Journal of Bacteriology, August 1998, p. 3997-4001, Vol. 180, No. 15
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
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-Crystallin-Related, Small Heat Shock Protein from
the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus
vulcanus
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saitama University, Urawa 338, Japan
Received 13 January 1998/Accepted 29 April 1998
hspA, a gene encoding a 16-kDa heat-induced protein
from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Synechococcus
vulcanus, has been cloned and sequenced. The deduced amino acid
sequence of the gene product showed significant homology to sequences
of the family of
-crystallin-related, small heat shock proteins. A
monocistronic mRNA of hspA increased transiently in
response to heat shock. The heat shock induction occurred at a
vegetative promoter but without the CIRCE (controlling inverted repeat
of chaperone expression) element.
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