title: Cloning and sequencing of the genes encoding cyclic tetrasaccharide-synthesizing enzymes from Bacillus globisporus C11.
abstract: The genes for isomaltosyltransferase (CtsY) and 6-glucosyltransferase (CtsZ), involved in synthesis of a cyclic tetrasaccharide from alpha-glucan, have been cloned from the genome of Bacillus globisporus C11. The amino-acid sequence deduced from the ctsY gene is composed of 1093 residues having a signal sequence of 29 residues in its N-terminus. The ctsZ gene encodes a protein consisting of 1284 residues with a signal sequence of 35 residues. Both of the gene products show similarities to alpha-glucosidases belonging to glycoside hydrolase family 31 and conserve two aspartic acids corresponding to the putative catalytic residues of these enzymes. The two genes are linked together, forming ctsYZ. The DNA sequence of 16,515 bp analyzed in this study contains four open reading frames (ORFs) upstream of ctsYZ and one ORF downstream. The first six ORFs, including ctsYZ, form a gene cluster, ctsUVWXYZ. The amino-acid sequences deduced from ctsUV are similar in to a sequence permease and a sugar-binding protein for the sugar transport system from Thermococcus sp. B1001. The third ctsW encodes a protein similar to CtsY, suggested to be another isomaltosyltransferase preferring panose to high-molecular-mass substrates.
authors.affiliation: Amase Institute, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Okayama, Japan. amaseken@hayashibara.co.jp
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aga
authors.forename: Kazuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruta
authors.forename: Takuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Shigeharu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurimoto
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsujisaka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C436710:maltosyltransferase