Abstract:
The invention provides sequence information of a microbial protein having lipoxy-genase activity and a method of producing the protein by recombinant DNA technology. More specifically, the inventors have isolated a gene encoding a lipoxygenase from  Gaeu - mannomyces graminis , cloned it into an  E. coli  strain and sequenced it. A comparison shows less than 25% identity to known lipoxygenase sequences, the closest being human 15S li-poxygenase. The inventors have expressed the lipoxygenase recombinantly and found that the recombinant lipoxygenase is glycosylated.

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
         [0001]    The present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding a lipoxygenase and its use for recombinant production of a lipoxygenase. The invention also relates to a method of obtaining a lipoxygenase by screening a DNA library with specific probes.  
         BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
         [0002]    Lipoxygenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxygenation of linoleic acid and produces a hydroperoxide. It is classified in Enzyme Nomenclature as EC 1.13.11.12. The enzyme is widely distributed in plants and animals. Encoding genes have been isolated from various sources, and the sequences have been published. Thus, GENESEQP W93832 and Genbank U78294 give the sequence of human 15S lipoxygenase.  
           [0003]    Microbial lipoxygenases are known from a yeast  Saccharomyces cerevisiae , a thermophilic actinomycete  Thermoactinomyces vulgaris , from fungus  Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium proliferatum  and  Gaeumannomyces graminis  (Su and Oliw, J. Biological Chemistry, 273 (21), 13072-13079 (1998)). No isolated gene encoding a microbial lipoxygenase has been described.  
           [0004]    The prior art describes various uses of lipoxygenase, e.g. as a food additive to bread dough or noodles.  
         SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
         [0005]    Here we for the first time provide sequence information of a microbial protein having lipoxygenase activity and a method of producing the protein in industrial scale. More specifically, the inventors have isolated a gene encoding a lipoxygenase from  Gaeumannomyces graminis,  cloned it into an  E. coli  strain and sequenced it. The genome of  G. graminis  contains approximately 60% of the G and C nucleotides, which made this work very difficult. A comparison shows less than 25% identity to known lipoxygenase sequences, the closest being human 15S lipoxygenase. The inventors have expressed the lipoxygenase recombinantly.  
           [0006]    Accordingly, the invention provides a polypeptide having lipoxygenase enzyme activity which:  
           [0007]    a) has an amino acid sequence which has at least 50% identity with the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 23;  
           [0008]    b) is encoded by a nucleic acid sequence which hybridizes at 55° C. with a complementary strand of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the mature polypeptide of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a subsequence thereof having at least 100 nucleotides;  
           [0009]    c) has an amino acid sequence which can be obtained from the mature poly-peptide of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 23 by substitution, deletion, and/or insertion of one or more amino acids; or  
           [0010]    d) is encoded by the lipoxygenase-encoding part of the DNA sequence cloned into a plasmid present in  Escherichia coli  deposit number DSM 13586.  
           [0011]    The invention also provides a polynucleotide which comprises:  
           [0012]    a) the partial DNA sequence encoding a mature lipoxygenase cloned into a plasmid present in  Escherichia coli  DSM 13586,  
           [0013]    b) the partial DNA sequence encoding a mature lipoxygenase shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or 23,  
           [0014]    c) an analogue of the sequence defined in a) or b) which encodes a lipoxygenase and  
           [0015]    i) has at least 50% identity with said DNA sequence, or  
           [0016]    ii) hybridizes at low stringency with a complementary strand of said DNA sequence or a subsequence thereof having at least 100 nucleotides,  
           [0017]    iii) is an allelic variant thereof, or  
           [0018]    d) a complementary strand of a), b) or c).  
           [0019]    Other aspects of the invention provide a nucleic acid construct comprising the polynucleotide, a recombinant expression vector comprising the nucleic acid construct, and a recombinant host cell transformed with the nucleic acid construct. The invention also provides a recombinant method of producing the lipoxygenase, an oligonucleotide probe based on SEQ ID NO: 2 or 23 and a method of obtaining a lipoxygenase by screening a eukaryotic DNA library using the probe based on SEQ ID NO: 2.  
           [0020]    Further, the invention provides a dough composition comprising a manganese lipoxygenase and a method for preparing a dough or a baked product made from dough, comprising adding a manganese lipoxygenase to the dough. The invention also provides a method of oxygenating a substrate selected from the group consisting of linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, linoleyl alcohol and a linoleic acid ester comprising contacting the substrate in the presence of oxygen with a manganese lipoxygenase. Finally, the invention provides a detergent composition comprising a manganese lipoxygenase and a surfactant.  
         DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
         [0021]    Genomic DNA Source  
           [0022]    DNA encoding the lipoxygenase (LOX) may be derived from fungi, particularly Ascomycota, more particularly  Ascomycota incertae sedis  e.g. Magnaporthaceae, such as Gaeumannomyces, or anamorphic Magnaporthaceae such as Pyricularia, or alternatively anamorphic Ascomycota such as Geotrichum. An example is  G. graminis,  e.g.  G. graminis  var.  graminis, G. graminis  var.  avenae  or  G. graminis  var. tritici , particularly the strain  G. graminis  var.  graminis  CBS 903.73,  G. graminis  var.  avenae  CBS 870.73 or  G. graminis  var. tritici  CBS 905.73. The CBS strains are commercially available from Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn, the Netherlands.  
           [0023]    The inventors obtained two LOX-encoding DNA sequences from strains of  Gaeumannomyces graminis  and found that they have the sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 and 22. They inserted a LOX-encoding gene into a strain of  Escherichia coli  and deposited it as  E. coli  DSM 13586 on Jul. 5, 2000 under the terms of the Budapest Treaty with the DSMZ—Deutsche Sammlung von Microorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig DE, Germany. The deposit was made by Novo Nordisk A/S and was later assigned to Novozymes A/S.  
           [0024]    Lipoxygenase  
           [0025]    The lipoxygenase of the invention is a manganese lipoxygenase, i.e. it has lipoxygenase activity (EC 1.13.11.12) with manganese in the prosthetic group. It is glycosylated and may have a molecular weight in the range 90-110 kDa, particularly 95-105 kDa. It is thermostable with a temperature optimum of 65-90° C., particularly 75-85° C. The lipoxygenase is stable against LAS (linear alkyl-benzene sulfonate) up to 400 ppm at pH 10. Mn-Lipoxygenase is enzymatically active between pH 5-12 with a broad optimum at pH 6-8.  
           [0026]    A recombinant lipoxygenase may have a higher glycosylation and a higher thermostability. The recombinant lipoxygenase may have a molecular weight in the range 90-110 kDa, particularly 95-105 kDa. It may have a temperature optimum of 65-90° C., particularly 75-85° C.  
           [0027]    Recombinant Expression Vector  
           [0028]    The expression vector of the invention typically includes control sequences encoding a promoter, operator, ribosome binding site, translation initiation signal, and, optionally, a selectable marker, a transcription terminator, a repressor gene or various activator genes. The vector may be an autonomously replicating vector, or it may be integrated into the host cell genome.  
           [0029]    Production by Cultivation of Transformant  
           [0030]    The lipoxygenase of the invention may be produced by transforming a suitable host cell with a DNA sequence encoding the lipoxygenase, cultivating the transformed organism under conditions permitting the production of the enzyme, and recovering the enzyme from the culture.  
           [0031]    The host organism may be a eukaryotic cell, in particular a fungal cell, such as a yeast cell or a filamentous fungal cell, e.g. a strain of Aspergillus, Fusarium, Trichoderma or Saccharomyces, particularly  A. niger, A. oryzae, F. graminearum, F. sambucinum, F. cerealis  or  S. cerevisiae . The production of the lipoxygenase in such host organisms may be done by the general methods described in EP 238,023 (Novo Nordisk), WO 96/00787 (Novo Nordisk) or EP 244,234 (Alko).  
           [0032]    Nucleotide Probe  
           [0033]    A nucleotide probe may be designed on the basis of the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, particularly the mature peptide part. The probe may be used in screening for LOX-encoding DNA as described below.  
           [0034]    A synthetic oligonucleotide primer may be prepared by standard techniques (e,g, as described in Sambrook J, Fritsch E F, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual (2 nd  edn.) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) on the basis of the mature part of the amino acid sequence in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the corresponding part of the DNA sequence. It may be a degenerate probe and will typically contain at least 20 nucleotides.  
           [0035]    Screening of Eukaryotic DNA Library  
           [0036]    A polypeptide with lipoxygenase activity may be obtained by a method comprising:  
           [0037]    a) preparing a eukaryotic DNA library,  
           [0038]    b) screening the library to select DNA molecules which hybridize to the probe described above,  
           [0039]    c) transforming host cells with the selected DNA molecules,  
           [0040]    d) cultivating the transformed host cells to express polypeptides encoded by the DNA molecules, and  
           [0041]    e) assaying the expressed polypeptides to select polypeptides having lipoxygenase activity.  
           [0042]    The eukaryotic DNA library may be prepared by conventional methods. It may include genomic DNA or double-stranded cDNA derived from suitable sources such as those described above.  
           [0043]    Molecular screening for DNA sequences may be carried out by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by hybridization.  
           [0044]    In accordance with well-known procedures, the PCR fragment generated in the molecular screening may be isolated and subcloned into a suitable vector. The PCR fragment may be used for screening DNA libraries by e.g. colony or plaque hybridization.  
           [0045]    Hybridization  
           [0046]    The hybridization is used to indicate that a given DNA sequence is analogous to a nucleotide probe corresponding to a DNA sequence of the invention. The hybridization may be done at low, medium or high stringency. One example of hybridization conditions is described in detail below.  
           [0047]    Suitable conditions for determining hybridization between a nucleotide probe and a homologous DNA or RNA sequence involves presoaking of the filter containing the DNA fragments or RNA in 5×SSC (standard saline citrate) for 10 min, and prehybridization of the filter in a solution of 5×SSC (Sambrook et al. 1989), 5× Denhardt&#39;s solution (Sambrook et al. 1989), 0.5% SDS and 100/g/ml of denatured sonicated salmon sperm DNA (Sambrook et al. 1989), followed by hybridization in the same solution containing a random-primed (Feinberg, A. P. and Vogelstein, B. (1983) Anal. Biochem. 132:6-13),  32 P-dCTP-labeled (specific activity&gt;1×10 9  cpm/μg) probe for 12 hours at approx. 45□° C. The filter is then washed two times for 30 minutes in 2×SSC, 0.5% SDS at a temperature of at least 55□ C., particularly at least 60□ C., more particularly at least 65□ C., e.g. at least 70□ C., or at least 75□ C.  
           [0048]    Molecules to which the oligonucleotide probe hybridizes under these conditions are detected using an x-ray film.  
           [0049]    Alignment and Identity  
           [0050]    The nucleotide sequence of the invention may have an identity to the disclosed sequence of at least 75% or at least 85%, particularly at least 90% or at least 95%, e.g. at least 98%.  
           [0051]    For purposes of the present invention, alignments of sequences and calculation of identity scores were done using a Needleman-Wunsch alignment (i.e. global alignment), useful for both protein and DNA alignments. The default scoring matrices BLOSUM50 and the identity matrix are used for protein and DNA alignments respectively. The penalty for the first residue in a gap is −12 for proteins and −16 for DNA, while the penalty for additional residues in a gap is −2 for proteins and −4 for DNA. Alignment is from the FASTA package version v20u6 (W. R. Pearson and D. J. Lipman (1988), “Improved Tools for Biological Sequence Analysis”, PNAS 85:2444-2448, and W. R. Pearson (1990) “Rapid and Sensitive Sequence Comparison with FASTP and FASTA”, Methods in Enzymology, 183:63-98).  
           [0052]    Use of Lipoxygenase  
           [0053]    A manganese lipoxygenase such as that described above may be used in the following application, e.g. in analogy with the indicated publications.  
           [0054]    The lipoxygenase can be used as an additive to dough for baked products such as bread, biscuits and cakes. Thus, the lipoxygenase can be used in a process for making bread, comprising adding the lipoxygenase to a dough, kneading the dough and baking the dough to make the baked product. SU 426640 A, JP 58190346 A[SLK1], JP 1165332 A[SLK2], JP 8322456,[SLK3] JP 10028516[SLK4], JP 08322456, JP 2964215. It can also be used in the preparation of noodles as described in JP 11299440 A.  
           [0055]    The lipoxygenase may be used for bleaching, e.g. bleaching of beta-carotene, wheat flour or wheat dough. U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,957,333-1,957,337.  
           [0056]    It can also be used for oxidizing mixtures of fatty acids to hydroperoxy fatty acids, as accelerators of lipid peroxidition, and as analytic tools to estimate linoleic and linolenic acids contents of certain oils.  
           [0057]    The invention provides a detergent composition comprising the lipoxygenase and a surfactant, particularly an anionic surfactant such as LAS (linear alkyl-benzene sulfonate). Advantageously, the lipoxygenase has good stability in the presence of such surfactants. The detergent may be formulated as described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,635,828 [SLK5]or U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,362[SLK6]. The lipoxygenase can also be used to bleach stains from fabrics or hard surfaces as described in DK 9800352[SLK7]. Advantageously, The lipoxygenase can be used for modification of starch as mentioned in JP 09163953, EP772980, JP 2000-106832. Also it can be used for protein modification as described in EP 947142, DE 19840069 or JP 61078361, or modification of oil (production of conjugated fatty acid) as mentioned in JP 5905128, U.S. Pat. No. 3,729,379.  
           [0058]    The lipoxygenase can be used for cross-linking a protein by oxidases, such as laccase, bilirubin oxidase etc. EP 947142.  
           [0059]    The lipoxygenase can be used to obtain improved glutinousness and improved flavor of marine paste product such as Kamaboko, Hanpen, by adding lipoxygenase to fish meat. JP 61078361.  
           [0060]    The lipoxygenase can be used to produce a process tomato product. It can be used for tomato pasta, salsa, ketchup and so on. EP 983725.  
           [0061]    The lipoxygenase can be used for production of hydroperoxy fatty acid by reacting lipoxygenase with unsaturated 4-24C fatty acid. JP 11029410.  
           [0062]    The hydroperoxides of linoleic acid or linolenic acid can be converted further to e.g. growth regulatory hormone jasmonic acid, and the product from arachidonic acid can be converted to physiological effectors leukotrienes and lipoxins.  
           [0063]    Application of lipoxygenase should not be limited to the examples mentioned above. Since hydroperoxide, the product of lipoxygenase reaction, is good oxidant to create radical, lipoxygenase can be used for any other applications utilizing oxidation reaction, such as bleaching of food material or textile dyes, or polymerization of chemical compounds to produce plastic material or fiber.  
           [0064]    Assay for Lipoxygenase Activity  
           [0065]    The lipoxygenase activity was determined spectrophotometrically at 25° C. by monitoring the formation of hydroperoxides. For the standard analysis, 10 μL enzyme was added to a 1 mL quartz cuvette containing 980 μL 25 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.0) and 10 μL of substrate solution (10 mM linolenic acid dispersed with 0.2%(v/v) Tween20). The enzyme was typically diluted sufficiently to ensure a turn-over of maximally 10% of the added substrate within the first minute. The absorbance at 234 nm was followed and the rate was estimated from the linear part of the curve. One unit causes an increase in absorbance at 234 nm of 0.001/min.  
           [0066]    Determination of Substrate Specificity  
           [0067]    The substrate specificity of the lipoxygenase was studied using the standard assays condition with a number of different compounds as substrate. All substrates were produced as dispersions with 0.2%(v/v) Tween20. The amount of compound added to make up these stock solutions was determined by mass, since viscosity made accurate measurement of volume impossible. The limiting rate constant and the specificity constant were determined by varying the amount of substrate added in the assays. The resulting rates were plotted against the concentration of substrate used. Finally, the plots were fitted by non-linear least squares regression to the theoretical hyperbolic curve of the Michaelis-Menten equation. The cis-trans-conjugated hydro(pero)xy fatty acids were assumed to have a molecular extinction coefficient of 23,000 M −1  cm −1 . 
       
