RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 GILBERT, HARRY J. A1 BLAZEK, RICHARD A1 BULLMAN, HILARY M. S. A1 MINTON, NIGEL P.YR 1986 T1 Cloning and Expression of the Erwinia chrysanthemi Asparaginase Gene in Escherichia coli and Erwinia carotovora JF Microbiology, VO 132 IS 1 SP 151 OP 160 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-132-1-151 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB SUMMARY: A genomic library of Erwinia chrysanthemi DNA was constructed in bacteriophage λ1059 and recombinants expressing Er. chrysanthemi asparaginase detected using purified anti-asparaginase IgG. The gene was subcloned on a 4·7 kb EcoRI DNA restriction fragment into pUC9 to generate the recombinant plasmid pASN30. The position and orientation of the asparaginase structural gene was determined by subcloning. The enzyme was produced at high levels in Escherichia coli (5% of soluble protein) and was shown to be exported to the periplasmic space. Purified asparaginase from E. coli cells carrying pASN30 was indistinguishable from the Erwinia enzyme on the basis of specific activity [660–700 units (mg protein)-1], pI value (8·5), and subunit molecular weight (32 x 103). Expression of the cloned gene was subject to glucose repression in E. coli but was not significantly repressed by glycerol. Recombinant plasmids, containing the asparaginase gene, when introduced into Erwinia carotovora, caused increased synthesis of the enzyme (2–4 fold higher than the current production strain)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-132-1-151