Cloning of a gene from Bacillus cereus with homology to the mreB gene from Escherichia coli

Gene. 1992 Dec 1;122(1):181-5. doi: 10.1016/0378-1119(92)90047-s.

Abstract

We have cloned and sequenced a gene coding for a putative shape-determining protein (MreB) highly homologous to the mreB gene product of Escherichia coli. The amino acid (aa) identity was 53% and the similarity 72%. The gene is expressed early in the logarithmic phase. The aa sequence comparison showed that the protein, like the E. coli MreB, has structural similarity to actin and heat-shock protein Hsc70 encoded by a new super-gene family.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bacillus cereus / genetics*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Base Sequence
  • Cattle
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli Proteins*
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • Restriction Mapping
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • RNA, Messenger
  • MreB protein, E coli

Associated data

  • GENBANK/M79310
  • GENBANK/M81114
  • GENBANK/M81115
  • GENBANK/M81116
  • GENBANK/M81117
  • GENBANK/M81118
  • GENBANK/M95864
  • GENBANK/X62374
  • GENBANK/X65112
  • GENBANK/X65113