    
    
     EXAMPLES  
       [0068]    Materials and Methods  
         [0069]    Molecular cloning techniques are described in Sambrook et al. (1989).  
         [0070]    The following commercial plasmids and  E. coil  strains were used for sub-cloning and DNA library construction:  
         [0071]    pT7Blue (Novagen)  
         [0072]    pUC19 (TOYOBO, Japan)  
         [0073]    [0073] E. coli  JM109 (TOYOBO, Japan)  
         [0074]    [0074] E. coli  DH12□ (GIBCO BRL, Life Technologies, USA)  
         [0075]    The following commercial Kits were used for cDNA cloning;  
         [0076]    cDNA Synthesis Kit (Takara, Japan)  
         [0077]    Marathon cDNA Amplification Kit (Clontech, USA)  
         [0078]    Oligo dT cellulose powder (Invitrogen, Netherlands)  
         [0079]    Labeling and detection of hybridization probe was done using DIG-labeling and detection Kit (Boehringer Manheim). Nylon membrane Hybond-N+ (Amersham, England) was used for DNA transfer for both southern blotting and colony hybridization.  
         [0080]    Media and Buffer Solution  
         [0081]    COVE-ar: per liter 342.3 g sucrose, 20 ml COVE salt solution, 10 mM acrylamide, 15 mM CSCl 2 , 30 g Agar noble (Difco)  
         [0082]    COVE2-ar: per liter 30 g sucrose, 20 ml COVE salt solution, 10 mM acrylamide, 30 g Agar noble (Difco)  
         [0083]    COVE salt solution: per liter 26 g KCl, 26 g MgSO 4 -7H 2 O, 76 g KH 2 PO 4 , 50 ml Cove trace metals.  
         [0084]    Cove trace metals: per liter 0.04 g NaB 4 O 7 -10H 2 O, 0.4 g CuSO 4 -5H 2 O, 1.2 g FeSO 4 -7H 2 O, 0.7 g MnSO 4 -H 2 O, 0.7 g Na 2 MoO 2 -2H 2 O, 0.7 g ZnSO 4 -7HpO.  
         [0085]    AMG trace metals: per liter 14.3 g ZnSO 4 -7H 2 O, 2.5 g CuSO 4 -5H 2 O, 0.5 g NiCl 2 , 13.8 g FeSO 4 , 8.5 g MnSO 4 , 3.0 g citric acid.  
         [0086]    YPG: per liter 4 g yeast extract, 1 g KH 2 PO 4 , 0.5 g MgSO 4 -7H 2 O, 15 g glucose, pH 6.0.  
         [0087]    STC: 0.8 M Sorbitol, 25 mM Tris pH 8, 25 mM CaCl 2 .  
         [0088]    STPC: 40% PEG4000 in STC buffer.  
         [0089]    Cove top agarose: per liter 342.3 g sucrose, 20 ml COVE salt solution, 10 mM Acelamide, 10 g low melt agarose.  
         [0090]    MS-9: per liter 30 g soybean powder, 20 g glycerol, pH 6.0.  
         [0091]    MDU-2 Bp: per liter 45 g maltose-1H 2 O, 7 g yeast extract, 12 g KH 2 PO 4 , 1 g MgSO 4 -7H 2 O, 2 g K 2 SO 4 , 5 g Urea, 1 g NaCl, 0.5 ml AMG trace metal solution pH 5.0.  
         [0092]    Materials.  
         [0093]    alpha- 32 P-dCTP (3000 Ci/mmol), dNTPs, alpha- 33 P-ddNTPs, Hybond-N membranes, and DNA labelling beads (-dCTP), T-primed first-strand kit, and Thermo Sequenase kits were from Amersham Pharmacia Biotech (Uppsala, Sweden). TA cloning kits were from Invitrogen (Groningen, The Netherlands). Taq DNA polymerase and the enhanced avian RT-PCR kit were from Sigma (St. Louis, Mo.). Restriction enzymes were from New England BioLabs (Beverly, Mass.).  G. graminis  was obtained and grown as described by Su and Oliw (supra). Qiagen plant RNeasy mini and OIAquick gel extraction kits were from Merck Eurolab (Stockholm, Sweden). Degenerate primers for PCR were obtained from TIB Molbiol (Berlin, Germany), whereas sequencing primers were purchased from CyberGene (Huddinge, Sweden). 5′-RACE and reverse transcription of total RNA was performed with a kit (5′RACE system for rapid amplification of cDNA ends) from Life Technologies (Taby, Sweden).  
       Example 1  
     Determination of Partial Peptide Sequences of LOX from  G. graminis    
       [0094]    A fungal strain of  Gaeumannomyces graminis  var.  tritici  was cultivated and lipoxygenase was recovered essentially as described in Chao Su and Ernst H. Oliw, J. Biological Chemistry, 273 (21), 13072-13079 (1998).  
         [0095]    To obtain data from the N-terminal part of the enzyme, approximately 10 mg of enzyme was analyzed directly by using traditional edman degradation on the 494 Protein Sequencer, Applied Biosystems according to the manufacturer&#39;s instructions.  
         [0096]    Another 40 microgram of sample was lyophilized down to around 20 μl and added 20 μl SDS-sample buffer containing DTT before incubation 30 min at 37° C. and then boiling the sample for 3 min. 5 t 0.5 M iodoacetamide in 1 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 was then added and the sample was incubated 20 min at room temperature prior to running the sample on SDS-PAGE (4-20%, Novex) according to the manufacturer&#39;s instructions. The gel was stained according to standard procedures from Novex.  
         [0097]    The gelpiece (60 kDa) was subsequently cut out and minced with a blade. The gel pieces were washed 2× in 0.5 M tris pH 9.2/ACN (1:1) for 45 min at 37° C. The gel pieces were treated with 100% ACN for 10 min to introduce shrinking of the pieces. The ACN was removed and the pieces dries in speed-Vac. 200 ml 0.1 M NH 4 CO 3  (AMBIC) was added and incubated for 15 min. AMBIC was removed and 100 ml ACN added. Again incubation for 10 min followed by removal of ACN and drying in speed-vac. The cycle with AMBIC was repeated 2×. After the last drying step 20 ml 0.05 mg/ml trypsin in 0.1 M tris pH 9.2, 10% ACN was added. Incubation for 10 min. Then 300 ml 0.1 M tris pH 9.2, 10% ACN was added. Incubation was continued O.N. at 37° C. The supernatant was then removed (saved for control) and the peptides extracted from the gel by adding 30 ml 10% TFA. After 5 min the TFA was withdrawn and collected. Further extraction was done 2× by adding 150 ml 0.1% TFA, 60% ACN to the gel pieces and incubate for 30 min at 37° C. All extracts were collected (30 ml+150 ml+150 ml) and concentrated in the speed-vac to 50 ml. A sample of the concentrate (5 ml) was run on RP-HPLC on a Vydac C-18 column using solvent system of TFA/isopropanol to se if any peptides were present. The rest of the sample was run to collect the peptides. Controls with blank gel pieces were run in parallel. To minimize loss of peptide, selected fractions were sequenced directly without any repurification.  
         [0098]    The resulting N-terminal sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO: 21, and two internal peptides (denoted fr 29 and 34) are shown as SEQ ID NOS: 19 and 20.  
         [0099]    Further, around 100 μg lipoxygenase was added 40 μl 0.05 M potassium phosphate, 10 mM EDTA, 1% Triton X-100, 0.05% SDS, pH 7.3 and heated to 90° C. for 4 min and allowed to cool. Then the sample was added 25 mU O-glycosidase (BSA free) and 800 mU EndoF glycosidase (Boehringer) and left over night at 37° C. The sample was then added 75 gl SDS sample buffer and run on SDS-PAGE (Novex 4-20%) in 7 lanes according to the manufacturer&#39;s instructions.  
         [0100]    The 60 kDa bands were cut out from the gel minced and washed twice in eppendorf tubes with 400 μl of 0.5 M Tris-HCl, pH 9.2:ACN 1:1 for 45 min at 37° C. The gel pieces were then treated with 200 μl ACN for 10 min and then dried in the speed vac. 400 μl NH 4 HCO 3  was added and left for 10 min before removing the supernatant and treating the pieces with another 200 μl of ACN for 10 min and then drying. 400 μl H 2 O was added and the sample left for 10 min before repeating the procedure with ACN again. The gel pieces was then added 25 μl 0.1 mg/ml trypsin+300 μl 0.1 M Tris-HCl, 10% ACN, pH 9.2 and left over night at 37° C. After incubation 35 μl of 10 TFA was added and the supernatant were taken after 30 min for HPLC (Vydac C18, gradient to 80% acetonitril in 0.1% TFA). The gel pieces were then further extracted twice with 150 μl 0.1% TFA, 60% acetonitril. The supernatant was taken and evaporated in the speed vac to around 50 μl before adding further 100 μl 0.1% TFA and then re-evaporating down to 50 μl which was then run on the HPLC.  
         [0101]    Three amino acid sequences (denoted fr 20, 21 and 25) were obtained, as shown in SEQ ID NOS: 16,17 and 18.  
       Example 2  
     Cloning of Genomic and cDNA Clone of LOX From  G. graminis    
       [0102]    Preparation of Fungal Chromosomal DNA  
         [0103]    A fungal strain  Gaeumannomyces graminis  var.  triftici  was cultivated in the YPG (composed per liter: 4 g Yeast extract, 1 g KH 2 PO 4 , 0.5 g MgSO 4  7H 2 O, 15 g Glucose, pH 6.0) with gentle agitation at 25° C. for 6 days. Mycelia was collected by filtration using Mira-cloth (Calbiochem, USA) and washed with deionized water twice. After briefly dried on paper filter, mycelia was frozen by liquid nitrogen and ground by motor on dry ice. Around 0.2 g ground mycelia was put into a 1.5 ml eppendorf tube and suspended in 0.5 ml of buffer solution composed with 100 mM NaCl, 25 mM EDTA, 1% SDS and 50 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8). After addition of 3 micro-l of 25 mg/ml proteinase K, the tube was incubated at 65° C. for 30-60 minutes. The solution was extracted with the same volume of phenol and DNA was precipitated with 0.7 volume of isopropanol at −20° C. The pellet was re-suspended in 0.5 ml of sterilized water and remaining RNA was digested by 50 micro-g of RNase at 37° C. for 30 minutes. DNA was phenol extracted and ethanol precipitated again. The pellet was resuspended in appropriate amount of sterilized water.  
         [0104]    Preparation of mRNA and Synthesis of cDNA  
         [0105]    A fungal strain  Gaeumannomyces graminis  var.  tritici  was cultivated in the YPG with gentle agitation at 25° C. for 6 days. After the lipoxygenase activity was confirmed, mycelia was collected and ground on dry ice as mentioned before to be used for the preparation of total RNA with phenol-chloroform method. Purification of mRNA from total RNA was performed with Oligo dT cellulose powder (Invitrogen, Netherland).  
         [0106]    Synthesizing of cDNA was done with cDNA Synthesis Kit (Takara, Japan). The first strand cDNA was synthesized using 5-6 micro-g of heat denatured mRNA as the template in the mixture containing 1.0 mM each of dNTP, 4 μg of oligo(dT) 18  and 2 μg of random primer and 100 U of reverse transcriptase and 1 st  strand synthesis buffer. In total 50 μl of reaction mixture was kept at room temperature for 10 min, then incubated at 422° C. for 1 hour. After the incubation, the reaction mixture was chilled on ice for 2 min and subjected to 2 nd  strand cDNA synthesis. 1138 U of  E. coli  DNA polymerase and 5 μl of  E. coli  RNase H/ E. coli  DNA ligase mixture and 2 nd  DNA synthesis buffer was added to the 1 st  strand synthesis mixture and diluted up to 240 μl with DEPC-H 2 O. The reaction mixture was incubated at 12° C. 1 hour, 22° C. 1 hour and 70° C. 10 min. Then 10 U of T4 DNA polymerase was added to the reaction mixture and incubated at 37° C. 10 min. Synthesized cDNA was subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis to confirm the quality.  
         [0107]    Isolation of a Partial Clone of LOX Gene by PCR  
         [0108]    The following primers were designed and synthesized based on the amino acid sequences determined in Example 1. The nucleotide sequence of linoleate diol synthase of  Gaeumannomyces graminis  (Genbank Accession #: AF124979) was used as a reference of codon usage.  
         [0109]    Primer 1 for N-term side: SEQ ID NO: 9 (corresponding to amino acids 1-5 of N-terminal SEQ ID NO: 21).  
         [0110]    Primer 2 for C-term side 1: SEQ ID NO: 10 (corresponding to amino acids 18-25 of fr 34, SEQ ID NO: 20).  
         [0111]    Primer 3 for C-term side 2: SEQ ID NO: 11 (corresponding to amino acids 6-15 of fr 34, SEQ ID NO: 20).  
         [0112]    Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was employed using 0.6 μg of chromosomal DNA of  G. graminis  as the template in 50 micro-I reaction mixture containing 2.5 mM each of dNTP, 20 pmol each of primer 1 and 2, 2.5 units of LA taq polymerase (Takara, Japan) and GC buffer I supplied by Takara for LA taq. Reaction condition was shown below. LA taq polymerase was added to the reaction mixture after step 1.  
                                                                                         Step   Temperature   Time                                1   98° C.   10   mins       2   96° C.   20   sec       3   53° C.   45   sec            4   72° C.   (27 + 3 × cycle) sec            5   72° C.   10   mins                          
 
