Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Detection of Genes with Atypical Nucleotide Sequence in Microbial Genomes

  • Letters to the Editor
  • Published:
Journal of Molecular Evolution Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Dalbey RE, Lively MO, Bron S, van Dijl JM (1997) The chemistry and enzymology of the type I signal peptidases. Protein Sci 6:1129–1138

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Fang H, Mullins C, Green N (1997) In addition to SEC11, a newly identified gene, SPC3, is essential for signal peptidase activity in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum. J Biol Chem 272:13152–13158

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Kawashima T, Amano N, Koike H, Makino S, Higuchi S, Kawashima-Ohya Y, Watanabe K, Yamazaki M, Kanehori K, Kawamoto T, Nunoshiba T, Yamamoto Y, Aramaki H, Makino K, Suzuki M (2000) Archaeal adaptation to higher temperatures revealed by genomic sequence of Thermoplasma volcanium. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:14257–14262

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Meyer HA, Hartmann E (1997) The yeast SPC22/23 homolog Spc3 is essential for signal peptidase activity. J Biol Chem 272:13159–13164

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ng WV, Kennedy SP, Mahairas GG, Berquist B, Pan M, 5Shukla HD, Lasky SR, Baliga NS, Thorsson V, Sbrogna J, Swartzell S, Weir D, Hall J, Dahl TA, Welti R, Goo YA, Leithauser B, Keller K, Cruz R, Danson MJ, Hough DW, Maddocks DG, Jablonski PE, Krebs MP, Angevine CM, Dale H, Isenbargerf TA, Peck RF, Pohlschroder M, Spudich JL, Jung KH, Alami M, Freitasi T, Hou S, Daniels CJ, Dennis PP, Omer AD, Ebhardt H, Lowe TM, Liang P, Riley M, Hood L, DasSarma S (2000) Genome sequence of Halobacterium species NRC-1. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97:12176–12181

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Paetzel M, Dalbey RE, Strynadka NCJ (1998) Crystal structure of a bacterial signal peptidase in complex with a -lactam inhibitor. Nature 396:186–190

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Paetzel M, Dalbey RE, Strynadka NCJ (2000) The structure and mechanism of bacterial type I signal peptidases. A novel antibiotic target. Pharmacol Ther 87:27–49

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Ruepp A, Graml W, Santos-Martinez ML, Koretke KK, Volker C, Mewes HW, Frishman D, Stocker S, Lupas AN, Baumeister W (2000) The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum. Nature 407:508–513

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Tjalsma H, Bolhuis A, van Roosmalen ML, Wiegert T, Schumann W, Broekhuizen CP, Quax WJ, Venema G, Bron S, van Dijl JM (1998) Functional analysis of the secretory precursor processing machinery of Bacillus subtilis: Identification of a eubacterial homolog of archaeal and eukaryotic signal peptidases. Genes Dev 12:2318–2331

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Van Valkenburgh C, Chen X, Mullins C, Fang H, Green N (1999) The catalytic mechanism of endoplasmic reticulum signal peptidase appears to be distinct from most eubacterial signal peptidases. J Biol Chem 274:11519–11525

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • YaDeau JT, Klein C, Blobel G (1991) Yeast signal peptidase contains a glycoprotein and the Sec11 gene product. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 88:517–521

    Article  CAS  PubMed Central  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, P.O. Box 653, 84105, Beersheva, Israel

    Jerry Eichler

Authors
  1. Jerry Eichler
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jerry Eichler.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Eichler, J. Detection of Genes with Atypical Nucleotide Sequence in Microbial Genomes. J Mol Evol 54, 411–415 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-001-0035-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00239-001-0035-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation