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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2010.20.1.097

Transconjugation for Molecular Genetic Study of Streptomyces platensis Producing Transglutaminase  

Bae, Se-Joung (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University)
Jo, Yang-Ho (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University)
Choi, Sun-Uk (Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.20, no.1, 2010 , pp. 97-102 More about this Journal
Abstract
Streptomyces platensis YK-2, newly isolated from forest soil, produces transglutaminase (TGase), which catalyses an acyl transfer reaction between the primary grade amine and protein or $\gamma$-carboxyamide group of peptide bound glutamine residues. For a molecular genetic study of S. platensis, an effective transformation method was established by using a conjugal transfer of DNA from Escherichia coli to spores of actinomycetes. The highest transconjugation frequency of S. platensis was obtained on an MS medium containing 50 mM $MgCl_2$, using $5{\times}10^7\;E$. coli as a DNA donor and $1{\times}10^8$ spores without heat treatment as a host. We also identified that S. platensis contains a single attB site within an ORF encoding a pirin-homolog, and that its attB site sequence shows high homology to that of S. logisporoflavus. In addition, it was confirmed by phenotypic analyses of exconjugants that the introduction of heterologous DNA into the attB site of the S. platensis chromosome does not affect its morphological differentiation and TGase production.
Keywords
Streptomyces platensis YK-2; transformation; attB site; transglutaminase;
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