         [0113]    Second PCR reaction was employed in the reaction mixture described above but using 2 pi of first PCR product as template and primer 3 instead of primer 2. Reaction condition was the same as described above except step 2 to step 4 were repeated 30 times.  
         [0114]    Amplified 1 kb fragment was gel-purified using QIAquick™ Gel Extraction Kit (Qiagen) and subcloned into pT7Blue. Sequence of the PCR clone was determined as shown in SEQ ID NO: 3. From the deduced amino acid sequence of the PCR fragment, the primer 1 turned out to be hybridized to elsewhere than expected, however, amino acid sequence 250599Bfr25 (SEQ ID NO: 18) determined in Example 1 was found in continuous 216 amino acids sequence in the PCR fragment (SEQ ID NO: 8). Identity search showed that the 216 amino acid sequence had the highest identity to Human 15S Lipoxygenase (Genbank U78294, GENESEOP W93832), Human arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase (Swiss-Prot P18054) and  Plexaura homomalla  8R-Lipoxygenase (GenBank AF003692, SPTREMBL O16025). The results indicated that the obtained PCR fragment contained lipoxygenase gene. The highest score of identity was obtained with Human 15S and was less than 25%.  
         [0115]    Cloning of Genomic LOX Gene  
         [0116]    To obtain a full-length genomic clone, southern blotting was employed on genomic DNA of  G. graminis  using PCR fragment as a probe. Based on the result, genomic DNA was digested with SalI and separated on 1.0% agarose gel. Around 6 kb of DNA digestion was recovered from the gel and ligated with BAP treated pUC19 lineared by Sail. Ligation mixture was transformed into  E. coli  DH12S to construct a partial genomic library. It was screened by colony hybridization using the PCR fragment as probe, and a positive  E. coli  colony was isolated and the plasmid, termed pSG16, was recovered. The plasmid pSG16 contained a 6 kb SalI fragment from  G. graminis . Out of 6 kb of this fragment, sequence of 4.1 kb length including the PCR clone was determined as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4. The largest open reading frame (ORF) contained the above-mentioned 216 amino acid sequence as well as the similar sequences to fr 20, 21, 29 and 34, SEQ ID NOS: 16, 17, 19 and 20 but not the N-terminal sequence (SEQ ID NO: 21) determined in example 1. Two other small ORFs were found in the upstream of the largest ORF, but none of them had the N-terminal sequence neither. To find the right initial ATG codon, cDNA cloning was necessary.  
         [0117]    Isolation of cDNA Clone of LOX Gene  
         [0118]    Total RNA was extracted from the mycelia producing lipoxygenase and subjected for mRNA preparation by Oligo dT cellulose powder. The cDNA was synthesized from the mRNA using cDNA Synthesis Kit (Takara, Japan) and aiming to obtain full-length cDNA, 1-4 kb of cDNA was gel-purified to be subjected for the construction of a partial cDNA library. Library was constructed by ligating with the adaptor of Marathon cDNA Amplification Kit (Clontech, USA), which allows the amplification of aimed cDNA with the Adaptor Primer (AP1) and a custom primer designed for the internal sequence of aimed clone.  
         [0119]    For the amplification of cDNA of LOX, two primers, primer 4 (SEQ ID NO: 12) and primer 5 (SEQ ID NO: 13), were designed based on the sequence of genomic clone. C-terminal part was amplified with primer 4 and AP1, and N-terminal part was amplified with primer 5 and AP1.  
         [0120]    PCR reaction mixture comprised of 2.5 mM dNTP, 30 pmol each of primer 4 and AP1 or primer 5 and AP1, 5 units of LA taq polymerase (Takara) and supplied GC buffer 1. Reaction condition was shown below. LA taq polymerase was added to the reaction mixture after step 1.  
                                                         Step   Temperature   Time                                1   98° C.   5   mins       2   95° C.   30   sec       3   74° C.   15   sec       4   68° C.   3   mins       5   95° C.   30   sec       6   95° C.   5   mins       7   54° C.   30   sec       8   68° C.   15   sec                          
 
         [0121]    Step 2 to Step 4 were repeated 15 times and the temperature of Step 3 was decreased 4° C. after each 3 repeat. Step 6 to Step 8 were repeated 20 times.  
         [0122]    As the results, 0.6 kb and 1.6 kb fragments were amplified for 5′-end and 3′-end respectively and the sequences were determined as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6. Based on the sequence around the predicted initial ATG and stop codon TAA, the primer 6 (SEQ ID NO: 14) and primer 7 (SEQ ID NO: 15) were designed for the amplification of end-to-end cDNA. Also desired restriction enzyme sites were introduced at both ends for further plasmid construction.  
         [0123]    Reaction mixture contained 0.08 μg of cDNA library, 2.5 mM dNTP, 30 pmol each of primer 6 and 7, 1 units of LA taq polymerase (Takara) and GC buffer. Reaction condition was shown below. LA taq polymerase was added to the reaction mixture after step 1.  
                                                                                         Step   Temperature   Time                                1   98° C.   10   mins       2   96° C.   20   sec       3   53° C.   45   sec            4   72° C.   (27 + 3 × cycle) sec            5   72° C.   10   mins                          
 
         [0124]    PCR amplified 1.9 kb fragment was isolated and cloned into pT7Blue resulting in pSG26. Sequence of the full-length cDNA was determined. The deduced open reading frame consisted of of 1857 bp, which corresponded to 618 amino acids and a molecular mass of 67600 Da. Comparison with the genomic sequence turned out that the LOX gene contained one intron in the N-terminal side. Predicted N-terminal sequence by signal sequence determination program is “ALPLAAEDAAAT”. Identity search with the full-length amino acid sequence showed that it had the highest identity to Human 15S Lipoxygenase (Genbank Accession number w93832), less than 25%.  
         [0125]    The plasmid pSG26 was transformed in E. coli JM109 and deposited at DSMZ as DSM 13586 with the accession date Jul. 5, 2000.  
       Example 3  
     Expression of  G. graminis  LOX in  A. oryzae    
       [0126]    Host organism  
         [0127]    [0127] Aspergillus oryzae  BECh2 is described in Danish patent application PA 1999 01726. It is a mutant of JaL228 (described in WO98/123000), which is a mutant of IFO4177.  
         [0128]    Transformation of  A. oryzae    
         [0129]    [0129] Aspergillus oryzae  strain BECh2 was inoculated in 100 ml of YPG medium and incubated at 32° C. for 16 hours with stirring at 80 rpm. Grown mycelia was collected by filtration followed by washing with 0.6 M KCl and re-suspended in 30 ml of 0.6 M KCl containing Glucanex® (Novo Nordisk) at the concentration of 30 μl/ml. The mixture was incubated at 32° C. with the agitation at 60 rpm until protoplasts were formed. After filtration to remove the remained mycelia, protoplasts were collected by centrifugation and washed with STC buffer twice. The protoplasts were counted with a hematitometer and re-suspended in a solution of STC:STPC:DMSO (8:2:0.1) to a final concentration of 1.2×10 7  protoplasts/ml. About 4 μg of DNA was added to 100 μl of protoplast solution, mixed gently and incubated on ice for 30 minutes. 1 μl STPC buffer was added to the mixture and incubated at 37° C. for another 30 minutes. After the addition of 10 ml of Cove top agarose pre-warmed at 50° C., the reaction mixture was poured onto COVE-ar agar plates. The plates were incubated at 32° C. for 5 days.  
         [0130]    SDS-PAGE  
         [0131]    SDS polyacrylamide electrophoresis was carried out using the commercialized gel PAGEL AE6000 NPU-7.5L (7.5T%) with the apparatus AE-6400 (Atto, Japan) following the provided protocol. 15 μl of sample was suspended in 15 μl of 2×conc. of sample loading buffer (100 mM Tris-HCl (pH 6.8), 200 mM Dithiothreitol, 4% SDS, 0.2% Bromophenol blue and 20% glycerol) and boiled for 5 minutes. 20 μl of sample solution was applied to a polyacrylamide gel, and subjected for electrophoresis in the running buffer (25 mM Tris, 0.1% SDS, 192 mM Glycine) at 20 mA per gel. Resulting gel was stained with Coomassie brilliant blue.  
         [0132]    Construction of Expression Plasmid  
         [0133]    The plasmid pSG26 containing cDNA of  G. graminis  LOX was digested by BglII and XhoI and 1.9 kb of fragment which contained the LOX gene was ligated with pMT2188 digested with BamHI and XhoI. The plasmid pMT2188 has a modified  Aspergillus niger  neutral amylase promoter,  Aspergillus nidulans  TPI leader sequence,  Aspergillus niger  glucoamylase terminator,  Aspergillus nidulans  amdS gene as a marker for fungal transformation and  S.cerevisiae  ura3 as the marker for  E.coli  transformation. Transformation was done with  E. coli  DB6507 in which pyrF gene is deficient and can be complemented with  S.cerevisiae  Ura3. Resulting plasmid was termed pSG27.  
         [0134]    Expression of  G. graminis  LOX in  A. oryzae    
         [0135]    [0135] A. oryzae  BECh2 was transformed with the plasmid pSG27 and selection positive transformants were isolated. Transformants were grown on COVE 2-ar at 32° C. for 5 days and inoculated to 100 ml of MS-9 shaking flask. After the cultivation with vigorous agitation at 32° C. for 1 day, 3 ml of each culture was transferred to 100 ml of MDU-2 Bp in shaking flask to cultivate at 32° C. for 3 days. Culture broth was centrifuged at 3500 rpm for 10 minutes and supernatant was collected. Lipoxygenase activities of the supernatant were determined spectrophotometrically as described before. Positive transformants showed about 50,000U/ml culture broth while untransformed  A. oryzae  BECh2 showed no activity. Culture supernatant was also subjected to SDS-PAGE analysis. Positive transformants showed 90-110 kDa smear band which indicated the protein was heavily glycosylated. Untransformed  A.oryzae  BECh2 did not show any major band.  
       Example 4  
     Purification of Recombinant Lipoxygenase  
       [0136]    One gram of crude lyophilised lipoxygenase prepared as in the previous example was dissolved in 40 mL 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) and then filtered (0.45 μm, type Millex-HV, Millipore). The above and subsequent steps were all carried out at room temperature. The filtrate was loaded on a SP-Sepharose Fast Flow (2.6×14 cm) with 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) at 1 mL/min. The column was then washed with the same buffer at 2.5 mL/min until baseline was reached (approximately 4 column volumes). The bound protein was then eluted with a linear gradient from 0 to 330 mM NaCl in 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) in 2 column volumes. Fractions of 10 mL were collected. The column was cleaned with 1 M NaCl in 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0). The fractions containing the majority of pure lipoxygenase, as estimated by SDS-PAGE and by activity assay, were pooled and concentrated using an Amicon cell (10,000 NMWL, YM10, Millipore). The enzyme was finally transferred into 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.0) by dialysis and stored in aliquots at −20° C. until use.  
         [0137]    SDS-PAGE analysis showed that the lipoxygenase had been purified to homogeneity. The enzyme was found to have an estimated molecular weight of 90-110 kDa, somewhat higher than the theoretical value based on the amino acid sequence (65.6 kDa). This was taken as an indication of glycosylation. The protein was found to have a very high isoelectric point as demonstrated by the successful purification employing cation exchange chromatography.  
       Example 5  
     Determination of the Gen and the Deduced Protein Sequ nce of Mn-Lipoxygenase  
       [0138]    1. Amino Acid Sequences of Internal Peptides and the C-Terminal Amino Acids of Manganese Lipoxygenase  
         [0139]    Manganese lipoxygenase was purified to homogeneity as described by Su and Oliw (supra), using a strain of  G. graminis  (different from the previous examples). Internal peptides were generated, purified and sequenced by the Sanger method essentially as described for another protein of  G. graminis  (Hornsten L, Su C, Osbourn A E, Garosi P, Hellman U, Wernstedt C and Oliw E H, Cloning of linoleate diol synthase reveals homology with prostaglandin H synthases. J Biol Chem 274(40): 28219-24, 1999). The N-terminal amino acid of Mn-lipoxygenase was blocked, but four C-terminal amino acid was obtained by C-terminal sequencing.  
         [0140]    (i) C Terminal Amino Acid Sequence  
         [0141]    These C-terminal amino acids were FLSV.  
         [0142]    (ii) Internal Amino Acid Sequences  
         [0143]    The following eight internal amino acid sequences were obtained (where (K), (K/R) and (E) denotes the fact that Lys-C, trypsin and V8 cleaves peptides at the C-terminal side of K residues, K or R residues, and E residues, respectively):  
         [0144]    (K)LYTPQPGRYAAACQGLFYLDARSNQFLPLAIK (amino acids 205-237 of SEQ ID NO: 23 with the substitution K206L)  
         [0145]    (K/R)HPVMGVLNR (amino acids 295-304 of SEQ ID NO: 23 with Lys or Arg at position 295)  
         [0146]    (K/R)LFLVDHSYQK (amino acids 196-205 of SEQ ID NO: 23 with Lys or Arg at position 196)  
         [0147]    (E)M?AGRGFDGKGLSQG(W/M)PFV (amino acids 569-587 of SEQ ID NO: 23, except that amino acid 570 is uncertain Met and amino acid 584 is Trp or Met)  
         [0148]    (K/R)GLVGEDSGPR (amino acids 365-375 of SEQ ID NO: 23 except that amino acid 365 was found to be Lys or Arg and 368 Val)  
         [0149]    (K)TNVGADLTYTPLD/AD/WK/LP/ND/NE (amino acids 237-255 of SEQ ID NO: 23 except that amino acid 242 was found to be Ala, 250 Asp or Ala, 251 and Asp or Trp)  
         [0150]    (K)G/F SGVLPLHPAw (amino acids 472-483 of SEQ ID NO: 23, except that amino acid 473 was found to be Gly or Phe, and amino acid 483 uncertain Trp)  
         [0151]    (K) QTVDDAFAAPDLLAGNGPGRA (amino acids 532-553 of SEQ ID NO: 23 except that amino acid 536 was found to be Asp, and 552 Arg)  
         [0152]    2. RT-PCR with Degenerate Primers Generated cDNA of Mn-Lipoxygenase  
         [0153]    This part of the invention was difficult due to the high GC content of the genome of  G. graminis.    
         [0154]    Methods for isolation of total RNA from  G. graminis  and transcription of mRNA to cDNA had to be optimised. cDNA was often contaminated with genomic DNA in spite of digestion with DNAses and other precautions.  
         [0155]    After considerable experimentation, using over 30 degenerate primers in various combinations, the first cDNA clone of Mn-lipoxygenase could be obtained by RT-PCR. It was obtained by the following degenerate primers, which were based on internal peptides 1 and 2 and above.  
                                           Mn60   (5′-AACCAGTTCCTSCCSCTCGCSATCAA)                           Mn15R   (5′-GTCGAGGTAGAAGAGGCCCTGRCAVGC),                       EO3a   (5′-CATCCSGTSATGGGYGTSCTBAA)                       EOr3a   (5′-CGGTTSAGGACRCCCATVACVGGRTG).          
 
