This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Reprints and Permissions Copyright Information Books from ASM Press MicrobeWorld Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Moriya, T. Articles by Kono, T. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Moriya, T. Articles by Kono, T.

Molecular Cloning of Endo-ß-D-1,4-Glucanase Genes, rce1, rce2, and rce3, from Rhizopus oryzae

Microbiological Resources and Technology Laboratories,¹ Health and Bioscience Laboratories, Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Saitama 350-0289, Japan²

Received 23 September 2002/ Accepted 25 November 2002

Three endoglucanase genes, designated the rce1, rce2, and rce3 genes, were isolated from Rhizopus oryzae as the first cellulase genes from the subdivision Zygomycota. All the amino acid sequences deduced from the rce1, rce2, and rce3 genes consisted of three distinct domains: cellulose binding domains, linker domains, and catalytic domains belonging to glycosyl hydrolase family 45. The rce3 gene had two tandem repeated sequences of cellulose binding domains, while rce1 and rce2 had only one. rce1, rce2, and rce3 had various lengths of linker sequences.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Koga, J., Baba, Y., Shimonaka, A., Nishimura, T., Hanamura, S., Kono, T. (2008). Purification and Characterization of a New Family 45 Endoglucanase, STCE1, from Staphylotrichum coccosporum and Its Overproduction in Humicola insolens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 4210-4217 [Abstract] [Full Text]  
• Baba, Y., Shimonaka, A., Koga, J., Kubota, H., Kono, T. (2005). Alternative Splicing Produces Two Endoglucanases with One or Two Carbohydrate-Binding Modules in Mucor circinelloides. J. Bacteriol. 187: 3045-3051 [Abstract] [Full Text]