Artigo Revisado por pares

Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of Streptomyces griseus trypsin gene

1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 181; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0006-291x(91)91248-b

ISSN

1090-2104

Autores

Jee Cheon Kim, Seung Hee, Seong Tae Jeong, San Kon Oh, Si Myung Byun,

Tópico(s)

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Resumo

Streptomyces griseus trypsin (E.C. 3.4.21.4) is one of the major extracellular proteinase, which is secreted by S. griseus. The gene encoding S. griseus trypsin was isolated from a S. griseus genomic library by using a synthetic oligonucleotide probe. Fragments containing the gene for S. griseus trypsin were characterized by hybridization and demonstration of proteolytic activity in S. lividans. Deduced amino acid sequence from the nucleotide sequence suggests that S. griseus trypsin is produced as a precursor, consisting of three portions; an amino-terminal pre sequence (32 amino acid residues), a pro sequence (4 residues), and the mature trypsin. The S. griseus trypsin consists of 223 amino acids with a computed molecular weight of 23,112. The existence of proline at the pro and mature junction suggests that the processing of S. griseus trypsin is non-autocatalytic.

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