         [0156]    The primers Mn60 and EOr3A generated an RT-PCR band of about 230-bp and the primers EO3A and Mn15R generated an RT-PCR band of about 220-bp. A sense primer from this sequence (MnS2: 5′-CCGTTCAGCGTCGAGAGCAAGG) and an antisense primer from the other sequence (MnS1, 5′-TCTCGGGGATCGTGTGGAAGAGCA) amplified a fragment of 337-bp. The amplicon was sequenced and it contained the amino acid sequence of peptide1 in one of the reading frames. The amplicon was used as probe for Northern blot analysis and for screening of a genomic library (Hornsten et al., supra).  
         [0157]    3. Screening of a Genomic Library of  G. graminis    
         [0158]    A genomic library of  G. graminis  in Lambda ZAP II was obtained as described by Bowyer P et al.,  Science  267(5196): 371-4, 1995. It was screened with a probe of 0.33-kb from the cDNA sequence. Screening of over 100 000 plagues yielded 11 positive clones, which were plague purified by 2-3 additional rounds of phage screening. The Bluescript SK phagemid was excised with helper phage following published methods. Restriction enzyme analysis showed that all rescued phagemids contained the same insert of 8-kb.  
         [0159]    4. Sequencing of the Gene and Coding Region of Mn-LO of  G. graminis    
         [0160]    Sequencing was performed of both strands using two different methods based on cycle sequencing. The sequencing was difficult due to the high GC content of the gene (over 60% GC).  
         [0161]    3.4-kb of the genome of  G. graminis  was sequenced and the sequence of 2725 nucleotides of the Mn-lipoxygenase gene included an intron of 133-bp. The gene of Mn-lipoxygenase was identified by 5′-RACE from the starting point of transcription of 2 mRNA, a 1 gcaggttc, and the protein translation start point A 72 TG (at nucleotide position 72). The C-terminal amino acids FLSV were found with the stop codon at position 2060-2062. Over 0.6-kb of the 3′-untranslated region was sequenced and tentative polyadenylation signals were found as shown below:  
         [0162]    5-RACE and cDNA sequencing was used to confirm the deduced open reading frame and the exon-intron borders. The transcription start point, the translation start point and the translation end were determined as shown in SEQ ID NO: 22 and 23.  
         [0163]    The Intron was found to have a length of 133 bp and to have the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 24. It was found to be located between nucleotides 372 and 373, i.e. between Ser108 and Arg109 of SEQ ID NO: 22.  
       Example 6  
     Expression of Native and Genetically Modified Mn-Lipoxygenase  
       [0164]    We have subcloned a genomic segment (3-kb) containing the coding region of the Mn-lipoxygenase gene from the Bluescript SK phagemid into the multi cloning site (with SpeI and NsiI sites) of the plasmid pGEM-5Zf (Promega) using the restriction enzymes SpeI and NsiI.  
         [0165]    The 5′-end and the intron were modified as follows. pGEM-5Z with the insert was cleaved with SpeI and BseRI, which cut out the 5′-end of the gene and part of the genomic sequence with the intron (1323-bp). This piece was replaced in pGEM with a cDNA sequence of about 405-pb, which was obtained by cleavage of a PCR product of 448-bp with SpeI and BseR1. This vector is designated pGEM_Met. The PCR product was generated with a sense primer specific to the translation start region (and with SpeI and NdeI site in the 5′-end of the primer, 5′-TTACTAGTCATATGCGCTCCAGGATCCTTGCT), and a gene specific antisense primer located at the 3′-end of the BseR1 site. This cDNA part so inserted thus contained the beginning of the ORF (without the Intron positioned between nucleotides 372 and 373, between Ser108 and Arg109, as shown in the table above), so that the entire ORF was obtained in the vector pGEM_Met.  
         [0166]    The 3′-end was modified with PCR, taking advantage of an BbvCI site about 130-bp from the stop signal. The sense primer was gene-specific and located at the 5′-side of the restriction site, whereas the antisense primer was designed from the nucleotides of the terminal amino acids and contained, in addition, NdeI and NsiI restriction sites. The pGEM_Met vector was cleaved with NsiI and BbvCI, and the excised fragment was replaced with the PCR product cleaved in the same way. This yielded the vector pGEM-Met_ter. The modified coding region of Mn-lipoxygenase in this vector can thus be excised with NdeI. All modifications have been confirmed by sequencing of the expression constructs.  
         [0167]    1. Expression of Mn-Lipoxygenase in Procaryotic cells ( E. coli )  
         [0168]    The expression vector pET-19b has been linearized with NdeI, and the modified coding region of Mn-lipoxygenase has been excised with NdeI and ligated into this vector for expression in E coli, as suggested by the manufacturer of the pET expression vectors (Stratagene). Studies of recombinant Mn-lipoxygenase expressed in  E. coli  is now in progress.  
         [0169]    2. Expression of Mn-Lipoxygenase in Eukaryotic Cells ( Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus nidulans, Gaeumannomyces graminis )  
         [0170]    We plan to use the Pichia Expression kit with the pCIC9 or related vectors (Invitrogen), which has to be slightly modified to fit our modified coding region of Mn-lipoxygenase. It is possible that glycosylation of recombinant Mn-lipoxygenase may differ between different hosts. We therefore plan to investigate a series of eukaryotic expression systems in  Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Aspergillus nidulans, Gaeumannomyces graminis.  Glucosylation may improve the stability of the recombinant enzyme.  
         [0171]    3. Expression of Mn-Lipoxygenase in Eukaryotic Cells (Insect Cells)  
         [0172]    We plan to use the Drosophila Expression System (Schneider 2 cells) from Invitrogen using an expression vector without His tags at the C-terminal end.  
         [0173]    4. Genetically Modified Mn-Lipoxygenase for Expression.  
         [0174]    Our discovery that Mn-lipoxygenase belongs to the lipoxygenase gene family opens large possibilities for rational modification of the structure. The 3D sequence of several lipoxygenases are known and Mn-lipoxygenase shows significant amino acid identity along many α-helices of soybean lipoxygenase-1 (Prigge S T, Boyington J C, Gaffney B J and Amzel L M, Structure conservation in lipoxygenases: structural analysis of soybean lipoxygenase-1 and modeling of human lipoxygenases. Proteins 24(3): 275-91, 1996), which has been used for modeling of many lipoxygenases. Both the metal ligands and other structurally important amino acids of Mn-lipoxygenase will be mutated in order to increase the bleaching properties and oxidative properties of the enzyme.  
         [0175]    4.1 Site Directed Mutagenesis of Amino Acids of Important Alpha-Helices.  
         [0176]    Amino acid sequences of Mn-lipoxygenase align with α-helix 9 (Prigge et al., supra), which contains the WLLAK sequence and two His residues, which likely are Mn ligands. Systematic changes of amino acids in this helix might have profound effect on enzyme activity and bleaching properties. In the same way, an amino acid sequence of Mn-Lipoxygenase align with α-helix 18, which contain iron ligands and likely Mn-ligands (His and Asn). Other predicted α-helices of Mn-lipoxygenase, which should be mutated, correspond to α-helices 7, 8, 10-17, 19-22 of soybean lipoxygenase-1 (Prigge et al., supra). We predict that some of these genetically modified Mn-lipoxygenases may have totally different properties, and the bleaching effect may be enhanced. Predicted Mn ligands thus are 3 His residues, one Asp residue and one Val residue. Mn-lipoxygenase likely belongs to enzymes of the “2-His-1-carboxyl facial triad”.  
         [0177]    4.2 Site Directed Mutagenesis of Amino Acids of the C-Terminal End.  
         [0178]    We plan to mutate the terminal Val to an Ile or to other residues and to determine the bleaching properties of the mutated form.  
         [0179]    4.3 Mosaic Forms of Mn-Lipoxygenase  
         [0180]    In order to improve the properties of Mn-lipoxygenase we plan substitute various parts with the corresponding sequence of soybean lipoxygenase using the α-helix information described above.  
       Example 7  
     Screening of Eukaryotic DNA  
       [0181]    To screen for homologous lipoxygenase genes in eukaryotic fungal strains, southern hybridization was performed on the genomic DNA from several fungal strains using cDNA of  Gaeumannomyces graminis  LOX gene as the probe. Strains of the following species were tested;  Pyricularia oryzae, Psaliota campestris, Penicillium roqueforti  and  Geotrichum candidum  ATCC34614. Genomic DNA was isolated as described in Example 2.  
         [0182]    The probe was labeled with digoxigenin-dUTP using DIG DNA labeling Mix (Boehringer Mannheim) as follows; DIG labeled probe was prepared by PCR using primer 6 (SEQ ID NO: 14) and primer 7 (SEQ ID NO: 15) as the full-length cDNA of  G. graminis  LOX. PCR reaction mixture contained 0.1 μg of pSG26 as the template, 1.25 mM dNTP, 8% DIG DNA Labeling Mix, 30 pmol each of primer 6 and 7, 1 unit of LA taq polymerase (Takara) and GC buffer. Reaction conditions were as shown below. LA taq polymerase was added to the reaction mixture after step 1.  
                                                         Step   Temperature   Time                                1   98° C.   10   mins       2   94° C.   2   mins       3   60° C.   30   sec       4   72° C.   2   mins       5   72° C.   10   mins                          
 
         [0183]    PCR products were gel-purified and denatured by heating at 98° C. before use.  
         [0184]    About 5 micro-g of DNA digested with restriction enzyme was separated on 1.0% agarose gel and denatured by soaking the gel in 0.2N HCl for 30 minutes and in 0.5N NaOH+1.5M NaCl for 30 minutes, then and neutralized in 1M Tris (pH 7.5)+1.5M NaCl for 30 minutes. Denatured DNA was then transferred to the nylon membrane by vacuum transfer with 20×SSC for 15 minutes. After fixing by UV irradiation, nylon membrane was used for the hybridization. Hybridization solution was composed with 5×SSC, 0.5% blocking reagent (Boehringer Mannheim), 0.1% N-lauroylsarcosine and 0.02% SDS. The nylon membrane was prehybridized with the hybridization solution at 60° C. for 1 hour. After that, the heat-denatured DIG-labeled probe was added to the hybridization solution and incubated at 60° C. overnight. Resulting membrane was washed with washing buffer comprising 2×SSC+0.1% SDS for 5 minutes at room temperature twice followed by washing with washing buffer 2 composed with 0.1×SSC+0.1% SDS for 15 minutes at hybridization temperature twice. Washed membrane was air-dried and used for the detection of DIG-labeled DNA by following the provided protocol of DNA detection Kit (Boehringer Mannheim).  
         [0185]    As the result,  Pyricularia oryzae  showed clear positive signals and  Geotrichum candidum  showed very weak signals. The results indicate that  Pyricularia oryzae  has a lipoxygenase gene that has a high identity to  Gaeumannomyces graminis  LOX and  Geotrichum candidum  has a gene that has low identity to  G. graminis  LOX.  
       Example 8  
     Effect of pH on Mn-Lipoxygenase  
       [0186]    The activity of lipoxygenase produced as in Example 4 was tested at various pH values. The enzyme was found to have a broad pH optimum with high activity in the range of pH 6-10 or 7-11 with linoleic acid or linolenic acid as substrate.  
         [0187]    The stability of the enzyme was determined after 1 hour incubation at 40° C. at various pH values. The enzyme was found to have good stability in the pH range 4-10.  
       Example 9  
     Substrate Specificity of Lipoxygenase  
       [0188]    The activity of lipoxygenase produced as in Example 4 was tested on various substrates as described above. The results are expressed as k cat  (or V max ), K M  and k cat /K M  according to the Michaelis-Menten equation:  
                                                                 k cat     K M             Substrate   micro-mol/min/mg   mM   k cat /K M                                  Linoleic acid   5.63   0.0068   828       Arachidonic acid   0.296   0.0175   16.9       Linoleyl alcohol   3.32   0.0034   982       Methyl linoleate   1.37   0.164    8.39       Monolinolein           85.4       1,3-dilinolein           12.4       Trilinolein           9.15                  
 
         [0189]    The lipoxygenase showed about twice as high activity toward linolenic acid than linoleic acid at pH 7.  
       Example 10  
     Bleaching of β-Carotene by Native Mn-Lipoxygenas  
       [0190]    Purified Mn-lipoxygenase was used to bleach beta-carotene at pH 4.5, 6.5 and 9.5. The highest bleaching activity was found at pH 6.5.  
       Example 11  
     Effect of LAS on Mn-Lipoxygenase  
       [0191]    The activity of  G. graminis  lipoxygenase produced as in Example 4 was measured with LAS up to 400 ppm at pH 7.0 and pH 10. The lipoxygenase was found to be fully stable against LAS up to 400 ppm (the highest concentration tested) at pH 7 and 10. This indicates that the lipoxygenase is stable enough at normal washing conditions, typically pH 10 with 200 ppm of LAS.  
     
