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Joliff G, Edelman A, Klier A, Rapoport G. Inducible Secretion of a Cellulase from Clostridium thermocellum in Bacillus subtilis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 55:2739-44. [PMID: 16348042 PMCID: PMC203162 DOI: 10.1128/aem.55.11.2739-2744.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A host-vector system for inducible secretion during the logarithmic growth phase in Bacillus subtilis has been developed. The B. subtilis levansucrase gene promoter and the region encoding its signal sequence have been used. The endoglucanase A of Clostridium thermocellum was used as a model protein to test the efficiency of the system. Effective inducible secretion of the endoglucanase A was observed when either the levansucrase signal sequence or its own signal sequence was used. Expression of the endoglucanase A in different genetic backgrounds of B. subtilis showed that its regulation was similar to that of levansucrase, and high enzyme activity was recovered from the culture supernatant of a hyperproducing B. subtilis sacU(Hy) strain. The molecular weight of 46,000 estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the secreted endoglucanase A is compatible with the calculated molecular weight of the mature polypeptide.
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- G Joliff
- Unité de Biochimie Microbienne, Département des Biotechnologies, URA 1300 CNRS, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Schumann W. Production of Recombinant Proteins in Bacillus subtilis. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2007; 62:137-89. [PMID: 17869605 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(07)62006-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Wolfgang Schumann
- Institute of Genetics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth D-95440, Germany
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Sun X, Chen Y, Wu C, Yang G, Guo B, Shen D. Functional Evaluation of a Novel Constitutive Promoter F1 of Bacillus pumilus, as a Rice Epiphytic Strain, and Construction of an Efficient Expression and Secretion System under the Control of F1. Biotechnol Lett 2006; 28:979-85. [PMID: 16799766 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Accepted: 03/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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To establish a constitutive, high-efficiency expression and secretion system for Bacillus pumilus, the function of a promoter and the abilities of three signal peptides in B. pumilus DX01 were tested. F1, cloned from the rice epiphyte B. pumilus strain DX01, had strong transcription activity and was a vegetative-phase constitutive promoter. The signal sequences of Bacillus subtilis levansucrase (sacB) and subtilisin, as well as B. pumilus DX01 RNase signal sequence could drive the secretion of E. coli beta-lactamase from B. pumilus DX01 efficiently, among which the signal sequence of B. subtilis sacB was the most effective. Likewise, they could also direct the secretion of green fluorescence protein (GFP) from DX01.
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- Xiaobo Sun
- Institute of Genetics, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, School of Life Science, Fudan University, 220 Handan Rd, Shanghai 200433, PR China
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Ferreira LCS, Ferreira RCC, Schumann W. Bacillus subtilis as a tool for vaccine development: from antigen factories to delivery vectors. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2005; 77:113-24. [PMID: 15692682 DOI: 10.1590/s0001-37652005000100009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Bacillus subtilis and some of its close relatives have a long history of industrial and biotechnological applications. Search for antigen expression systems based on recombinant B. subtilis strains sounds attractive both by the extensive genetic knowledge and the lack of an outer membrane, which simplify the secretion and purification of heterologous proteins. More recently, genetically modified B. subtilis spores have been described as indestructible delivery vehicles for vaccine antigens. Nonetheless both production and delivery of antigens by B. subtilis strains face some inherent obstacles, as unstable gene expression and reduced immunogenicity that, otherwise, can be overcome by already available gene technology approaches. In the present review we present the status of B. subtilis-based vaccine research, either as protein factories or delivery vectors, and discuss some alternatives for a better use of genetically modified strains.
