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  • Title: The gamma-actin encoding gene from the beta-carotene producer Blakeslea trispora.
    Author: Rodríguez-Sáiz M, Marcos AT, Paz B, de la Fuente JL, Barredo JL.
    Journal: FEMS Microbiol Lett; 2005 Mar 01; 244(1):221-8. PubMed ID: 15727844.
    Abstract:
    We determined the nucleotide sequence of a 4599-bp DNA genomic fragment including the gamma-actin encoding gene from Blakeslea trispora, showing an open reading frame of 1561 bp interrupted by four introns with fungal consensus splice-site junctions. The untranslated regions of the actA gene contain a consensus TATA box, a CCAAT motif, a large pyrimidine stretch, and the polyadenylation sequence AATAAA. The predicted protein (375 amino acids) revealed high identity to gamma-actins from fungi (>90%), and gene phylogenies support the grouping of B. trispora actin close to those from the majority of the filamentous fungi. actA transcript (1.4 kb) level in beta-carotene producing conditions was faintly higher than carRA (1.9 kb) and slightly lower than carB (1.8 kb) beta-carotene biosynthetic genes. The use of the actA promoter (PactA) for heterologous gene expression was ascertained by the transformation of gene fusions with the bleomycin resistance gene (bleR) from Streptoalloteichus hindustanus and the geneticin resistance marker (aphI) from Tn903, into Escherichia coli and Acremonium chrysogenum.
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