       
       
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atg cgc tcc agg atc ctt gcc ata gtc ttc gcg gca cgc cat gtg gca       48 
Met Arg Ser Arg Ile Leu Ala Ile Val Phe Ala Ala Arg His Val Ala 
    -15                 -10                 -5              -1 

gcg ctg cca ctc gct gcc gaa gac gct gcg gcg acg ctg tct ttg acg       96 
Ala Leu Pro Leu Ala Ala Glu Asp Ala Ala Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Thr 
1               5                   10                  15 

tcc agc gcc tcc agc acc acc gtg ctc ccg tct ccg acc cag tac acg      144 
Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser Thr Thr Val Leu Pro Ser Pro Thr Gln Tyr Thr 
            20                  25                  30 

ctg ccc aac aac gac ccc aac cag ggg gca cgc aac gcc agt ata gct      192 
Leu Pro Asn Asn Asp Pro Asn Gln Gly Ala Arg Asn Ala Ser Ile Ala 
        35                  40                  45 

cgg aag cgg gag ttg ttc ctc tac ggc cca tcc act ctc ggg cag acg      240 
Arg Lys Arg Glu Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gly Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gln Thr 
    50                  55                  60 

acc ttc tac cct acc gga gag ctg ggg aac aac atc tcg gcc cgc gac      288 
Thr Phe Tyr Pro Thr Gly Glu Leu Gly Asn Asn Ile Ser Ala Arg Asp 
65                  70                  75                  80 

gtg cta ctt tgg cgc caa gat gcg gcg aac cag acg gca acg gcg tac      336 
Val Leu Leu Trp Arg Gln Asp Ala Ala Asn Gln Thr Ala Thr Ala Tyr 
                85                  90                  95 

cgc gaa gcc aat gag acg ttt gca gat att acc agc cgt ggc ggt ttc      384 
Arg Glu Ala Asn Glu Thr Phe Ala Asp Ile Thr Ser Arg Gly Gly Phe 
            100                 105                 110 

aaa acg ctc gac gac ttt gcg ctc ctc tac aat ggt cac tgg aag gag      432 
Lys Thr Leu Asp Asp Phe Ala Leu Leu Tyr Asn Gly His Trp Lys Glu 
        115                 120                 125 

tcg gtt ccg gag ggc ata tcg aag ggc atg ttg agc aac tac acc tcg      480 
Ser Val Pro Glu Gly Ile Ser Lys Gly Met Leu Ser Asn Tyr Thr Ser 
    130                 135                 140 

gac ctt ctc ttt tcc atg gag cgg ctg tcc tcc aac cct tac gtc ctc      528 
Asp Leu Leu Phe Ser Met Glu Arg Leu Ser Ser Asn Pro Tyr Val Leu 
145                 150                 155                 160 

aag cgc ctc cac cca gcc aag gac aaa ctg ccg ttc agc gtc gag agc      576 
Lys Arg Leu His Pro Ala Lys Asp Lys Leu Pro Phe Ser Val Glu Ser 
                165                 170                 175 

aag gtg gtg aag aag ctg acg gcc acc acg ctt gag gcg ctc cac aag      624 
Lys Val Val Lys Lys Leu Thr Ala Thr Thr Leu Glu Ala Leu His Lys 
            180                 185                 190 

ggc ggc cgc ctg ttc ctc gtg gac cac agc tac cag aag aag tac acc      672 
Gly Gly Arg Leu Phe Leu Val Asp His Ser Tyr Gln Lys Lys Tyr Thr 
        195                 200                 205 

ccc cag cca gga cgg tac gcc gcg gcc tgc cag ggg ctt ttc tac ctg      720 
Pro Gln Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ala Ala Cys Gln Gly Leu Phe Tyr Leu 
    210                 215                 220 

gac gcg cgg tcc aac caa ttc ctg cct ctg gca atc aag acc aac gtg      768 
Asp Ala Arg Ser Asn Gln Phe Leu Pro Leu Ala Ile Lys Thr Asn Val 
225                 230                 235                 240 

ggg gcg gac ctg acg tac acg ccc ctc gac gac aag aac gac tgg ctg      816 
Gly Ala Asp Leu Thr Tyr Thr Pro Leu Asp Asp Lys Asn Asp Trp Leu 
                245                 250                 255 

ctg gcc aag atc atg ttc aac aac aac gac ctg ttc tac tcc cag atg      864 
Leu Ala Lys Ile Met Phe Asn Asn Asn Asp Leu Phe Tyr Ser Gln Met 
            260                 265                 270 

tac cac gtg ctc ttc cac acg atc ccc gag atc gtg cac gag gcc gcc      912 
Tyr His Val Leu Phe His Thr Ile Pro Glu Ile Val His Glu Ala Ala 
        275                 280                 285 

ttc cgg acg ctg agc gac agg cac ccg gtc atg ggc gtg ctc aac cgc      960 
Phe Arg Thr Leu Ser Asp Arg His Pro Val Met Gly Val Leu Asn Arg 
    290                 295                 300 

ctc atg tac cag gcc tac gcc atc cgg ccc gtg ggc ggg gct gtg ctc     1008 
Leu Met Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Ala Ile Arg Pro Val Gly Gly Ala Val Leu 
305                 310                 315                 320 

ttc aac ccc ggc ggg ttc tgg gac caa aac ttt ggc ctg ccc gcc tcg     1056 
Phe Asn Pro Gly Gly Phe Trp Asp Gln Asn Phe Gly Leu Pro Ala Ser 
                325                 330                 335 

gcc gcc atc gac ttc ccc ggc tcc gtg tac gcg cag ggc ggg ggc ggg     1104 
Ala Ala Ile Asp Phe Pro Gly Ser Val Tyr Ala Gln Gly Gly Gly Gly 
            340                 345                 350 

ttc cag gcc ggc tac ctg gag aag gac ctg cgg agc cgg ggg ctg gtc     1152 
Phe Gln Ala Gly Tyr Leu Glu Lys Asp Leu Arg Ser Arg Gly Leu Val 
        355                 360                 365 

ggc gag gac agc ggc ccg cgg ctg ccg cac ttc ccc ttc tac gag gac     1200 
Gly Glu Asp Ser Gly Pro Arg Leu Pro His Phe Pro Phe Tyr Glu Asp 
    370                 375                 380 

gcg cac cgc ctg atc ggg gcg atc cgg cgc ttc atg cag gcg ttc gtg     1248 
Ala His Arg Leu Ile Gly Ala Ile Arg Arg Phe Met Gln Ala Phe Val 
385                 390                 395                 400 

gac tcg acg tac ggt gcc gac gac ggc gac gac ggg gcg ctg ctg cgc     1296 
Asp Ser Thr Tyr Gly Ala Asp Asp Gly Asp Asp Gly Ala Leu Leu Arg 
                405                 410                 415 

gac tac gag ctg cag aac tgg atc gcc gag gcc aac ggg ccg gcg cag     1344 
Asp Tyr Glu Leu Gln Asn Trp Ile Ala Glu Ala Asn Gly Pro Ala Gln 
            420                 425                 430 

gtg cgc gac ttc ccc gcg gcg ccg ctg cgg cgg cgc gca cag ctg gtg     1392 
Val Arg Asp Phe Pro Ala Ala Pro Leu Arg Arg Arg Ala Gln Leu Val 
        435                 440                 445 

gac gtg ctg acg cac gtg gcc tgg gtc acg ggc ggg gcg cac cac gtc     1440 
Asp Val Leu Thr His Val Ala Trp Val Thr Gly Gly Ala His His Val 
    450                 455                 460 

atg aac cag ggc tcg ccc gtc aag ttc tcg ggg gtg ctg ccg ctg cac     1488 
Met Asn Gln Gly Ser Pro Val Lys Phe Ser Gly Val Leu Pro Leu His 
465                 470                 475                 480 

ccg gcg gcg ctg tac gcg ccc atc ccg acg acc aag ggc gcc acc ggc     1536 
Pro Ala Ala Leu Tyr Ala Pro Ile Pro Thr Thr Lys Gly Ala Thr Gly 
                485                 490                 495 

aac ggg acg agg gcg ggc ctg ctg gcg tgg ctg ccc aac gag cgg cag     1584 
Asn Gly Thr Arg Ala Gly Leu Leu Ala Trp Leu Pro Asn Glu Arg Gln 
            500                 505                 510 

gcc gtg gag cag gtc tcg ctg ctc gcg cgc ttc aac cgt gcg cag gtc     1632 
Ala Val Glu Gln Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Arg Phe Asn Arg Ala Gln Val 
        515                 520                 525 

ggg gac agg aag cag acg gtg cgc gac gcc ttc gcc gcg ccc gac ctg     1680 
Gly Asp Arg Lys Gln Thr Val Arg Asp Ala Phe Ala Ala Pro Asp Leu 
    530                 535                 540 

ctg gcc ggc aac ggg ccg ggg tac gcg gcg gcc aac gcg agg ttc gtc     1728 
Leu Ala Gly Asn Gly Pro Gly Tyr Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Arg Phe Val 
545                 550                 555                 560 

gag gac acg ggc cgt ata agt cgc gag atg gcg ggc aga ggg ttc gac     1776 
Glu Asp Thr Gly Arg Ile Ser Arg Glu Met Ala Gly Arg Gly Phe Asp 
                565                 570                 575 

ggc aag ggc ctc agc cag ggc atg ccg ttc gtc tgg acc gcg ctc aat     1824 
Gly Lys Gly Leu Ser Gln Gly Met Pro Phe Val Trp Thr Ala Leu Asn 
            580                 585                 590 

ccc gcc gtc aac cct ttt ttc cta agc gtc taa                         1857 
Pro Ala Val Asn Pro Phe Phe Leu Ser Val 
        595                 600 

 
           
             2  
             618  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            2 

Met Arg Ser Arg Ile Leu Ala Ile Val Phe Ala Ala Arg His Val Ala 
    -15                 -10                 -5              -1 

Ala Leu Pro Leu Ala Ala Glu Asp Ala Ala Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Thr 
1               5                   10                  15 

Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser Thr Thr Val Leu Pro Ser Pro Thr Gln Tyr Thr 
            20                  25                  30 

Leu Pro Asn Asn Asp Pro Asn Gln Gly Ala Arg Asn Ala Ser Ile Ala 
        35                  40                  45 

Arg Lys Arg Glu Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gly Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gln Thr 
    50                  55                  60 

Thr Phe Tyr Pro Thr Gly Glu Leu Gly Asn Asn Ile Ser Ala Arg Asp 
65                  70                  75                  80 

Val Leu Leu Trp Arg Gln Asp Ala Ala Asn Gln Thr Ala Thr Ala Tyr 
                85                  90                  95 

Arg Glu Ala Asn Glu Thr Phe Ala Asp Ile Thr Ser Arg Gly Gly Phe 
            100                 105                 110 

Lys Thr Leu Asp Asp Phe Ala Leu Leu Tyr Asn Gly His Trp Lys Glu 
        115                 120                 125 

Ser Val Pro Glu Gly Ile Ser Lys Gly Met Leu Ser Asn Tyr Thr Ser 
    130                 135                 140 

Asp Leu Leu Phe Ser Met Glu Arg Leu Ser Ser Asn Pro Tyr Val Leu 
145                 150                 155                 160 

Lys Arg Leu His Pro Ala Lys Asp Lys Leu Pro Phe Ser Val Glu Ser 
                165                 170                 175 

Lys Val Val Lys Lys Leu Thr Ala Thr Thr Leu Glu Ala Leu His Lys 
            180                 185                 190 

Gly Gly Arg Leu Phe Leu Val Asp His Ser Tyr Gln Lys Lys Tyr Thr 
        195                 200                 205 

Pro Gln Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ala Ala Cys Gln Gly Leu Phe Tyr Leu 
    210                 215                 220 

Asp Ala Arg Ser Asn Gln Phe Leu Pro Leu Ala Ile Lys Thr Asn Val 
225                 230                 235                 240 

