CLONING OF THE GENES ENCODING UREASE FROM PROTEUS-VULGARIS AND SEQUENCING OF THE STRUCTURAL GENES

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作者
MORSDORF, G [1 ]
KALTWASSER, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SAARLAND,FAC MIKROBIOL,IM STADTWALD,W-6600 SAARBRUCKEN,GERMANY
关键词
Cloning; Nucleotide sequence; Proteus vulgaris; Urease;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1097(90)90260-W
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
A fragment of chromosomal DNA from Proteus vulgaris encoding urease was cloned and expressed in Escherchia coli. A 3 kbp region was sequenced and revealed three open reading frames with homology to jack (Canavalia ensiformis) urease. The smallest protein (11 kDa) was homologous to the N-terminus of the plant enzyme and the largest polypeptide (61 kDa) corresponded to the C-terminus. The large protein contained conserved regions and a cysteine residue which is known to be catalytically important in the plant enzyme. A protein of 12 kDa showed homology to residues 132 to 237 of jack bean urease. © 1989.
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