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- Luís C S Ferreira
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, 05508-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Schallmey M, Singh A, Ward OP. Developments in the use of Bacillus species for industrial production. Can J Microbiol 2004; 50:1-17. [PMID: 15052317 DOI: 10.1139/w03-076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 652] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Bacillus species continue to be dominant bacterial workhorses in microbial fermentations. Bacillus subtilis (natto) is the key microbial participant in the ongoing production of the soya-based traditional natto fermentation, and some Bacillus species are on the Food and Drug Administration's GRAS (generally regarded as safe) list. The capacity of selected Bacillus strains to produce and secrete large quantities (20-25 g/L) of extracellular enzymes has placed them among the most important industrial enzyme producers. The ability of different species to ferment in the acid, neutral, and alkaline pH ranges, combined with the presence of thermophiles in the genus, has lead to the development of a variety of new commercial enzyme products with the desired temperature, pH activity, and stability properties to address a variety of specific applications. Classical mutation and (or) selection techniques, together with advanced cloning and protein engineering strategies, have been exploited to develop these products. Efforts to produce and secrete high yields of foreign recombinant proteins in Bacillus hosts initially appeared to be hampered by the degradation of the products by the host proteases. Recent studies have revealed that the slow folding of heterologous proteins at the membrane-cell wall interface of Gram-positive bacteria renders them vulnerable to attack by wall-associated proteases. In addition, the presence of thiol-disulphide oxidoreductases in B. subtilis may be beneficial in the secretion of disulphide-bond-containing proteins. Such developments from our understanding of the complex protein translocation machinery of Gram-positive bacteria should allow the resolution of current secretion challenges and make Bacillus species preeminent hosts for heterologous protein production. Bacillus strains have also been developed and engineered as industrial producers of nucleotides, the vitamin riboflavin, the flavor agent ribose, and the supplement poly-gamma-glutamic acid. With the recent characterization of the genome of B. subtilis 168 and of some related strains, Bacillus species are poised to become the preferred hosts for the production of many new and improved products as we move through the genomic and proteomic era.
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Nakashima N, Tamura T. A novel system for expressing recombinant proteins over a wide temperature range from 4 to 35°C. Biotechnol Bioeng 2004; 86:136-48. [PMID: 15052633 DOI: 10.1002/bit.20024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Escherichia coli cells are the most commonly used host cells for large-scale production of recombinant proteins, but some proteins are difficult to express in E. coli. Therefore, we tested the nocardioform actinomycete Rhodococcus erythropolis, which grows at temperatures ranging from 4 to 35 degrees C, as an expression host cell. We constructed inducible expression vectors, where the expression of the target genes could be controlled with the antibiotic thiostrepton. Using these expression vectors, several milligrams of reporter proteins could be isolated from 1 liter of culture of R. erythropolis cells grown at a temperature range from 4 to 35 degrees C. Moreover, we successfully purified serum amyloid A1, NADH dehydorogenase 1 alpha subcomplex 4, cytochrome b5-like protein, apolipoprotein A-V, cathepsin D, pancreatic Rnase, and HMG-1 that are all difficult to express in E. coli. In the case of kallikrein 6, mouse deoxyribonuclease I and Kid1, which are also difficult to express in E. coli, the expression level of each protein increased when proteins were expressed at low temperature (4 degrees C). Based on these results, we conclude that a recombinant protein expression system using R. erythropolis as the host cell is superior to respective E. coli systems.
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- Nobutaka Nakashima
- Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan
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Wang LF, Park SS, Doi RH. A novel Bacillus subtilis gene, antE, temporally regulated and convergent to and overlapping dnaE. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:353-6. [PMID: 9864351 PMCID: PMC103570 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.1.353-356.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A Bacillus subtilis promoter, Px, that functions in a convergent manner with the sigA operon promoter P3 has been found in the sigA operon. Promoter Px is turned on at the same time as promoter P3 during early sporulation. The transcript from promoter Px codes for a small protein with partial homology to the OmpR protein from Escherichia coli and also carries an untranslated sequence at its 3' end that is complementary to the 5' end of the P3 transcript, which codes for the ribosome binding site of dnaE. The gene controlled by Px has been called antE. The expression of antE does not require sigmaB, sigmaE, or sigmaH. Px was transcribed in vitro by the sigmaA holoenzyme and is the seventh promoter to be recognized in the sigmaA operon. A possible role for the antE gene during early sporulation is proposed.
