Nucleotide sequence of a genomic and a cDNA clone encoding an extracellular alkaline protease of Aspergillus fumigatus |
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Authors: | Katia Jaton-Ogay Mark Suter Reto Crameri Rocco Falchetto Abdelouahad Fatih Michel Monod |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de mycologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | An Aspergillus fumigatus extracellular alkaline protease (ALP) which is an enzyme of the subtilisin family is a potential virulent factor of the fungus. The gene encoding ALP was isolated from a genomic library made from DNA of an A. fumigatus isolate. The nucleotide sequence of this gene was compared to that of a cDNA encoding A. oryzae ALP and to that of a cDNA from A. fumigatus encoding the mature ALP protein. Mature A. fumigatus ALP contains 282 amino acids and is encoded by three exons. The pre-proenzyme has a leader sequence of 121 amino acids. |
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Keywords: | Aspergillus fumigatus Protease DNA sequence Secretion Alkaline protease (EC 3 4 1 14) Gene alp |
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