Gly Ala Asp Leu Thr Tyr Thr Pro Leu Asp Asp Lys Asn Asp Trp Leu 
                245                 250                 255 

Leu Ala Lys Ile Met Phe Asn Asn Asn Asp Leu Phe Tyr Ser Gln Met 
            260                 265                 270 

Tyr His Val Leu Phe His Thr Ile Pro Glu Ile Val His Glu Ala Ala 
        275                 280                 285 

Phe Arg Thr Leu Ser Asp Arg His Pro Val Met Gly Val Leu Asn Arg 
    290                 295                 300 

Leu Met Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Ala Ile Arg Pro Val Gly Gly Ala Val Leu 
305                 310                 315                 320 

Phe Asn Pro Gly Gly Phe Trp Asp Gln Asn Phe Gly Leu Pro Ala Ser 
                325                 330                 335 

Ala Ala Ile Asp Phe Pro Gly Ser Val Tyr Ala Gln Gly Gly Gly Gly 
            340                 345                 350 

Phe Gln Ala Gly Tyr Leu Glu Lys Asp Leu Arg Ser Arg Gly Leu Val 
        355                 360                 365 

Gly Glu Asp Ser Gly Pro Arg Leu Pro His Phe Pro Phe Tyr Glu Asp 
    370                 375                 380 

Ala His Arg Leu Ile Gly Ala Ile Arg Arg Phe Met Gln Ala Phe Val 
385                 390                 395                 400 

Asp Ser Thr Tyr Gly Ala Asp Asp Gly Asp Asp Gly Ala Leu Leu Arg 
                405                 410                 415 

Asp Tyr Glu Leu Gln Asn Trp Ile Ala Glu Ala Asn Gly Pro Ala Gln 
            420                 425                 430 

Val Arg Asp Phe Pro Ala Ala Pro Leu Arg Arg Arg Ala Gln Leu Val 
        435                 440                 445 

Asp Val Leu Thr His Val Ala Trp Val Thr Gly Gly Ala His His Val 
    450                 455                 460 

Met Asn Gln Gly Ser Pro Val Lys Phe Ser Gly Val Leu Pro Leu His 
465                 470                 475                 480 

Pro Ala Ala Leu Tyr Ala Pro Ile Pro Thr Thr Lys Gly Ala Thr Gly 
                485                 490                 495 

Asn Gly Thr Arg Ala Gly Leu Leu Ala Trp Leu Pro Asn Glu Arg Gln 
            500                 505                 510 

Ala Val Glu Gln Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Arg Phe Asn Arg Ala Gln Val 
        515                 520                 525 

Gly Asp Arg Lys Gln Thr Val Arg Asp Ala Phe Ala Ala Pro Asp Leu 
    530                 535                 540 

Leu Ala Gly Asn Gly Pro Gly Tyr Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Arg Phe Val 
545                 550                 555                 560 

Glu Asp Thr Gly Arg Ile Ser Arg Glu Met Ala Gly Arg Gly Phe Asp 
                565                 570                 575 

Gly Lys Gly Leu Ser Gln Gly Met Pro Phe Val Trp Thr Ala Leu Asn 
            580                 585                 590 

Pro Ala Val Asn Pro Phe Phe Leu Ser Val 
        595                 600 

 
           
             3  
             1013  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            3 

gccctgccga acaacgaccc caaccagggg gcacgcaacg ccagtatagc tcggaagcgg     60 

gagttgttcc tctacggccc atccactctc gggcagacga ccttctaccc taccggagag    120 

ctggggaaca acatctcggc ccgcgacgtg ctactttggc gccaagatgc ggcgaaccag    180 

acggcaacgg cgtaccgcga agccaatgag acgtttgcag atattaccag cgtatgtgct    240 

gatcacatct atgcgtgtag tggccagtct gtttaggagg ctgccagttc ttcctttcgc    300 

acttggtatt ggtacctacc tacccaccta acctaggtac taacacgtct cgttgggcta    360 

tagcgtggcg gtttcaaaac gctcgacgac tttgcgctcc tctacaatgg tcactggaag    420 

gagtcggttc cggagggcat atcgaagggc atgttgagca actacacctc ggaccttctc    480 

ttttccatgg agcggctgtc ctccaaccct tacgtcctca agcgcctcca cccagccaag    540 

gacaaactgc cgttcagcgt cgagagcaag gtggtgaaga agctgacggc caccacgctt    600 

gaggcgctcc acaagggcgg ccgcctgttc ctcgtggacc acagctacca gaagaagtgc    660 

accccccagc caggacggta cgccgcggcc tgccaggggc ttttctacct ggacgcgcgg    720 

tccaaccaat tcctgcctct ggcaatcaag accaacgtgg gggcggacct gacgtacacg    780 

cccctcgacg acaagaacga ctggctgctg gccaagatca tgttcaacaa caacgacctg    840 

ttctactccc agatgtacca cgtgctcttc cacacgatcc ccgagatcgt gcacgaggcc    900 

gccttccgga cgctgagcga caggcacccg gtcatgggcg tgctcaaccg cctcatgtac    960 

caggcctacg ccatccggcc cgtgggcggg gccgtgctct tcaaccccgg cgg          1013 

 
           
             4  
             4098  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            4 

gtcgactcgg cgatgcacgg gccatgtcga attaattcaa ttccatcgag tcctgcacgc     60 

actttaggaa gctccaagcc aaggcactat gaaagttcac aatcgggcat ttgactacca    120 

cggcgatttg acgccccagc cgagccgaca ggagcctcaa tatcactcat gtgtctgcac    180 

atgggcaggc agaccacagc atcccactat ctcttgcgca ccttcttctc acatcagcca    240 

aaacactcca ctatcggacc acccgatcag ccctgtacaa atcaaaagaa ccataacaag    300 

gtcgctttac caggaatatc cccctcggtg gctgtaagag gttgggtgcc ttgcagagta    360 

taagacgttt gtgttcatgt tcctagtctc cctttcctcc attcacgctg ccagctgaca    420 

ccaagccata tgtctgacta ttcgactgct acactatgcc cattgtgata agcccgcgcc    480 

gcttaatacc acggaccata catcgaaaac ctcaacttcc aagtcggtaa atacgttgtc    540 

atgtgatggt agaaggatgc ctcgccgttt ggatcaataa actgtccctt ctgtggtgcg    600 

gcccgagacc ccaggattac tcaggctgga taataatatc tagctcctcc cccattattt    660 

gtgttacttc aaattcgata gatggatggt tcgggcaccc tcgtcgctgg aatggcgatc    720 

tgcagaaaat ccacacagga ggaacagagc tgacatggaa attgtgaagg agtcggcctg    780 

tctgatggcg atggcgaaat tatctcaact agatctctcg gtccaacgtc agcctcgtac    840 

cagtgatatc gccgtctaca ggtgcctagg aagtactgcg ccccgatcat ccgctgtcac    900 

agcttcaatg tttcggtctc gccgacatat attgcccatg aaaacgattc aacgtgaggc    960 

ggcaacccag tcaagcttcc tattgtcgcc atgaccggtg caagatgtca ccgcgccggg   1020 

cacacgatat ttcttaggca tgccacacac agattgtggc atactagcaa aatctgcctc   1080 

tgtttgtgat ccgatggctt gcatcaaaat gcagttcccg tccgtcccgg gctgacagct   1140 

ggggtgtcat tggacggatc ggtgcggcca ccacctacta ggtgcgatta ttgatactca   1200 

acgtgaccaa taagcccagc aatttttccg aacaccctct cgggcatatc caactggagc   1260 

taagggggcg gcctgtagga ttcctccgtg acctcatgag agctgagaga gctcagctct   1320 

cagctcggtt gagcataagc ccgaagcctt gaccgaggct ggaggtgggc gcagtgagac   1380 

acccttgagg gccgtgtcct ttagtggcta gaaggatagt gagtatttaa aagtcgagga   1440 

aaggctgcat cagcaccatc atgatttccc tttacctcta aggcatttgt gcagtagttc   1500 

gctcgttgtt tgcttcttag cccggtagac gctcacgacc aaggctccac cttcgctcga   1560 

cgaaatgcgc tccaggatcc ttgccatagt cttcgcggca cgccatgtgg cagcgctgcc   1620 

actcgctgcc gaagacgctg cggcgacgct gtctttgacg tccagcgcct ccagcaccac   1680 

cgtgctcccg tctccgaccc agtacacgct gcccaacaac gaccccaacc agggggcacg   1740 

caacgccagt atagctcgga agcgggagtt gttcctctac ggcccatcca ctctcgggca   1800 

gacgaccttc taccctaccg gagagctggg gaacaacatc tcggcccgcg acgtgctact   1860 

ttggcgccaa gatgcggcga accagacggc aacggcgtac cgcgaagcca atgagacgtt   1920 

tgcagatatt accagcgtat gtgctgatca catctatgcg tgtagtggcc agtctgttta   1980 

ggaggctgcc agttctttct ttcgcacttg gtattggtac ctacctaccc acctaaccta   2040 

ggtactaaca cgtctcgttg ggctatagcg tggcggtttc aaaacgctcg acgactttgc   2100 

gctcctctac aatggtcact ggaaggagtc ggttccggag ggcatatcga agggcatgtt   2160 

gagcaactac acctcggacc ttctcttttc catggagcgg ctgtcctcca acccttacgt   2220 

cctcaagcgc ctccacccag ccaaggacaa actgccgttc agcgtcgaga gcaaggtggt   2280 

gaagaagctg acggccacca cgcttgaggc gctccacaag ggcggccgcc tgttcctcgt   2340 

ggaccacagc taccagaaga agtacacccc ccagccagga cggtacgccg cggcctgcca   2400 

ggggcttttc tacctggacg cgcggtccaa ccaattcctg cctctggcaa tcaagaccaa   2460 

cgtgggggcg gacctgacgt acacgcccct cgacgacaag aacgactggc tgctggccaa   2520 

gatcatgttc aacaacaacg acctgttcta ctcccagatg taccacgtgc tcttccacac   2580 

gatccccgag atcgtgcacg aggccgcctt ccggacgctg agcgacaggc acccggtcat   2640 

gggcgtgctc aaccgcctca tgtaccaggc ctacgccatc cggcccgtgg gcggggctgt   2700 

gctcttcaac cccggcgggt tctgggacca aaactttggc ctgcccgcct cggccgccat   2760 

cgacttcccc ggctccgtgt acgcgcaggg cgggggcggg ttccaggccg gctacctgga   2820 

gaaggacctg cggagccggg ggctggtcgg cgaggacagc ggcccgcggc tgccgcactt   2880 

ccccttctac gaggacgcgc accgcctgat cggggcgatc cggcgcttca tgcaggcgtt   2940 

cgtggactcg acgtacggtg ccgacgacgg cgacgacggg gcgctgctgc gcgactacga   3000 

gctgcagaac tggatcgccg aggccaacgg gccggcgcag gtgcgcgact tccccgcggc   3060 

gccgctgcgg cggcgcgcac agctggtgga cgtgctgacg cacgtggcct gggtcacggg   3120 

cggggcgcac cacgtcatga accagggctc gcccgtcaag ttctcggggg tgctgccgct   3180 

gcacccggcg gcgctgtacg cgcccatccc gacgaccaag ggcgccaccg gcaacgggac   3240 

gagggcgggc ctgctggcgt ggctgcccaa cgagcggcag gccgtggagc aggtctcgct   3300 

gctcgcgcgc ttcaaccgtg cgcaggtcgg ggacaggaag cagacggtgc gcgacgcctt   3360 

cgccgcgccc gacctgctgg ccggcaacgg gccggggtac gcggcggcca acgcgaggtt   3420 

cgtcgaggac acgggccgta taagtcgcga gatggcgggc agagggttcg acggcaaggg   3480 

cctcagccag ggcatgccgt tcgtctggac cgcgctcaat cccgccgtca accctttttt   3540 

cctaagcgtc taaaaggcct ggccaaagct cagctaattg tggattcggt gtcaaggcct   3600 

gtcgccctcg gcgacctgag acgggagatg gggtttatga agagcgagga tggacattgg   3660 

aggtattggg tggtaattaa cagcatgtgg agggagggct acacgagcca aactctgtaa   3720 

tggatggcca ccagctgcta gtcagcagtt cccacattcc ccagaatcac ggctaccgaa   3780 

tcgaatgttc acagcacccg actttccatg catatgttca tgtcgccggc ctggttgctt   3840 

gcatgcatcc acgtgcgtgc ctggccatgc gagccatgcg agcagtagcc ctggcgacgc   3900 

caagggggga caaagcaggc agtgatggag gatggtaaca accataatgt actttagtct   3960 

ggatgcaagt ccgtggctag ggaggaaaaa ggacgtgtct cgcccgcagg aggtagggcg   4020 

cggacttttt ggcgaggatg atccaccccc gagcttttcc aaatgaagtc atgaccttgg   4080 

cataaaatgt gtctcaca                                                 4098 

 
           
             5  
             575  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            5 

agacgctcac gaccaaggct ccaccttcgc tcgacgaaat gcgctccagg atccttgcca     60 

tagtcttcgc ggcacgccat gtggcagcgc tgccactcgc tgccgaagac gctgcggcga    120 

cgctgtcttt gacgtccagc gcctccagca ccaccgtgct cccgtctccg acccagtaca    180 

cgctgcccaa caacgacccc aaccaggggg cacgcaacgc cagtatagct cggaagcggg    240 

agttgttcct ctacggccca tccactctcg ggcagacgac cttctaccct accggagagc    300 

tggggaacaa catctcggcc cgcgacgtgc tactttggcg ccaagatgcg gcgaaccaga    360 

cggcaacggc gtaccgcgaa gccaatgaga cgtttgcaga tattaccagc cgtggcggtt    420 

tcaaaacgct cgacgacttt gcgctcctct acaatggtca ctggaaggag tcggttccgg    480 

agggcatatc gaagggcatg ttgagcaact acacctcgga ccttctcttt tccatggagc    540 

ggctgtcctc caacccttac gtcctcaagc gcctc                               575 

 
           
