Nucleotide Sequence of the Neopullulanase Gene from Bacillus stearothermophilus
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Microbiology
- Vol. 135 (6), 1521-1528
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-135-6-1521
Abstract
The gene (nplT) for a new type of pullulan-hydrolysing enzyme, neopullulanase, from Bacillus stearothermophilus TRS40 was sequenced. The DNA sequence revealed only one large open reading frame, composed of 1764 bases and 588 amino acid residues (Mr 69 144). Although the thermostable neopullulanase contained eight cysteine residues, they did not provide conformational stability by disulphide bonds. A comparison was made of the amino acid sequences of .alpha.-amylase, neopullulanase, isoamylase, pullulanase and cyclodextrin glucanotransferase. All the enzymes examined contained four highly conserved regions which probably constitute the active centres of the enzymes. The amino acid residues required for the specificity of neopullulanase are compared with those of .alpha.-amylase and other amylolytic enzymes.This publication has 22 references indexed in Scilit:
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