Masuda Sumiko, Endo Kimiko, Hayami Tokusuke, Fukazawa Tetsuya, Yatsunami Rie, Nakamura Satoshi
Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
Nucleic Acids Res Suppl. 2003(3):317-8. doi: 10.1093/nass/3.1.317.
The gene encoding a novel beta-1,3-glucanase was cloned from alkaliphilic Nocardiopsis sp. F96 and sequenced. The gene contained an open reading frame of 936 bp. The deduced amino acid sequence of the beta-1,3-glucanase exhibited highest homology to those of family 16 glucanases, suggesting that the enzyme belonged to family 16. The beta-1,3-glucanase gene was functionally expressed in Escherichia coli.