ISSN:
1432-0614
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Abstract The 1668 base pairs (bp) downstream of the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin gene were sequenced in the hope of finding related genes that might be part of an operon. Instead, a sequence was found that constituted an open reading frame (ORF) of 569 amino acids (apparently the carboxy-terminal part of a larger ORF), in the direction opposite to the hemoglobin gene. This sequence was found to have 64% similarity with the 1685 bp at the 3′ end of the Escherichia coli uvrA gene. The inferred amino acid sequence of the Vitreoscilla DNA has 69% similarity with the corresponding sequence of the E. coli uvrA protein, with similarities of 90, 100, and 85% in the helix-turn-helix, C-terminal ATP binding, and C-terminal zinc finger domains, respectively. The distance between the 3′ ends of the Vitreoscilla hemoglobin and uvrA genes is 63 bp.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00902733
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