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. 1985 Aug 12;13(15):5717–5722. doi: 10.1093/nar/13.15.5717

Nucleotide sequence of the Bacillus subtilis xylose isomerase gene: extensive homology between the Bacillus and Escherichia coli enzyme.

M Wilhelm, C P Hollenberg
PMCID: PMC321901  PMID: 2994009

Abstract

The xylose isomerase gene from Bacillus subtilis was cloned from a genomic BamH1 library by complementation of an isomerase defective Escherichia coli strain as previously described. The ATG initiation codon is preceded by a Shine-Dalgarno sequence and two hexamers being characteristic for the promoter region of Bacillus genes. The structural gene consists of 1320 base pairs, thus coding for a polypeptide chain of 440 amino acids with a molecular weight of 49 680. The polypeptide primary structure shows over 50% homology to that of the E. coli xylose isomerase.

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