The Spirulina platensis Adenylate Cyclase Gene, cyaC, Encodes a Novel Signal Transduction Protein |
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Authors: | Kasahara Masahiro; Yashiro Kumiko; Sakamoto Toshio; Ohmori Masayuki |
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Institution: | Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153 Japan |
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Abstract: | A cyaC gene encoding an adenylate cyclase of the filamentouscyanobacterium Spirulina platensis was se-quenced. The predictedamino acid sequence of the C-ter-minal region of cyaC is similarto the catalytic domains of adenylate cyclases in other cyanobacteriaand eukaryotes. The sequences of other regions are similar tothose of proteins consisting of the bacterial two-componentsignal transduction system: the sensory kinase and the responseregulator. The predicted gene product of cyaC contains, fromthe N-terminal end, a receiver domain of the response regulatorprotein (Rl), a domain similar to the ETR1 of Arabi-dopsis thaliana,a transmitter domain of the sensory kinase protein, a receiverdomain of the response regulator protein (R2), and a catalyticdomain of adenylate cyclase. The cyaC gene was expressed asan affinity-tagged protein in Escherichia coli, and the recombinantprotein was purified. The purified protein had adenylate cyclaseactivity which was activated by Mn2+. The results of Westernblotting using an anti-CyaC antiserum and the S. platensis cellextract confirmed that cyaC gene is expressed in S. platensis (Received February 27, 1997; Accepted April 26, 1997) |
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