2003 Volume 67 Issue 10 Pages 2300-2303
A gene encoding an enzyme that is able to depolymerize the basic polysaccharide prepared from the sheath of Sphaerotilus natans was identified in a sheath-degrading bacterium, Paenibacillus koleovorans. The gene was constructed from 2217 bp coding for 738 amino acids, including the signal sequence of 34 amino acids. No closely related protein or gene was indicated by a homology search. The gene was expressed in Escherichia coli as a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein. The fusion protein depolymerized the sheath polysaccharide into an oligosaccharide, introducing an unsaturated sugar residue, suggesting that the gene codes for a polysaccharide lyase acting on a basic polysaccharide.
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