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- L F Wang
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Bacilli secrete numerous proteins into the environment. Many of the secretory proteins, their export signals, and their processing steps during secretion have been characterized in detail. In contrast, the molecular mechanisms of protein secretion have been relatively poorly characterized. However, several components of the protein secretion machinery have been identified and cloned recently, which is likely to lead to rapid expansion of the knowledge of the protein secretion mechanism in Bacillus species. Comparison of the presently known export components of Bacillus species with those of Escherichia coli suggests that the mechanism of protein translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane is conserved among gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria differences are found in steps preceding and following the translocation process. Many of the secretory proteins of bacilli are produced industrially, but several problems have been encountered in the production of Bacillus heterologous secretory proteins. In the final section we discuss these problems and point out some possibilities to overcome them.
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- M Simonen
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Rayyan W, Kuntz DA, Opperdoes FR, Hoet PP. Expression in Bacillus subtilis of the glycosomal glyceraldehyde-phosphate dehydrogenase gene from Trypanosoma brucei. Biochimie 1992; 74:137-41. [PMID: 1581389 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(92)90037-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The cloned T brucei GAPDH gene was inserted within the B subtilis GAPDH gene, carried by pUC18. Upon transformation of B subtilis by this plasmid, not able to replicate in this host, the whole plasmid was inserted in the resident chromosome, presumably by a single recombination event between homologous, chromosomal and plasmid-borne sequences. The heterologous gene was expressed, as revealed by immunological reaction with monoclonal antibodies, recognizing specifically T brucei GAPDH. T brucei GAPDH, having little or no enzyme activity, comprises about 1.56% of cellular proteins. Peptide mapping showed that a fusion of a 7.5-kDa peptide had occurred to the N-terminal part of T brucei GAPDH. This fused protein is presumably the N-terminal part of B subtilis GAPDH, in agreement with the construction of the integrative plasmid.
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- W Rayyan
- Unit of Molecular Genetics, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium
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Harwood CR. Bacillus subtilis and its relatives: molecular biological and industrial workhorses. Trends Biotechnol 1992; 10:247-56. [PMID: 1368322 DOI: 10.1016/0167-7799(92)90233-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The non-pathogenic bacterium Bacillus subtilis, since its first reported genetic transformation in 1959, has become a model system for the study of many aspects of the biochemistry, genetics and physiology of Gram-positive bacteria, and particularly of sporulation and associated metabolism. Extensive knowledge of the molecular biology of B. subtilis has led to the recent development of this bacterium as a host for the industrial production of heterologous proteins. Although difficulties have been encountered, these are being systematically addressed and overcome.
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- C R Harwood
- Department of Microbiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Ford CF, Suominen I, Glatz CE. Fusion tails for the recovery and purification of recombinant proteins. Protein Expr Purif 1991; 2:95-107. [PMID: 1821793 DOI: 10.1016/1046-5928(91)90057-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Several fusion tail systems have been developed to promote efficient recovery and purification of recombinant proteins from crude cell extracts or culture media. In these systems, a target protein is genetically engineered to contain a C- or N-terminal polypeptide tail, which provides the biochemical basis for specificity in recovery and purification. Tails with a variety of characteristics have been used: (1) entire enzymes with affinity for immobilized substrates or inhibitors; (2) peptide-binding proteins with affinity to immunoglobulin G or albumin; (3) carbohydrate-binding proteins or domains; (4) a biotin-binding domain for in vivo biotination promoting affinity of the fusion protein to avidin or streptavidin; (5) antigenic epitopes with affinity to immobilized monoclonal antibodies; (6) charged amino acids for use in charge-based recovery methods; (7) poly(His) residues for recovery by immobilized metal affinity chromatography; and (8) other poly(amino acid)s, with binding specificities based on properties of the amino acid side chain. Fusion tails are useful at the lab scale and have potential for enhancing recovery using economical recovery methods that are easily scaled up for industrial downstream processing. Fusion tails can be used to promote secretion of target proteins and can also provide useful assay tags based on enzymatic activity or antibody binding. Many fusion tails do not interfere with the biological activity of the target protein and in some cases have been shown to stabilize it. Nevertheless, for the purification of authentic proteins a site for specific cleavage is often included, allowing removal of the tail after recovery.
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- C F Ford
- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State Uiversity, Ames, 50011
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Coxon R, Harwood C, Archibald A. Protein export during growth of Bacillus subtilis: the effect of extracellular protease deficiency. Lett Appl Microbiol 1991. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1991.tb00513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cloning, genetic organization, and characterization of a structural gene encoding bacillopeptidase F from Bacillus subtilis. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39225-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Wang LF, Hum WT, Kalyan NK, Lee SG, Hung PP, Doi RH. Synthesis and refolding of human tissue-type plasminogen activator in Bacillus subtilis. Gene 1989; 84:127-33. [PMID: 2514121 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90146-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A 1.6 kb cDNA fragment encoding the mature part of the human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) was subcloned into a Bacillus subtilis dual plasmid expression system [Le Grice et al., Gene 55 (1987) 95-103]. Expression of the tPA gene in this vector was regulated by the inducible Escherichia coli lac elements, as well as a strong phage-T5-derived promoter and ribosome-binding site preceding the polylinker. The 5' end of the tPA gene corresponding to the N terminus of mature t-PA was fused in phase to the third codon present in the polylinker region of the expression vector, p602/22, to form p602-t-PA. B. subtilis containing p602-t-PA, when induced with isopropyl-beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside, produced large amounts of immunoreactive t-PA (approx. 20 micrograms/ml). As expected, t-PA was not secreted into the culture media, but was localized in intracellular inclusion bodies and was found to be enzymatically inactive. However, enzymatic activity could be regained following complete reduction followed by slow oxidation of the solubilized inclusion bodies. The recombinant t-PA (rt-PA) showed, after purification, a smaller molecular size than melanoma t-PA, probably due to lack of glycosylation in the Bacillus system. Like melanoma t-PA, rt-PA exhibited tremendous stimulation of plasminogen activation in the presence of fibrin. Our results illustrate that B. subtilis, when supplied with the proper transcriptional/translational regulatory elements, can be an effective system for expression of heterologous gene products.
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- L F Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis 95616
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Wong SL. Development of an inducible and enhancible expression and secretion system in Bacillus subtilis. Gene X 1989; 83:215-23. [PMID: 2511081 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90107-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A set of inducible secretion vectors has been developed in Bacillus subtilis based on the regulatory region and the signal peptide sequence of the sacB gene encoding an extracellular enzyme, levansucrase. The expression of the inserted foreign gene (bla) encoding TEM beta-lactamase (Bla), can be induced by the addition of sucrose to the medium. Either the installation of a sacQ expression cassette into the same secretion vector, or the use of a sacUh two-protease-deficient strain (WB30), can significantly enhance expression of the bla gene. However, the combined use of the sacQ-containing secretion vector and the WB30 strain results in no further increase in Bla activity. During development of the secretion vector, the nucleotide sequence around the signal peptidase cleavage site has been redesigned, so that unique restriction sites were installed to facilitate the insertion of foreign genes.
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- S L Wong
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Bragg TS, Robertson DL. Nucleotide sequence and analysis of the lethal factor gene (lef) from Bacillus anthracis. Gene 1989; 81:45-54. [PMID: 2509294 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90335-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus anthracis lethal factor (LF) gene (lef) has been determined. LF is part of the tripartite protein exotoxin of B. anthracis along with protective antigen (PA) and edema factor (EF). The apparent ATG start codon, which is located immediately upstream from codons which specify the first 16 amino acids (aa) of the mature secreted LF, is preceded by an AAAGGAG sequence, which is its probable ribosome-binding site. This ATG codon begins a continuous 2427-bp open reading frame which encodes the 809-aa LF-precursor protein with an Mr of 93,798. The mature secreted protein (776 aa; Mr 90,237) was preceded by a 33-aa signal peptide which has characteristics in common with leader peptides for other secreted proteins of the Bacillus species. The codon usage of the LF gene reflects its high (70%) A + T content. The N-terminus of LF (first 300 aa) shared extensive homology with the N-terminus of the anthrax EF protein. Since LF and EF each bind PA at the same site, these homologous regions probably represent their common PA-binding domains.
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- T S Bragg
- Department of Chemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
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Oyama H, Yoshimoto T, Takeshita T, Tsuru D. Secretion of Escherichia coli aminopeptidase P in Bacillus subtilis using the prepro-structure coding region of subtilisin amylosacchariticus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(89)90032-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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