title: Genetic organization of nylon-oligomer-degrading enzymes from alkalophilic bacterium, Agromyces sp. KY5R.
abstract: A 15-kb gene locus including nylon-oligomer-degrading genes from the chromosome of an alkalophilic bacterium, Agromyces sp. KY5R, was cloned and sequenced. The genetic organization was similar to the DNA region flanked by directly repeated IS6100 sequences on the nylon-oligomer-degradative plasmid pOAD2. However, we found several genetic rearrangements between the two DNA regions. Here, we discuss the possible mechanisms underlying the genetic rearrangements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, 2167 Shosha, Himeji, Hyogo 671-2280, Japan.
authors.forename: Kengo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuhira
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uedo
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takeo
authors.forename: Dai-ichiro
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Negoro
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015321:Gene Rearrangement / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D000581:Amidohydrolases; C026250:6-aminohexanoate-dimer hydrolase