title: Cloning and sequencing of cel5Z gene from Erwinia chrysanthemi PY35.
abstract: The phytopathogenic bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi (Ech) secretes multiple isozymes of plant cell wall disrupting enzymes such as pectate lyase and endoglucanases. We cloned genomic DNA from Ech PY35 digested with Sau3AI and ligated into pBluescript II SK+. One of the E. coli XL1-blue clones had the ability to hydrolyze carboxymethyl cellulose and polygalacturonic acid. By subsequent subcloning from this 2.9 kb fragment, we obtained a 2.0 kb (pPY401), designated cel5Z, which had the activity of hydrolyzation of carboxymethyl cellulose. The cel5Z gene had an open reading frame (ORF) of 1,281 bp starting with an ATG start codon and followed by a TAA stop codon, encoding 426 amino acids with a signal peptide of 41 amino acids. Since the deduced amino acid sequence of this protein was very similar to that of CelE of Pseudomonas fluorescens, and had the conserved region, VIYEIYNEPL, it belonged to the glycoside hydrolase family 5 of EC 3.2.1.4. The molecular mass of Cel5Z protein from E. coli XL1-blue, as analyzed by CMC-SDS-PAGE, appeared to be 42 kDa. The optimum pH was 6, and the optimum temperature was about 40 degrees C for its enzymatic activity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Chinju, Korea.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Y U
authors.initials: YU
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Yun
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D002480:Cellulase; D016974:Dickeya chrysanthemi / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; D002480:Cellulase; C019826:carboxymethylcellulase; C449655:cel5Z protein, Erwinia chrysanthemi; D011133:Polysaccharide-Lyases; C023911:pectate lyase; D002266:Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium