Abstract
The structural gene ( ADE1) encoding phosphoribosyl-aminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide synthetase (SAICAR synthetase; EC 6.3.2.6) in Candida maltosa has been isolated by functional complementation of an ade1 strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The gene was localized on a 2.5-kb BamHI DNA fragment. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the cloned gene has revealed an open reading frame encoding a protein (SAICAR synthetase) with an M r of 32751. The codon bias index 0.68, indicates that the ADE1 gene is a moderately highly expressed gene. The cloned gene shows 63.5 % nt identity and 65.2 % deduced amino acid identity with the S. cerevisiae ADE1 gene which encodes the same enzymatic activity. The gene may be used as a convenient genetic marker for construction of a new host-vector system for C. maltosa.
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