title: A new subtilisin family: nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of new high-molecular-mass alkaline proteases from Bacillus spp.
abstract: Six genes encoding high-molecular-mass subtilisins (HMSs) of alkaliphilic Bacillus spp. were cloned and sequenced. Their open reading frames of 2,394-2,424 bp encoded prosubtilisins of 798-808 amino acids (aa) consisting of the prepropeptides of 151-158 aa and the mature enzymes of 640-656 aa. The deduced aa sequences of the mature enzymes exhibited 60-95% identity to those of FT protease of Bacillus sp. strain KSM-KP43, a subtilisin-like serine protease, and a minor serine protease, Vpr, of Bacillus strains. Three of the six recombinant enzymes were susceptible to proteolysis, but the others were autodigestion resistant. All enzymes had optimal pH values of 10.5-11.0, optimal temperatures of 40-45 degrees C for hydrolysis of a synthetic substrate, and were heat labile. These alkaline proteases seem to form a new subtilisin family, as judged by their aa sequences and phylogenetic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Tochigi Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation, 2606 Akabane, Ichikai, Haga, Tochigi 321-3497, Japan.
authors.forename: Mitsuyoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okuda
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sumitomo
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takimura
authors.forename: Akinori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Katsuhisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saeki
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001407:Bacillus / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D005810:Multigene Family; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D013381:Subtilisins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D013381:Subtilisins; C032923:microbial serine proteinases