title: Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the pullulanase gene of Thermus thermophilus HB8 and production of the enzyme in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A 3.4-kb SphI fragment carrying the pullulanase gene of Thermus thermophilus HB8 was cloned. Based on the nucleotide sequence of it and the flanking region analyzed by direct sequencing of the inverse PCR product, an expression vector was constructed. The E. coli cells harboring the plasmid produced an about 80-kDa protein having pullulanase activity, the optimum temperature of which was 70 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomiyasu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tonozuka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ibuka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C100181:pullulanase