in the level of DNA homology using the Southern blot method. From this study, we could predict that this enzyme would not exist in specific bacteria and it might not be a critical enzyme for the life of bacteria.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D015239:Arylsulfotransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015239:Arylsulfotransferase; C090707:arylsulfate sulfotransferase