title: Scanning the Corynebacterium glutamicum R genome for high-efficiency secretion signal sequences.
abstract: Systematic screening of secretion proteins using an approach based on the completely sequenced genome of Corynebacterium glutamicum R revealed 405 candidate signal peptides, 108 of which were able to heterologously secrete an active-form alpha-amylase derived from Geobacillus stearothermophilus. These comprised 90 general secretory (Sec)-type, 10 twin-arginine translocator (Tat)-type and eight Sec-type with presumptive lipobox peptides. Only Sec- and Tat-type signals directed high-efficiency secretion. In two assays, 11 of these signals resulted in 50- to 150-fold increased amounts of secreted alpha-amylase compared with the well-known corynebacterial secretory protein PS2. While the presence of an AXA motif at the cleavage sites was readily apparent, it was the presence of a glutamine residue adjacent to the cleavage site that may affect secretion efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Keiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.affiliation: Honda R&D Co., Ltd, 1-4-1 Chuo Wako, Saitama 351-0193, Japan.|Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okibe
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inui
authors.affiliation: Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yukawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D005973:Glutamine / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D005973:Glutamine; D000516:alpha-Amylases