             6  
             1611  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            6 

cggctgtcct ccaaccctta cgtcctcaag cgcctccacc cagccaagga caaactgccg     60 

ttcagcgtcg agagcaaggt ggtgaagaag ctgacggcca ccacgcttga ggcgctccac    120 

aagggcggcc gcctgttcct cgtggaccac agctaccaga agaagtacac cccccagcca    180 

ggacggtacg ccgcggcctg ccaggggctt ttctacctgg acgcgcggtc caaccaattc    240 

ctgcctctgg caatcaagac caacgtgggg gcggacctga cgtacacgcc cctcgacgac    300 

aagaacgact ggctgctggc caagatcatg ttcaacaaca acgacctgtt ctactcccag    360 

atgtaccacg tgctcttcca cacgatcccc gagatcgtgc acgaggccgc cttccggacg    420 

ctgagcgaca ggcacccggt catgggcgtg ctcaaccgcc tcatgtacca ggcctacgcc    480 

atccggcccg tgggcggggc tgtgctcttc aaccccggcg ggttctggga ccaaaacttt    540 

ggcctgcccg cctcggccgc catcgacttc cccggctccg tgtacgcgca gggcgggggc    600 

gggttccagg ccggctacct ggagaaggac ctgcggagcc gggggctggt cggcgaggac    660 

agcggcccgc ggctgccgca cttccccttc tacgaggacg cgcaccgcct gatcggggcg    720 

atccggcgct tcatgcaggc gttcgtggac tcgacgtacg gtgccgacga cggcgacgac    780 

ggggcgctgc tgcgcgacta cgagctgcag aactggatcg ccgaggccaa cgggccggcg    840 

caggtgcgcg acttccccgc ggcgccgctg cggcggcgcg cacagctggt ggacgtgctg    900 

acgcacgtgg cctgggtcac gggcggggcg caccacgtca tgaaccaggg ctcgcccgtc    960 

aagttctcgg gggtgctgcc gctgcacccg gcggcgctgt acgcgcccat cccgacgacc   1020 

aagggcgcca ccggcaacgg gacgagggcg ggcctgctgg cgtggctgcc caacgagcgg   1080 

caggccgtgg agcaggtctc gctgctcgcg cgcttcaacc gtgcgcaggt cggggacagg   1140 

aagcagacgg tgcgcgacgc cttcgccgcg cccgacctgc tggccggcaa cgggccgggg   1200 

tacgcggcgg ccaacgcgag gttcgtcgag gacacgggcc gtataagtcg cgagatggcg   1260 

ggcagagggt tcgacggcaa gggcctcagc cagggcatgc cgttcgtctg gaccgcgctc   1320 

aatcccgccg tcaacccttt tttcctaagc gtctaaaagg cctggccaaa gctcagctaa   1380 

ttgtggattc ggtgtcaagg cctgtcgccc tcggcgacct gagacgggag atggggttta   1440 

tgaagagcga ggatggacat tggaggtatt gggtggtaat taacagcatg tggagggagg   1500 

gctacacgag ccaaactctg taatggatgg ccaccagctg ctagtcagca gttcccacat   1560 

tccccagaat cacggctacc gaatcgaatg ttcacagcaa aaaaaaaaaa a            1611 

 
           
             7  
             1857  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            7 

atgcgctcca ggatccttgc catagtcttc gcggcacgcc atgtggcagc gctgccactc     60 

gctgccgaag acgctgcggc gacgctgtct ttgacgtcca gcgcctccag caccaccgtg    120 

ctcccgtctc cgacccagta cacgctgccc aacaacgacc ccaaccaggg ggcacgcaac    180 

gccagtatag ctcggaagcg ggagttgttc ctctacggcc catccactct cgggcagacg    240 

accttctacc ctaccggaga gctggggaac aacatctcgg cccgcgacgt gctactttgg    300 

cgccaagatg cggcgaacca gacggcaacg gcgtaccgcg aagccaatga gacgtttgca    360 

gatattacca gccgtggcgg tttcaaaacg ctcgacgact ttgcgctcct ctacaatggt    420 

cactggaagg agtcggttcc ggagggcata tcgaagggca tgttgagcaa ctacacctcg    480 

gaccttctct tttccatgga gcggctgtcc tccaaccctt acgtcctcaa gcgcctccac    540 

ccagccaagg acaaactgcc gttcagcgtc gagagcaagg tggtgaagaa gctgacggcc    600 

accacgcttg aggcgctcca caagggcggc cgcctgttcc tcgtggacca cagctaccag    660 

aagaagtaca ccccccagcc aggacggtac gccgcggcct gccaggggct tttctacctg    720 

gacgcgcggt ccaaccaatt cctgcctctg gcaatcaaga ccaacgtggg ggcggacctg    780 

acgtacacgc ccctcgacga caagaacgac tggctgctgg ccaagatcat gttcaacaac    840 

aacgacctgt tctactccca gatgtaccac gtgctcttcc acacgatccc cgagatcgtg    900 

cacgaggccg ccttccggac gctgagcgac aggcacccgg tcatgggcgt gctcaaccgc    960 

ctcatgtacc aggcctacgc catccggccc gtgggcgggg ctgtgctctt caaccccggc   1020 

gggttctggg accaaaactt tggcctgccc gcctcggccg ccatcgactt ccccggctcc   1080 

gtgtacgcgc agggcggggg cgggttccag gccggctacc tggagaagga cctgcggagc   1140 

cgggggctgg tcggcgagga cagcggcccg cggctgccgc acttcccctt ctacgaggac   1200 

gcgcaccgcc tgatcggggc gatccggcgc ttcatgcagg cgttcgtgga ctcgacgtac   1260 

ggtgccgacg acggcgacga cggggcgctg ctgcgcgact acgagctgca gaactggatc   1320 

gccgaggcca acgggccggc gcaggtgcgc gacttccccg cggcgccgct gcggcggcgc   1380 

gcacagctgg tggacgtgct gacgcacgtg gcctgggtca cgggcggggc gcaccacgtc   1440 

atgaaccagg gctcgcccgt caagttctcg ggggtgctgc cgctgcaccc ggcggcgctg   1500 

tacgcgccca tcccgacgac caagggcgcc accggcaacg ggacgagggc gggcctgctg   1560 

gcgtggctgc ccaacgagcg gcaggccgtg gagcaggtct cgctgctcgc gcgcttcaac   1620 

cgtgcgcagg tcggggacag gaagcagacg gtgcgcgacg ccttcgccgc gcccgacctg   1680 

ctggccggca acgggccggg gtacgcggcg gccaacgcga ggttcgtcga ggacacgggc   1740 

cgtataagtc gcgagatggc gggcagaggg ttcgacggca agggcctcag ccagggcatg   1800 

ccgttcgtct ggaccgcgct caatcccgcc gtcaaccctt ttttcctaag cgtctaa      1857 

 
           
             8  
             216  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            8 

Arg Gly Gly Phe Lys Thr Leu Asp Asp Phe Ala Leu Leu Tyr Asn Gly 
1               5                   10                  15 

His Trp Lys Glu Ser Val Pro Glu Gly Ile Ser Lys Gly Met Leu Ser 
            20                  25                  30 

Asn Tyr Thr Ser Asp Leu Leu Phe Ser Met Glu Arg Leu Ser Ser Asn 
        35                  40                  45 

Pro Tyr Val Leu Lys Arg Leu His Pro Ala Lys Asp Lys Leu Pro Phe 
    50                  55                  60 

Ser Val Glu Ser Lys Val Val Lys Lys Leu Thr Ala Thr Thr Leu Glu 
65                  70                  75                  80 

Ala Leu His Lys Gly Gly Arg Leu Phe Leu Val Asp His Ser Tyr Gln 
                85                  90                  95 

Lys Lys Cys Thr Pro Gln Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ala Ala Cys Gln Gly 
            100                 105                 110 

Leu Phe Tyr Leu Asp Ala Arg Ser Asn Gln Phe Leu Pro Leu Ala Ile 
        115                 120                 125 

Lys Thr Asn Val Gly Ala Asp Leu Thr Tyr Thr Pro Leu Asp Asp Lys 
    130                 135                 140 

Asn Asp Trp Leu Leu Ala Lys Ile Met Phe Asn Asn Asn Asp Leu Phe 
145                 150                 155                 160 

Tyr Ser Gln Met Tyr His Val Leu Phe His Thr Ile Pro Glu Ile Val 
                165                 170                 175 

His Glu Ala Ala Phe Arg Thr Leu Ser Asp Arg His Pro Val Met Gly 
            180                 185                 190 

Val Leu Asn Arg Leu Met Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Ala Ile Arg Pro Val Gly 
        195                 200                 205 

Gly Ala Val Leu Phe Asn Pro Gly 
    210                 215 

 
           
             9  
             15  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            9 

gccctsccna acaac                                                      15 

 
           
             10  
             23  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            10 

gcsggsaggc cgaagttctg gtc                                             23 

 
           
             11  
             29  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            11 

ccnccngggt traasagsac sgcsccscc                                       29 

 
           
             12  
             36  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            12 

cggctgtcct ccaaccctta cgtcctcaag cgcctc                               36 

 
           
             13  
             36  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            13 

gaggcgcttg aggacgtaag ggttggagga cagccg                               36 

 
           
             14  
             36  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            14 

ggaagatcta tgcgctccag gatccttgcc atagtc                               36 

 
           
             15  
             38  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            15 

ccgctcgagt tagacgctta ggaaaaaagg gttgacgg                             38 

 
           
             16  
             24  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            16 

Gly Leu Ser Gln Gly Met Pro Phe Val Trp Thr Ala Leu Asn Pro Ala 
1               5                   10                  15 

Val Asn Pro Phe Phe Leu Ser Val 
            20 

 
           
             17  
             27  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            17 

Gly Ala Thr Gly Asp Gly Thr Arg Ala Gly Leu Leu Ala Trp Leu Pro 
1               5                   10                  15 

Asp Glu Arg Gln Ala Val Glu Gln Val Ser Leu 
            20                  25 

 
           
             18  
             22  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            18 

Gly Met Leu Ser Asp Tyr Thr Ser Asp Leu Leu Phe Ser Met Glu Arg 
1               5                   10                  15 

Leu Ser Ser Asn Pro Tyr 
            20 

 
           
             19  
             20  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            19 

Phe Ser Gly Val Leu Pro Leu His Pro Ala Ala Leu Tyr Ala Pro Ile 
1               5                   10                  15 

Ile Thr Thr Lys 
            20 

 
           
             20  
             25  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
             
               misc_feature  
               (17)..(17)  
               Unknown  
             
           
            20 

Ala Ile Arg Pro Val Gly Gly Ala Val Leu Phe Asn Pro Gly Gly Phe 
1               5                   10                  15 

Xaa Asp Gln Asn Phe Gly Leu Pro Ala 
            20                  25 

 
           
             21  
             19  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
             
               misc_feature  
               (6)..(18)  
               Unknown  
             
           
            21 

Ala Leu Pro Asn Asn Xaa Pro Ala Ala Arg Thr Ala Lys Leu His Xaa 
1               5                   10                  15 

Leu Xaa Leu 

 
           
             22  
             1857  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
             
               CDS  
               (1)..(1854)  
             
             
               mat_peptide  
               (49)..()  
             
           
            22 

atg cgc tcc agg atc ctt gct ata gtc ttc gca gca cgc cat gtg gca       48 
Met Arg Ser Arg Ile Leu Ala Ile Val Phe Ala Ala Arg His Val Ala 
    -15                 -10                 -5              -1 

gcg ctg cca ctc gct gcc gaa gac gct gcg gcg acg ctg tct ttg acg       96 
Ala Leu Pro Leu Ala Ala Glu Asp Ala Ala Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Thr 
1               5                   10                  15 

tcc agc gcc tcc agc acc acc gtg ctc ccg tct ccg acc cag tac acg      144 
Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser Thr Thr Val Leu Pro Ser Pro Thr Gln Tyr Thr 
            20                  25                  30 

ctg ccc aac aaa gac ccc aac cag ggg gca cgc aac gcc agt ata gcg      192 
Leu Pro Asn Lys Asp Pro Asn Gln Gly Ala Arg Asn Ala Ser Ile Ala 
        35                  40                  45 

cgg aag cgg gag ttg ttc ctc tac ggc cca tcc acg ctc ggg cag acg      240 
Arg Lys Arg Glu Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gly Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gln Thr 
    50                  55                  60 

acc ttc tac cct acc gga gag cta ggg aac aat atc tcg gcc cgc gac      288 
Thr Phe Tyr Pro Thr Gly Glu Leu Gly Asn Asn Ile Ser Ala Arg Asp 
65                  70                  75                  80 

gtg ctg ctt tgg cgc caa gat gcg gcg aac cag acg gca acg gcg tac      336 
Val Leu Leu Trp Arg Gln Asp Ala Ala Asn Gln Thr Ala Thr Ala Tyr 
                85                  90                  95 

cgc gaa gcc aat gag acg ttt gca gat att acc agc cgt ggc ggt ttc      384 
Arg Glu Ala Asn Glu Thr Phe Ala Asp Ile Thr Ser Arg Gly Gly Phe 
            100                 105                 110 

aaa acg ctc gac gac ttt gcg ctc ctc tac aat ggt cac tgg aag gag      432 
Lys Thr Leu Asp Asp Phe Ala Leu Leu Tyr Asn Gly His Trp Lys Glu 
        115                 120                 125 

tcg gtt ccg gag ggc ata tcg aag ggc atg ttg agc aac tac acc tcg      480 
Ser Val Pro Glu Gly Ile Ser Lys Gly Met Leu Ser Asn Tyr Thr Ser 
    130                 135                 140 

