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Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene (amyP) for maltotetraose-forming amylase from Pseudomonas stutzeri MO-19.

Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc., Okayama, Japan.

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The gene (amyP) coding for maltotetraose-forming amylase (exo-maltotetraohydrolase) of Pseudomonas stutzeri MO-19 was cloned. Its nucleotide sequence contained an open reading frame coding for a precursor (547 amino acid residues) of secreted amylase. The precursor had a signal peptide of 21 amino acid residues at its amino terminus. An extract of Escherichia coli carrying the cloned amyP had amylolytic activity with the same mode of action as the extracellular exo-maltotetraohydrolase obtained from P. stutzeri MO-19. A region in the primary structure of this amylase showed homology with those of other amylases of both procaryotic and eucaryotic origins. The minimum 5' noncoding region necessary for the expression of amyP in E. coli was determined, and the sequence of this region was compared with those of Pseudomonas promoters.

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