title: Cloning of the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase gene from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. A2-5a and analysis of the raw starch-binding domain.
abstract: The cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) gene of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. A2-5a was cloned and expressed in Bacillus subtilis ANA-1 as a host. The DNA region included an open reading frame encoding a 704-amino-acid polypeptide with a typical raw starch-binding motif in its C-terminal region. The CGTase purified from Bacillus sp. A2-5a bound to raw starch as strongly as porcine pancreas alpha-amylase, as expected from the sequence motif. A chromosomal region (a DNA fragment of about 14.1 kbp) including the CGTase gene was also cloned and the nucleotide sequence was determined. Possible cyclodextrinase and putative cyclodextrin-binding protein genes were found in the flanking region of the CGTase gene, which implied that the novel starch-degradation pathway postulated for a gram-negative bacterium [Klebsiella oxytoca; Fiedler et al. (1996) J Mol Biol 256: 279-291] also exists in a gram-positive bacterium i.e. Bacillus.
authors.affiliation: Biochemical Research Laboratory, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd., Osaka Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohdan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuriki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013213:Starch / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013213:Starch; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C019963:cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase