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. 1990 Sep;172(9):5071–5078. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.9.5071-5078.1990

Sequence analysis and transcriptional organization of the Rhodopseudomonas viridis cytochrome c2 gene.

R Grisshammer 1, C Wiessner 1, H Michel 1
PMCID: PMC213164  PMID: 1697576

Abstract

The cytochrome c2 gene (cycA) of the purple nonsulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas viridis was isolated from a genomic library by using two degenerate oligonucleotides containing all possible DNA sequences predicted from the published amino acid sequence of this protein (Ambler et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 73:472-475, 1976). Cloning and sequence analysis of the cytochrome c2 gene indicated the presence of a typical procaryotic 20-residue signal peptide, suggesting that this periplasmic protein in synthesized in vivo as a precursor. In addition, four amino acids were found to be different by comparing the published sequence of the mature protein with that deduced from the isolated cycA gene (Lys-14----Leu, Ser-46----Ala, Ile-84----Val, Leu-97----Ile). Northern (RNA) blot analysis and fine mapping of the 5' and 3' ends of the cycA gene transcript from photoheterotrophically grown R. viridis cells revealed one abundant transcript of 523 to 530 nucleotides in length, with the transcription start site at position -39 relative to the coding region of cytochrome c2. A low-abundance transcript with an extended 3' end (about 600 bases in length) is thought to be processed by exonucleases, resulting in the slightly shorter main transcript.

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