N-acetyl-heparosan lyase of Escherichia coli K5: gene cloning and expression.
AUTOR(ES)
Legoux, R
RESUMO
The structure of the capsular polysaccharide of Escherichia coli K5 is identical to that of N-acetyl-heparosan, a nonsulfated precursor of heparin, which makes this E. coli antigen an attractive starting point for the chemical synthesis of analogs of low-molecular-weight heparin. This polysaccharide is synthesized as a high-molecular-weight molecule that can be depolymerized by an enzyme displaying endo-beta-eliminase activity. The eliminase-encoding gene, designated elmA, has been cloned from E. coli K5 by expression in E. coli K-12. The K-12 genome is devoid of the elmA sequence. The elmA gene product is 820 amino acids long. Active recombinant eliminase is produced by K-12 cells in both cell-bound and secreted forms. Deletion analyses have shown that the C terminus and the N terminus are required for activity and secretion, respectively.
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