Characterisation of an extracellular serine protease gene (naspgene) from Dermatophilus congolensis

Garcia-Sanchez, A., Cerrato, R., Larrasa, J., Ambrose, N.C., Parra, A., Alonso, J.M., Hermoso-de-Mendoza, M., Rey, J.M., Mine, O.M., Carnegie, P.R., Ellis, T.M., Masters, A.M., Pemberton, A.D. and Hermoso-de-Mendoza, J. (2004) Characterisation of an extracellular serine protease gene (naspgene) from Dermatophilus congolensis. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 231 (1). pp. 53-57.

Abstract

A partial amino acid sequence of a serine protease from Dermatophilus congolensis allowed the design of oligonucleotide primers that were complemented with additional ones from previously published partial sequences of the gene encoding the enzyme. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR), using combinations of specific and degenerate oligonucleotide primers, allowed the amplification of a 1738-bp internal fragment of the gene, which was finally characterised by inverse PCR as the first full-length sequenced serine protease gene (nasp) from Dermatophilus congolensis. The deduced amino acid sequence of this enzyme, probably involved in the pathogenesis of dermatophilosis, links it to the subtilisin family of proteases. © 2004 Federation of European Microbiological Societies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
URI:	http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/16648

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