title: Isolation and sequence analysis of the gene URA3 encoding the orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase from Candida glycerinogenes WL2002-5, an industrial glycerol producer.
abstract: The URA3 gene of Candida glycerinogenes WL2002-5, an industrial glycerol producer encoding orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase enzyme, was isolated by complementation cloning in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. DNA sequence analysis revealed the presence of an open reading frame (ORF) of 786 bp, encoding a 262 amino acid protein, which shares 71.65% amino acid sequence similarity to the S. cerevisiae URA3 protein. Furthermore, the cloned ORF fully complemented the ura3 mutation of S. cerevisiae, confirming that it encodes for the C. glycerinogenes Ura3 (CgUra3) protein.
authors.affiliation: The Key Lab of Industrial Biotechnology of Ministry of Education, Research Centre of Industrial Microorganisms, Southern Yangtz University, Wuxi 214036, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yanli
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Zhengxiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ji-Quan
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhiming
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Xueming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Huiying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhuge
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002175:Candida / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005990:Glycerol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D005990:Glycerol