gac ctt ctc ttt tcc atg gag cgg ctg tcc tcc aac cct tac gtc ctc      528 
Asp Leu Leu Phe Ser Met Glu Arg Leu Ser Ser Asn Pro Tyr Val Leu 
145                 150                 155                 160 

aag cgc ctc cac cca acc aag gac aaa ctg ccg ttc agc gtc gag agc      576 
Lys Arg Leu His Pro Thr Lys Asp Lys Leu Pro Phe Ser Val Glu Ser 
                165                 170                 175 

aag gtg gtg aag aag ctg acg gcc acc acg ctt gag gcg ctc cac aag      624 
Lys Val Val Lys Lys Leu Thr Ala Thr Thr Leu Glu Ala Leu His Lys 
            180                 185                 190 

ggc ggc cgc ctg ttc ctc gtg gac cac agc tac cag aag aag tac acc      672 
Gly Gly Arg Leu Phe Leu Val Asp His Ser Tyr Gln Lys Lys Tyr Thr 
        195                 200                 205 

ccc cag cca gga cgg tac gcc gcg gcc tgc cag ggg ctt ttc tac ctg      720 
Pro Gln Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ala Ala Cys Gln Gly Leu Phe Tyr Leu 
    210                 215                 220 

gac gcg cgg tcc aac cag ttc ctg cct ctg gca atc aag acc aac gtg      768 
Asp Ala Arg Ser Asn Gln Phe Leu Pro Leu Ala Ile Lys Thr Asn Val 
225                 230                 235                 240 

ggg gtg gat ctg acg tac acg ccc ctc gac gac aag gac gac tgg ctg      816 
Gly Val Asp Leu Thr Tyr Thr Pro Leu Asp Asp Lys Asp Asp Trp Leu 
                245                 250                 255 

ctg gcc aag atc atg ttc aac aac aac gac ctg ttc tac tcc cag atg      864 
Leu Ala Lys Ile Met Phe Asn Asn Asn Asp Leu Phe Tyr Ser Gln Met 
            260                 265                 270 

tac cac gtg ctc ttc cac acg atc ccc gag atc gtg cac gag gcc gcc      912 
Tyr His Val Leu Phe His Thr Ile Pro Glu Ile Val His Glu Ala Ala 
        275                 280                 285 

ttc cgg acg ctg agc gac agg cac ccg gtc atg ggc gtg ctc aac cgc      960 
Phe Arg Thr Leu Ser Asp Arg His Pro Val Met Gly Val Leu Asn Arg 
    290                 295                 300 

ctc atg tac cag gcc tac gcc atc cgg ccc gtg ggc ggg gct gtg ctc     1008 
Leu Met Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Ala Ile Arg Pro Val Gly Gly Ala Val Leu 
305                 310                 315                 320 

ttc aac ccc ggc ggg ttc tgg gac caa aac ttt ggc ctg ccc gcc tcg     1056 
Phe Asn Pro Gly Gly Phe Trp Asp Gln Asn Phe Gly Leu Pro Ala Ser 
                325                 330                 335 

gcc gcc atc gac ttc ccc ggc tcc gtg tac gcg cag ggc ggg ggc ggg     1104 
Ala Ala Ile Asp Phe Pro Gly Ser Val Tyr Ala Gln Gly Gly Gly Gly 
            340                 345                 350 

ttc cag gcc ggc tac ctg gag aag gac ctg cgg agc cgg ggg ctg atc     1152 
Phe Gln Ala Gly Tyr Leu Glu Lys Asp Leu Arg Ser Arg Gly Leu Ile 
        355                 360                 365 

ggc gag gac agc ggc ccg cgg ctg ccg cac ttc ccc ttc tac gag gac     1200 
Gly Glu Asp Ser Gly Pro Arg Leu Pro His Phe Pro Phe Tyr Glu Asp 
    370                 375                 380 

gcg cac cgc ctg atc ggg gcg atc cgg cgc ttc atg cag gcg ttc gtg     1248 
Ala His Arg Leu Ile Gly Ala Ile Arg Arg Phe Met Gln Ala Phe Val 
385                 390                 395                 400 

gac tcg acg tac ggt gcc gac gac ggc gac gac ggg gcg ctg ctg cgc     1296 
Asp Ser Thr Tyr Gly Ala Asp Asp Gly Asp Asp Gly Ala Leu Leu Arg 
                405                 410                 415 

gac tat gag cta cag aac tgg atc gcc gag gcc aac ggg ccg gcg cag     1344 
Asp Tyr Glu Leu Gln Asn Trp Ile Ala Glu Ala Asn Gly Pro Ala Gln 
            420                 425                 430 

gtg cgc gac ttc ccc gcg gcg ccg ctg cga cgg cgc gcg cag ctg gtg     1392 
Val Arg Asp Phe Pro Ala Ala Pro Leu Arg Arg Arg Ala Gln Leu Val 
        435                 440                 445 

gac gtg ctg acg cac gtg gcc tgg atc acg ggc ggg gcg cac cac gtc     1440 
Asp Val Leu Thr His Val Ala Trp Ile Thr Gly Gly Ala His His Val 
    450                 455                 460 

atg aac cag ggc tcg ccc gtc aag ttc tcg ggg gtg ctg ccg ctg cac     1488 
Met Asn Gln Gly Ser Pro Val Lys Phe Ser Gly Val Leu Pro Leu His 
465                 470                 475                 480 

ccg gcg gcg ctg tac gcg ccc atc ccg acg gcc aag ggc gcc acc ggc     1536 
Pro Ala Ala Leu Tyr Ala Pro Ile Pro Thr Ala Lys Gly Ala Thr Gly 
                485                 490                 495 

aac ggg acg agg gcg ggc ctg ctg gcg tgg ctg ccc aac gag cgg cag     1584 
Asn Gly Thr Arg Ala Gly Leu Leu Ala Trp Leu Pro Asn Glu Arg Gln 
            500                 505                 510 

gcc gtg gag cag gtc tcg ctg ctc gcg cgc ttc aac cgt gcc cag gtc     1632 
Ala Val Glu Gln Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Arg Phe Asn Arg Ala Gln Val 
        515                 520                 525 

ggg gac agg aag cag acg gtg cgc gac gcc ttc gcc gcg ccc gac ctg     1680 
Gly Asp Arg Lys Gln Thr Val Arg Asp Ala Phe Ala Ala Pro Asp Leu 
    530                 535                 540 

ctg gcc ggc aac ggg ccg ggg tac gcg gcg gcc aac gcg agg ttc gtc     1728 
Leu Ala Gly Asn Gly Pro Gly Tyr Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Arg Phe Val 
545                 550                 555                 560 

gag gac acg ggc cgt ata agt cgc gag att gcg ggc aga ggg ttt gac     1776 
Glu Asp Thr Gly Arg Ile Ser Arg Glu Ile Ala Gly Arg Gly Phe Asp 
                565                 570                 575 

ggc aag ggc ctc agc cag ggc atg ccg ttc gtc tgg acc gcg ctc aat     1824 
Gly Lys Gly Leu Ser Gln Gly Met Pro Phe Val Trp Thr Ala Leu Asn 
            580                 585                 590 

ccc gcc gtc aac cct ttt ttc ctg agc gtc taa                         1857 
Pro Ala Val Asn Pro Phe Phe Leu Ser Val 
        595                 600  
           
             23  
             618  
             PRT  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            23 

Met Arg Ser Arg Ile Leu Ala Ile Val Phe Ala Ala Arg His Val Ala 
    -15                 -10                 -5              -1 

Ala Leu Pro Leu Ala Ala Glu Asp Ala Ala Ala Thr Leu Ser Leu Thr 
1               5                   10                  15 

Ser Ser Ala Ser Ser Thr Thr Val Leu Pro Ser Pro Thr Gln Tyr Thr 
            20                  25                  30 

Leu Pro Asn Lys Asp Pro Asn Gln Gly Ala Arg Asn Ala Ser Ile Ala 
        35                  40                  45 

Arg Lys Arg Glu Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gly Pro Ser Thr Leu Gly Gln Thr 
    50                  55                  60 

Thr Phe Tyr Pro Thr Gly Glu Leu Gly Asn Asn Ile Ser Ala Arg Asp 
65                  70                  75                  80 

Val Leu Leu Trp Arg Gln Asp Ala Ala Asn Gln Thr Ala Thr Ala Tyr 
                85                  90                  95 

Arg Glu Ala Asn Glu Thr Phe Ala Asp Ile Thr Ser Arg Gly Gly Phe 
            100                 105                 110 

Lys Thr Leu Asp Asp Phe Ala Leu Leu Tyr Asn Gly His Trp Lys Glu 
        115                 120                 125 

Ser Val Pro Glu Gly Ile Ser Lys Gly Met Leu Ser Asn Tyr Thr Ser 
    130                 135                 140 

Asp Leu Leu Phe Ser Met Glu Arg Leu Ser Ser Asn Pro Tyr Val Leu 
145                 150                 155                 160 

Lys Arg Leu His Pro Thr Lys Asp Lys Leu Pro Phe Ser Val Glu Ser 
                165                 170                 175 

Lys Val Val Lys Lys Leu Thr Ala Thr Thr Leu Glu Ala Leu His Lys 
            180                 185                 190 

Gly Gly Arg Leu Phe Leu Val Asp His Ser Tyr Gln Lys Lys Tyr Thr 
        195                 200                 205 

Pro Gln Pro Gly Arg Tyr Ala Ala Ala Cys Gln Gly Leu Phe Tyr Leu 
    210                 215                 220 

Asp Ala Arg Ser Asn Gln Phe Leu Pro Leu Ala Ile Lys Thr Asn Val 
225                 230                 235                 240 

Gly Val Asp Leu Thr Tyr Thr Pro Leu Asp Asp Lys Asp Asp Trp Leu 
                245                 250                 255 

Leu Ala Lys Ile Met Phe Asn Asn Asn Asp Leu Phe Tyr Ser Gln Met 
            260                 265                 270 

Tyr His Val Leu Phe His Thr Ile Pro Glu Ile Val His Glu Ala Ala 
        275                 280                 285 

Phe Arg Thr Leu Ser Asp Arg His Pro Val Met Gly Val Leu Asn Arg 
    290                 295                 300 

Leu Met Tyr Gln Ala Tyr Ala Ile Arg Pro Val Gly Gly Ala Val Leu 
305                 310                 315                 320 

Phe Asn Pro Gly Gly Phe Trp Asp Gln Asn Phe Gly Leu Pro Ala Ser 
                325                 330                 335 

Ala Ala Ile Asp Phe Pro Gly Ser Val Tyr Ala Gln Gly Gly Gly Gly 
            340                 345                 350 

Phe Gln Ala Gly Tyr Leu Glu Lys Asp Leu Arg Ser Arg Gly Leu Ile 
        355                 360                 365 

Gly Glu Asp Ser Gly Pro Arg Leu Pro His Phe Pro Phe Tyr Glu Asp 
    370                 375                 380 

Ala His Arg Leu Ile Gly Ala Ile Arg Arg Phe Met Gln Ala Phe Val 
385                 390                 395                 400 

Asp Ser Thr Tyr Gly Ala Asp Asp Gly Asp Asp Gly Ala Leu Leu Arg 
                405                 410                 415 

Asp Tyr Glu Leu Gln Asn Trp Ile Ala Glu Ala Asn Gly Pro Ala Gln 
            420                 425                 430 

Val Arg Asp Phe Pro Ala Ala Pro Leu Arg Arg Arg Ala Gln Leu Val 
        435                 440                 445 

Asp Val Leu Thr His Val Ala Trp Ile Thr Gly Gly Ala His His Val 
    450                 455                 460 

Met Asn Gln Gly Ser Pro Val Lys Phe Ser Gly Val Leu Pro Leu His 
465                 470                 475                 480 

Pro Ala Ala Leu Tyr Ala Pro Ile Pro Thr Ala Lys Gly Ala Thr Gly 
                485                 490                 495 

Asn Gly Thr Arg Ala Gly Leu Leu Ala Trp Leu Pro Asn Glu Arg Gln 
            500                 505                 510 

Ala Val Glu Gln Val Ser Leu Leu Ala Arg Phe Asn Arg Ala Gln Val 
        515                 520                 525 

Gly Asp Arg Lys Gln Thr Val Arg Asp Ala Phe Ala Ala Pro Asp Leu 
    530                 535                 540 

Leu Ala Gly Asn Gly Pro Gly Tyr Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Arg Phe Val 
545                 550                 555                 560 

Glu Asp Thr Gly Arg Ile Ser Arg Glu Ile Ala Gly Arg Gly Phe Asp 
                565                 570                 575 

Gly Lys Gly Leu Ser Gln Gly Met Pro Phe Val Trp Thr Ala Leu Asn 
            580                 585                 590 

Pro Ala Val Asn Pro Phe Phe Leu Ser Val 
        595                 600 

 
           
             24  
             133  
             DNA  
             Gaeumannomyces graminis  
           
            24 

gtatgtgctg atcacatcta tgcgtgtggt gaccggtctg ctttaggagg ctgccagttc     60 

tttctttcgc acttggtatt ggtacctacc tacccaccta acctaggtgc taacacgtct    120 

cgttgggcta tag                                                       133 

 
           
             25  
             26  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            25 

aaccagttcc tsccsctcgc satcaa                                          26 

 
           
             26  
             27  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            26 

gtcgaggtag aagaggccct grcavgc                                         27 

 
           
             27  
             23  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            27 

catccsgtsa tgggygtsct baa                                             23 

 
           
             28  
             26  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            28 

cggttsagga crcccatvac vggrtg                                          26 

 
           
             29  
             22  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            29 

ccgttcagcg tcgagagcaa gg                                              22 

 
           
             30  
             24  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            30 

tctcggggat cgtgtggaag agca                                            24 

 
           
             31  
             32  
             DNA  
             Artificial Sequence  
             
               Primer  
             
           
            31 

ttactagtca tatgcgctcc aggatccttg ct                                   32