title: Identification and characterization of a lipase gene from Antrodia cinnamomea.
abstract: A partial (634 bp) cDNA clone, AF1229, obtained from expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of solid-cultured basidiomes of Antrodia cinnamomea is homologous to the lipase gene in Rhizomucor miehei. 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) and 3'-RACE amplification showed that the full-length lipase gene, Ac-LIP, has a 912bp open reading frame (ORF), a 183bp 5' non-coding region, and a 144bp 3' non-coding region. Ac-LIP contains the lipase consensus sequence, VTVVGHSLGA, and encodes a 303-amino acid polypeptide that appears to be an extracellular protein with a calculated molecular mass of 31.8 kDa. RT-PCR analysis suggested that Ac-LIP was strongly expressed during the basidiomatal formation stage of A. cinnamomea. When over-expressed in Escherichia coli, Ac-LIP yielded a protein that was capable of performing hydrolysis of trilinolein by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis. A. cinnamomea lipase represents the first enzyme of the lipase family from a basidiomycetous fungus, which has been characterized at the molecular level.
authors.affiliation: School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. fhchu@ntu.edu.tw
authors.forename: Fang-Hua
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Sheng-Yang
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-Chiun
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jei-Fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D055491:Antrodia / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D008049:Lipase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D012331:RNA, Fungal; D008049:Lipase