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Ghim SY, Choi SK, Shin BS, Jeong YM, Sorokin A, Ehrlich SD, Park SH. Sequence analysis of the Bacillus subtilis 168 chromosome region between the sspC and odhA loci (184 degrees-180 degrees). DNA Res 1998; 5:195-201. [PMID: 9734814 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/5.3.195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of 45,389 bp in the 184 degrees-180 degrees region of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome, containing the cge cluster, which is controlled by the sporulation regulatory protein GerE, was determined. Fifty-four putative ORFs with putative ribosome-binding sites were recognized. Seven of them correspond to previously characterized genes: cgeB, cgeA, cgeC, cgeD, cgeE, ctpA, and odhA. The deduced products of 25 ORFs were found to display significant similarities to proteins in the data banks. We have identified genes involved in detoxification, cell walls, and in the metabolism of biotins, purines, fatty acids, carbohydrates and amino acids. The remaining 22 ORFs showed no similarity to known proteins. Both an attachment site of the SPbeta prophage and 2 new putative DNA replication terminators were identified in this region.
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- S Y Ghim
- Bacterial Molecular Genetics RU, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yusong, Taejon
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Kunst F, Ogasawara N, Moszer I, Albertini AM, Alloni G, Azevedo V, Bertero MG, Bessières P, Bolotin A, Borchert S, Borriss R, Boursier L, Brans A, Braun M, Brignell SC, Bron S, Brouillet S, Bruschi CV, Caldwell B, Capuano V, Carter NM, Choi SK, Cordani JJ, Connerton IF, Cummings NJ, Daniel RA, Denziot F, Devine KM, Düsterhöft A, Ehrlich SD, Emmerson PT, Entian KD, Errington J, Fabret C, Ferrari E, Foulger D, Fritz C, Fujita M, Fujita Y, Fuma S, Galizzi A, Galleron N, Ghim SY, Glaser P, Goffeau A, Golightly EJ, Grandi G, Guiseppi G, Guy BJ, Haga K, Haiech J, Harwood CR, Hènaut A, Hilbert H, Holsappel S, Hosono S, Hullo MF, Itaya M, Jones L, Joris B, Karamata D, Kasahara Y, Klaerr-Blanchard M, Klein C, Kobayashi Y, Koetter P, Koningstein G, Krogh S, Kumano M, Kurita K, Lapidus A, Lardinois S, Lauber J, Lazarevic V, Lee SM, Levine A, Liu H, Masuda S, Mauël C, Médigue C, Medina N, Mellado RP, Mizuno M, Moestl D, Nakai S, Noback M, Noone D, O'Reilly M, Ogawa K, Ogiwara A, Oudega B, Park SH, Parro V, Pohl TM, Portelle D, Porwollik S, Prescott AM, Presecan E, Pujic P, Purnelle B, Rapoport G, Rey M, Reynolds S, Rieger M, Rivolta C, Rocha E, Roche B, Rose M, Sadaie Y, Sato T, Scanlan E, Schleich S, Schroeter R, Scoffone F, Sekiguchi J, Sekowska A, Seror SJ, Serror P, Shin BS, Soldo B, Sorokin A, Tacconi E, Takagi T, Takahashi H, Takemaru K, Takeuchi M, Tamakoshi A, Tanaka T, Terpstra P, Togoni A, Tosato V, Uchiyama S, Vandebol M, Vannier F, Vassarotti A, Viari A, Wambutt R, Wedler H, Weitzenegger T, Winters P, Wipat A, Yamamoto H, Yamane K, Yasumoto K, Yata K, Yoshida K, Yoshikawa HF, Zumstein E, Yoshikawa H, Danchin A. The complete genome sequence of the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Nature 1997; 390:249-56. [PMID: 9384377 DOI: 10.1038/36786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2621] [Impact Index Per Article: 97.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bacillus subtilis is the best-characterized member of the Gram-positive bacteria. Its genome of 4,214,810 base pairs comprises 4,100 protein-coding genes. Of these protein-coding genes, 53% are represented once, while a quarter of the genome corresponds to several gene families that have been greatly expanded by gene duplication, the largest family containing 77 putative ATP-binding transport proteins. In addition, a large proportion of the genetic capacity is devoted to the utilization of a variety of carbon sources, including many plant-derived molecules. The identification of five signal peptidase genes, as well as several genes for components of the secretion apparatus, is important given the capacity of Bacillus strains to secrete large amounts of industrially important enzymes. Many of the genes are involved in the synthesis of secondary metabolites, including antibiotics, that are more typically associated with Streptomyces species. The genome contains at least ten prophages or remnants of prophages, indicating that bacteriophage infection has played an important evolutionary role in horizontal gene transfer, in particular in the propagation of bacterial pathogenesis.
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Ghim SY, Nielsen P, Neuhard J. Molecular characterization of pyrimidine biosynthesis genes from the thermophile Bacillus caldolyticus. Microbiology (Reading) 1994; 140 ( Pt 3):479-91. [PMID: 7516791 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-140-3-479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The genes encoding the six pyrimidine biosynthesis enzymes from the thermophile Bacillus caldolyticus were characterized by cloning and complementation in Escherichia coli, and by nucleotide sequence analysis. Nine cistrons are clustered within an 11 kb region of the chromosome, the gene order being: orf1-pyrB-pyrC-pyrAa-pyrAb-orf2-p yrD-pyrF-pyrE. This organization of the cluster is very similar to that of the pyr operon of Bacillus subtilis. Different parts of the B. caldolyticus cluster were cloned in two orientations in the expression shuttle vector pHPS9. Complementation studies in B. subtilis established that expression of the pyr genes was dependent on the vector-borne promoter, suggesting that they are part of an operon, and that the native promoter of the operon had not been cloned. The deduced amino acid sequence of the individual cistrons showed 49 to 78% identity with the corresponding B. subtilis cistrons. Measurements of the aspartate transcarbamylase (pyrB), orotidine monophosphate decarboxylase (pyrF) and orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (pyrE) levels in cells grown under different conditions indicated that expression of the operon is repressed 7-9-fold by addition of uracil to the growth medium. Based on the nucleotide sequence in the intercistronic region between orf1 and pyrB a regulatory mechanism involving transcriptional termination and antitermination is proposed to control expression of the operon.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacillus/genetics
- Bacillus/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Hot Temperature
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Open Reading Frames
- Pyrimidines/biosynthesis
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
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Affiliation(s)
- S Y Ghim
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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