C-TERMINAL PROCESSING OF BACILLUS-SUBTILIS BSE616 ENDO-BETA-1,4-GLUCANASE IN BACILLUS-MEGATERIUM

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作者
KIM, H [1 ]
KIM, SMF [1 ]
PACK, MY [1 ]
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[1] KOREA INST SCI & TECHNOL, DEPT BIOL SCI & ENGN, SEOUL 130650, SOUTH KOREA
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10.1007/BF01026762
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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 ;
摘要
A large form of endo-beta-1,4-glucanase (endoglucanase) encoded by Bacillus subtilis BSE616 gene in B. megaterium (pCK98) was exocellularly produced at early log phase. The C-terminal portion of the secreted enzyme of 52 kilodaltons (Kd) was gradually cleaved and then converted to the smallest product of 33 Kd. N-terminal amino acid residues of both 52 Kd and 33 Kd enzyme were determined to be the same, Ala, the 30th residue of the primary translation product. Cleavage of the C-terminal portion increased specific and molecular activity of the enzyme.
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