A secreted aspartic proteinase from Glomerella cingulata: purification of the enzyme and molecular cloning of the cDNA Free

Abstract

A secreted aspartic proteinase from (GcSAP) as purified to homogeneity by ion exchange chromatography. The enzyme has an of 36000 as estimated by SDS-PAGE, optimal activity from pH 3∙5 to pH 4∙0 and is inhibited by pepstatin. The N-terminal sequence, 23 residues long, was used to design a gene-specific primer. This was used in 3ʹ RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) PCR to amplify a 1∙2 kb fragment of the DNA. A second gene-specific primer was designed and used in 5ʹ RACE PCR to clone the 5՛ region. This yielded a 600 bp DNA fragment and completed the open reading frame. The open reading frame encodes a protein with a 78 residue prepro-sequence typical of other fungal secreted aspartic proteinases. Based on the deduced sequence, the mature enzyme contains 329 amino acids and shows approximately 40% identity to other fungal aspartic proteinases. Subsequent cloning and sequencing of fragments obtained from PCR with genomic DNA revealed a 73 bp intron beginning at nt 728. Southern nalyses at medium and high stringency indicated that possesses ne gene for the secreted aspartic proteinase, and Northern blots indicated that gene expression was induced by exogenous protein and repressed by ammonium salts. GcSAP s a putative pathogenicity factor of , and it will now be possible to create SAP- mutants and assess the role GcSAP lays in pathogenicity.

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