Nucleotide Sequence of the α-Amylase-Pullulanase Gene from Clostridium Thermohydrosulfuricum

SUMMARY: The nucleotide sequence of the gene (apu) encoding the thermostable α-amylase-pullulanase of Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum was determined. An open reading frame of 4425 bp was present. The deduced polypeptide (M r 165600), including a 31 amino acid putative signal sequence, comprised 1475 amino acids, with no cysteine residues. The structural gene was preceded by the consensus promoter sequence TTGACA TATAAT, a putative regulatory sequence and a putative ribosome-binding sequence AAAGGGGG. The codon usage resembled that of Bacillus genes. The deduced sequence of the mature apu product showed similarities to various amylolytic enzymes, especially the neopullulanase of Bacillus stearothermophilus, whereas the signal sequence showed similarity to those of the α-amylases of B. stearothermophilus and B. subtilis. Three regions thought to be highly conserved in the primary structure of α-amylases could also be distinguished in the apu product, two being partly ‘duplicated’ in this α-1,4/α-1,6-active enzyme.

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