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Identification,molecular cloning and expression of an alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase gene from Clostridium perfringens
Authors:Calcutt Michael J  Hsieh Hsin-Yeh  Chapman Linda F  Smith Daniel S
Institution:Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, 65212, USA.
Abstract:The Clostridium perfringens gene encoding the previously characterized alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase (alphaNAG) was identified by protein microsequencing and database searching. The alphaNAG protein, designated AagA, was found to be encoded by a hypothetical gene of unknown function in the recently completed genome sequence of C. perfringens strain 13. The deduced translation product of 629 amino acid residues possessed a region of limited homology to several hypothetical open reading frames, an enterotoxin of unknown function and several known or predicted alpha-galactosidases, but did not exhibit homology to any of the multiple sequenced eukaryotic alphaNAG proteins. The C. perfringens aagA gene, encoding AagA, was cloned in an Escherichia coli T7 expression system, resulting in recombinants exhibiting high-level expression of the expected alphaNAG activity. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the cloning and expression of a bacterial alphaNAG-encoding gene and represents an important step in the development of recombinant alphaNAG as a tool in the enzymatic conversion of blood group antigens.
Keywords:Glycosidase  Enzymatic conversion  Blood type A epitope
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