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  • Title: [Effect of the changes of amino acids on both signal peptide C-terminal and mature protein N-terminal region to the secretion of alpha-amylase in B. subtilis].
    Author: Ji Y, Yang L, Chen Q, Ma M, Geng Y, Jiang R.
    Journal: Yi Chuan Xue Bao; 1994; 21(3):227-34. PubMed ID: 7917434.
    Abstract:
    By site-directed mutagenesis, G and C have taken the place of T and G at nucleotide sequence 287 and 291 of B. licheniformis alpha-amylase gene to generate pAm-y413B and the N-terminal sequence of mature protein have been changed from 7Leu 8Met to 7Arg8Ile. By the insertion of polylinker into the C-terminal of the signal sequence of alpha-amylase gene of pAmy413, the signal peptide of alpha-amylase produced by pAmy413L is 13 amino acids more than the pAmy413 (which is 29 amino acids long) and also, a new recognition cleavage sequence for signal peptidase I (Ala-Gln-Ala decreases Ser) is created; The secondary structure of the signal peptide has been analyzed by computer programs. The alpha-amylase relative activity of the two mutant strains is 3% and 36% of pAmy413, respectively. The molecular weight of extracellular alpha-amylase is the same as pAmy413. Terminal analysis shows that the N-terminal amino acid of mature protein is Ala, not Ser, and suggests that SPase I prefers to cleavage at the wild type recognition site (Ala-Ala-Ala decreases Ala). Therefore, all of the above results show that the secretion of alpha-amylase in B. subtilis is in accordance with the co-translational transportation model.
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