Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9122148 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
We purified the β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from the filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenum and its N-terminal sequence was determined, showing the presence of a mixture of two proteins (P1 and P2). A genomic DNA fragment was cloned by using degenerated oligonucleotides from the Nt sequences. The nucleotide sequence showed the presence of an ORF (nagA gene) lacking introns, with a length of 1791 bp, and coding for a protein of 66.5 kDa showing similarity to acetylglucosaminidases. The NagA deduced protein includes P1 and P2 as incomplete forms of the mature protein, and contains putative features for protein maturation: an 18-amino acid signal peptide, a KEX2 processing site, and four glycosylation motifs. The sequence just after the signal peptide corresponds to P2 and that after the KEX2 site to P1. The nagA transcript has a size of about 2.1 kb and is present until the end of the fermentation process for penicillin production. NagA is one of the most largely represented proteins in P. chrysogenum, increasing along the fermentation process. The suitability of the nagA promoter (PnagA) for gene expression in fungi was demonstrated by expressing the bleomycin resistance gene (bleR) from Streptoalloteichus hindustanus in P. chrysogenum.
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Authors
Bruno DÃez, Marta RodrÃguez-Sáiz, Juan Luis de la Fuente, Miguel Ángel Moreno, José Luis Barredo,