Ogasawara N, Moriya S, Mazza P G, Yoshikawa H
Nucleic Acids Res. 1986 Dec 22;14(24):9989-99. doi: 10.1093/nar/14.24.9989.
A region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome containing dnaB, a gene essential for the initiation of chromosomal replication in B. subtilis, was cloned and nucleotide sequence of some 5000bp determined. The region consists of 4 open reading frames (ORFs) possibly comprising a single transcriptional unit. Two dnaB mutations, dnaB27 and dnaB19 were located within the first ORF which would give rise to a protein of 472 amino acids. The dnaB27 mutation involves codon at the position of 122 (replacement of Asp by Asn) close to a DNA binding domain and the dnaB19 codon 379 (replacement of Ala by Thr) close to a region rich in charged amino acids which may be alpha helical. The third ORF in the same transcriptional unit would produce a hydrophobic protein which might be involved in the DNA-membrane binding function of dnaB gene. No homologous Escherichia coli genes have been found.
枯草芽孢杆菌染色体中包含dnaB的区域被克隆,该区域对枯草芽孢杆菌染色体复制的起始至关重要,并且测定了约5000bp的核苷酸序列。该区域由4个开放阅读框(ORF)组成,可能构成一个单一的转录单元。两个dnaB突变体,dnaB27和dnaB19,位于第一个ORF内,该ORF会产生一个由472个氨基酸组成的蛋白质。dnaB27突变涉及第122位密码子(天冬氨酸被天冬酰胺取代),靠近一个DNA结合结构域;而dnaB19突变涉及第379位密码子(丙氨酸被苏氨酸取代),靠近一个富含带电荷氨基酸的区域,该区域可能是α螺旋结构。同一转录单元中的第三个ORF会产生一种疏水蛋白,它可能参与dnaB基因的DNA-膜结合功能。未发现与大肠杆菌同源的基因。