title: Cloning and sequencing of the beta-glucosidase gene from Acetobacter xylinum ATCC 23769.
abstract: The beta-glucosidase gene (bglxA) was cloned from the genomic DNA of Acetobacter xylinum ATCC 23769 and its nucleotide sequence (2200 bp) was determined. This bglxA gene was present downstream of the cellulose synthase operon and coded for a polypeptide of molecular mass 79 kDa. The overexpression of the beta-glucosidase in A. xylinum caused a tenfold increase in activity compared to the wild-type strain. In addition, the action pattern of the enzyme was identified as G3ase activity. The deduced amino acid sequence of the bglxA gene showed 72.3%, 49.6%, and 45.1% identity with the beta-glucosidases from A. xylinum subsp. sucrofermentans, Cellvibrio gilvus, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, respectively. Based on amino acid sequence similarities, the beta-glucosidase (BglxA) was assigned to family 3 of the glycosyl hydrolases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. tajima@dove-mc.eng.hokudai.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munekata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D041822:Gluconacetobacter xylinus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D001617:beta-Glucosidase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001617:beta-Glucosidase