scholarly journals A Xenopus cysteine string protein with a cysteine residue in the J domain1The complete nucleotide sequence of the open reading frame of Xcsp is available from EMBL/Gen Bank Data Libraries under the accession number AF 015662.1

1998 ◽  
Vol 1401 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Mastrogiacomo ◽  
Harley I Kornblum ◽  
Joy A Umbach ◽  
Cameron B Gundersen
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Complete Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Cysteine Residue ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Accession Number ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Cysteine String Protein ◽  
Data Libraries

scholarly journals Complete nucleotide sequence of the Drosophila transposable element copia: homology between copia and retroviral proteins.

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1630-1638 ◽  
Author(s):  
S M Mount ◽  
G M Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Transposable Element ◽  
Complete Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Nucleic Acid Binding ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
White Locus ◽  
Organizational Features ◽  
Coding Potential

We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the copia element present at the white-apricot allele of the white locus in Drosophila melanogaster. This transposable element is 5,146 nucleotides long and contains a single long open reading frame of 4,227 nucleotides. Analysis of the coding potential of the large open reading frame, which appears to encode a polyprotein, revealed weak homology to a number of retroviral proteins, including a protease, nucleic acid-binding protein, and reverse transcriptase. Better homology existed between another part of the copia open reading frame and a region of the retroviral pol gene recently shown to be distinct from reverse transcriptase and required for the integration of circular DNA forms of the retroviral genome to form proviruses. Comparison of the copia sequence with those of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae transposable element Ty, several vertebrate retroviruses, and the D. melanogaster copia-like element 17.6 showed that Ty was most similar to copia, sharing amino acid sequence homology and organizational features not found in the other genetic elements.

Complete nucleotide sequence of the Drosophila transposable element copia: homology between copia and retroviral proteins

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1630-1638
Author(s):  
S M Mount ◽  
G M Rubin
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Transposable Element ◽  
Complete Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Nucleic Acid Binding ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
White Locus ◽  
Organizational Features ◽  
Coding Potential

We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the copia element present at the white-apricot allele of the white locus in Drosophila melanogaster. This transposable element is 5,146 nucleotides long and contains a single long open reading frame of 4,227 nucleotides. Analysis of the coding potential of the large open reading frame, which appears to encode a polyprotein, revealed weak homology to a number of retroviral proteins, including a protease, nucleic acid-binding protein, and reverse transcriptase. Better homology existed between another part of the copia open reading frame and a region of the retroviral pol gene recently shown to be distinct from reverse transcriptase and required for the integration of circular DNA forms of the retroviral genome to form proviruses. Comparison of the copia sequence with those of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae transposable element Ty, several vertebrate retroviruses, and the D. melanogaster copia-like element 17.6 showed that Ty was most similar to copia, sharing amino acid sequence homology and organizational features not found in the other genetic elements.

scholarly journals The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Human Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable Region Locus

1998 ◽  
Vol 188 (11) ◽  
pp. 2151-2162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fumihiko Matsuda ◽  
Kazuo Ishii ◽  
Patrice Bourvagnet ◽  
Kei-ichi Kuma ◽  
Hidenori Hayashida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Complete Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Variable Region ◽  
Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Human Immunoglobulin ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Recombination Signal Sequences ◽  
Independent Branch

The complete nucleotide sequence of the 957-kb DNA of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (VH) region locus was determined and 43 novel VH segments were identified. The region contains 123 VH segments classifiable into seven different families, of which 79 are pseudogenes. Of the 44 VH segments with an open reading frame, 39 are expressed as heavy chain proteins and 1 as mRNA, while the remaining 4 are not found in immunoglobulin cDNAs. Combinatorial diversity of VH region was calculated to be ∼6,000. Conservation of the promoter and recombination signal sequences was observed to be higher in functional VH segments than in pseudogenes. Phylogenetic analysis of 114 VH segments clearly showed clustering of the VH segments of each family. However, an independent branch in the tree contained a single VH, V4-44.1P, sharing similar levels of homology to human VH families and to those of other vertebrates. Comparison between different copies of homologous units that appear repeatedly across the locus clearly demonstrates that dynamic DNA reorganization of the locus took place at least eight times between 133 and 10 million years ago. One nonimmunoglobulin gene of unknown function was identified in the intergenic region.

