Cloning and expression of the algL gene, encoding the Azotobacter chroococcum alginate lyase: Purification and characterization of the enzyme

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The alginate lyase-encoding gene (algL) of Azotobacter chroococcum was localized to a 3.1-kb EcoRI DNA fragment that revealed an open reading frame of 1,116 bp. This open reading frame encodes a protein of 42.98 kDa, in agreement with the value previously reported by us for this protein. The deduced protein has a potential N-terminal signal peptide that is consistent with its proposed periplasmic location. The analysis of the deduced amino acid sequence indicated that the gene sequence has a high homology (90% identity) to the Azotobacter vinelandii gene sequence, which has very recently been deposited in the GenBank database, and that it has 64% identity to the Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene sequence but that it has rather low homology (15 to 22% identity) to the gene sequences encoding alginate lyase in other bacteria. The A. chroococcum AlgL protein was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity in a two-step chromatography procedure on hydroxyapatite and phenyl-Sepharose. The kinetic and molecular parameters of the recombinant alginate lyase are similar to those found for the native enzyme.

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Peciña, A., Pascual, A., & Paneque, A. (1999). Cloning and expression of the algL gene, encoding the Azotobacter chroococcum alginate lyase: Purification and characterization of the enzyme. Journal of Bacteriology, 181(5), 1409–1414. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.181.5.1409-1414.1999

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