CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF THE ASPARTATE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE GENE FROM TREPONEMA-DENTICOLA

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ISHIHARA, K
ISHIHARA, M
TAKAZOE, I
OKUDA, K
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10.1128/AEM.58.10.3399-3403.1992
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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Treponema denticola seems to play a central role in the etiology of human periodontal disease. We have cloned an antigenic protein-coding sequence from T. denticola ATCC 33520. The protein-coding region was found to be a 3-kbp HindIII-HindIII fragment. The open reading frame consists of 1,426 bp and codes for a protein with an M(r) of 54,919. The deduced amino acid sequence showed 33.8% homology with that of the aspartate carbamoyltransferase of Escherichia coli. The gene products showed aspartate carbamoyltransferase activity.
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