scholarly journals Cloning, Nucleotide Sequence, and Expression of the Gene Encoding the Bacteriocin Boticin B from Clostridium botulinum Strain 213B

2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 5480-5483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean S. Dineen ◽  
Marite Bradshaw ◽  
Eric A. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Shuttle Vector ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
Group I

ABSTRACT Boticin B is a heat-stable bacteriocin produced byClostridium botulinum strain 213B that has inhibitory activity against various strains of C. botulinum and related clostridia. The gene encoding the bacteriocin was localized to a 3.0-kb HindIII fragment of an 18.8-kb plasmid, cloned, and sequenced. DNA sequencing revealed the boticin B structural gene,btcB, to be an open reading frame encoding 50 amino acids. A C. botulinum strain 62A transconjugant containing theHindIII fragment inserted into a clostridial shuttle vector expressed boticin B, although at much lower levels than those observed in C. botulinum 213B. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration and characterization of a bacteriocin from toxigenic group I C. botulinum.

scholarly journals The Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Biotype Variability of Papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus

2005 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuo Maoka ◽  
Tatsuji Hataya
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Mosaic Virus ◽  
Complete Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Cleavage Sites ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
The Family ◽  
Evolutionary Event ◽  
Leaf Distortion

The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of Papaya leaf distortion mosaic virus (PLDMV) was determined. The viral RNA genome of strain LDM (leaf distortion mosaic) comprised 10,153 nucleotides, excluding the poly(A) tail, and contained one long open reading frame encoding a polyprotein of 3,269 amino acids (molecular weight 373,347). The polyprotein contained nine putative proteolytic cleavage sites and some motifs conserved in other potyviral polyproteins with 44 to 50% identities, indicating that PLDMV is a distinct species in the genus Potyvirus. Like the W biotype of Papaya ringspot virus (PRSV), the non-papaya-infecting biotype of PLDMV (PLDMV-C) was found in plants of the family Cucurbitaceae. The coat protein (CP) sequence of PLDMV-C in naturally infected-Trichosanthes bracteata was compared with those of three strains of the P biotype (PLDMV-P), LDM and two additional strains M (mosaic) and YM (yellow mosaic), which are biologically different from each other. The CP sequences of three strains of PLDMV-P share high identities of 95 to 97%, while they share lower identities of 88 to 89% with that of PLDMV-C. Significant changes in hydrophobicity and a deletion of two amino acids at the N-terminal region of the CP of PLDMV-C were observed. The finding of two biotypes of PLDMV implies the possibility that the papaya-infecting biotype evolved from the cucurbitaceae-infecting potyvirus, as has been previously suggested for PRSV. In addition, a similar evolutionary event acquiring infectivity to papaya may arise frequently in viruses in the family Cucurbitaceae.

Development of a Self-Cloning System for Actinomadura verrucosospora and Identification of Polyketide Synthase Genes Essential for Production of the Angucyclic Antibiotic Pradimicin

1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 2703-2709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tohru Dairi ◽  
Yoshimitsu Hamano ◽  
Tamotsu Furumai ◽  
Toshikazu Oki
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Polyketide Synthase ◽  
Selectable Marker ◽  
Plasmid Vector ◽  
Open Reading Frame ◽  
Antibiotic Biosynthesis ◽  
Nucleotide Sequence Analysis ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Cloning System ◽  
Open Reading Frame 1

ABSTRACT A self-cloning system for Actinomadura verrucosospora, a producer of the angucyclic antibiotic pradimicin A (PRM A), has been developed. The system is based on reproducible and reliable protoplasting and regeneration conditions for A. verrucosospora and a novel plasmid vector that consists of a replicon from a newly found Actinomadura plasmid and a selectable marker cloned from the Actinomadurastrain. The system has an efficiency of more than 105CFU/microgram of DNA. Using this system, we have cloned and identified the polyketide synthase (PKS) genes essential for PRM A biosynthesis from A. verrucosospora. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 3.5-kb SalI-SphI fragment showed that ketosynthase subunits (open reading frame 1 [ORF1] and ORF2) of the essential PKS genes have strong similarities (59 to 89%) to those for angucyclic antibiotic biosynthesis.

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