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  • Title: EXG1p, a novel exo-beta1,3-glucanase from the fungus Cochliobolus carbonum, contains a repeated motif present in other proteins that interact with polysaccharides.
    Author: Nikolskaya AN, Pitkin JW, Schaeffer HJ, Ahn JH, Walton JD.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1998 Nov 27; 1425(3):632-6. PubMed ID: 9838227.
    Abstract:
    Genomic and cDNA copies of EXG1, a gene encoding an exo-beta1, 3-glucanase from the plant pathogenic fungus Cochliobolus carbonum, were isolated. The gene contains two introns of 50 and 53 bp, and the mRNA has a 5'-untranslated region of 90 nt and a 3'-untranslated region of 159 nt. The deduced protein product, EXG1p, has a predicted signal peptide of 17 amino acids, but based on the known N-terminus of the mature protein is further processed to remove an additional 25 amino acids. The sequence of EXG1p is not closely related to any other known protein, but has a low similarity (29% overall amino acid identity) to BGN13.1, an endo-beta1,3-glucanase from the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma harzianum. EXG1p contains two imperfect copies of a 23-amino acid motif that is found in several other proteins that interact with polysaccharides, including plant and bacterial polygalacturonases, phage neck appendage protein, phage endoneuramidase, and bacterial mannuronan epimerase.
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