Patent Publication Number: US-6337199-B1

Title: Membrane-bound gluconate dehydrogenase, gene sequence encoding the same and production of 2-keto-D-gluconate using transformed recombinant E-coli

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a novel membrane-bound gluconate dehydrogenase (hereinafter referred to as “GADH”) from  Erwinia cypripedii  ATCC29267. More particularly, the present invention relates to a GADH, a DNA encoding the same, a recombinant plasmid containing said DNA, a host cell transformed with said recombinant plasmid, and the production of 2-keto-D-gluconate (hereinafter referred to as “2KDG”) from glucose or D-gluconate by culturing the recombinant cell. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     Acetic acid bacteria, such as Erwinia, Glucobacter and Acetobacter, use alcohols and aldehydes as oxidizable substrates, converting it to acetic acid. Many carbohydrates, including glucose, glycerol, and sorbitol, and primary and secondary alcohols can also serve as energy sources, their oxidation characteristically resulting in the transient or permanent accumulation of partly oxidized organic products. This oxidation is mediated by membrane-bound dehydrogenases, such as alcohol dehydrogenase or aldehyde dehydrogenase, linked to the respiratory chain located in cytoplasmic membrane of the bacteria. There are two types of membrane-bound dehydrogenases: a quinoprotein and a flavoprotein having pyroroloquinoline quinon (PQQ) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), respectively, as cofactors. They are linked to the respiratory chain in the cytoplasmic membrane wherein electrons are transferred finally to oxygen, producing energy. Because the membrane-bound dehydrogenases can convert substrate outside the cells in addition to being of high activity for substrate, they have a significant advantage of being relatively high in substrate conversion rate and yield rate. 
     Much attention has been paid to the bioconversion processes using microorganisms on account that they have advantages over conventional chemical techniques, including economical and ecological aspects. In addition, the great advance which has been achieved in genetic recombination techniques and metabolic engineerings allows the bioconversion processes to overcome the conventional technical problems and to replace complicated chemical processes. The production of vitamin C is a representative example. In current, the production of 2-keto-L-gulonate, a precursor of vitamin C, via the sorbitol pathway or the glucose pathway, has been established or put to practical use. 
     In several species of the genera, Erwinia, Gluconobacter and Acetobacter, glucose is converted to gluconate, 2-keto-D-gluconate, and 12,5-diketo-D-gluconate by the mediation of glucose dehydrogenase, gluconate dehydrogenase and 2-keto-D-gluconate dehydrogase, respectively, which are linked to cytochrome C located in the cytoplasmic membrane of the bacteria (Ameyma et al., Agric. Biol. Chem. 51:2943-2950, 1987; Sonoyama et al., Agric. Biol. Chem. 52 : 667-674, 1988). 2,5-Diketo-D-gluconate is further converted to 2-keto-L-gulonate by 2,5-diketo-D-gulonate reductase (25DKG reductase). The above microorganisms, however, are disadvantageous tools in the aspect of the production yield of the vitamin C precursor because glucose undergoes both of the oxidative metabolism and the intracellular metabolism through which the intermediate products of the oxidative metabolism are transferrred inside the cell. 
     DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION 
     Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome the above problems and to provide a novel membrane-bound GADH form  Erwinia cypripedii  ATCC29267, which is useful for the production of 2KDG at high yields under the condition free of intracellular metabolism. 
     It is another object of the present invention to provide a novel DNA encoding the GADH. 
     It is a further object of the present invention to provide a novel recombinant plasmid containing the DNA and a host cell transformed with said recombinant plasmid. 
     In accordance with the present invention, 2KDG is converted at high yields from glucose or D-gluconate by culturing a recombinant cell, free of a ketogluconate metabolism, which harbors a plasmid containing a gene encoding the GADH. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: 
     FIG. 1 shows a restriction map of cloned DNA fragment encoding gluconate dehydrogenase gene of  E. cypripedii ; and 
     FIGS. 2A-2C show nucleotide (SEQ ID NO:12) and deduced amino acid sequences (SEQ ID NO:13) of the genes encoding a dehydrogenase, a cytochrome c, and a third subunit. 
    
    
     BEST MODES FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION 
     First Stage: Purification of GADH from  E. cypripedii  ATCC29267 and Amino Terminal Amino Acid sequencing of Subunits 
       E. cypripedii  was grown at 30° C. in a medium, which contained (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 10 g/l, yeast extract 3 g/l, KH 2 PO 4  0.2g/l, NaH 2 PO 4  0.8 g/l, trisodium citrate 0.5 g/l, trace metal 1 ml/l, glucose 50 g/l, and MgSO 4 .7H 2 O 0.7 g/l at pH 6.0-6.5. Cells of  E. cypripedii  were harvested at the late exponential phase and washed twice with water, followed by treatment with homogenizer in 50 mM acetate buffer (pH 5.0). After centrifugation to remove the cell debris, the resulting supernatant was further centrifuged at 80,000×g for 60 min. The precipitate was collected and designated the membrane fraction. The crude membrane fraction was solubilized with 50 mM acetate buffer (pH 5.0) containing 2% Tween 80 and 0.1 M KCl by stirring for 8 hr at 4° C. The supernatant obtained by ultracentrifugation was dialyzed overnight against two changes of 2 liters of 20 mM acetate buffer (pH4.5) containing 0.2% Tween 80. The dialysate was applied to CM-Sepharose CL-6B (Pharmacia) column (3×12 cm) equilibrated with 20 mM acetate buffer containing 0.2% Tween 80 and eluted isocratically with 20 mM acetate buffer (pH4.5) containing 0.2% Tween 80 and 0.1 M NaCl. Active fractions were pooled and dialyzed against 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Tween 80. The dialysate was applied to DEAE-Toyopearl 650 (Tosoh) column (3×10 cm) equilibrated with a 20 mM acetate buffer (pH 6.0) containing 0.2% Tween 80 and the enzyme gluconate dehydrogenase was eluted with a linear NaCl gradient (0-300 mM) made with a buffer containing 0.2% Tween 80. 
     SDS-PAGE of the enzyme showed three polypeptides, 65, 45, and 20 kDa, which were designated subunit I, II and III, respectively. The NH 2 -terminal amino acid sequences of the three subunits were determined as follows: 
     Subunit I: 
     NH2-Ala-Asn-Glu-Leu-Lys-Lys-Val-Asp-Ala-Val-Val-Val-Gly-Phe-Gly (SEQ ID NO:1) 
     Subunit II: NH2-Asp-Asp-Gln-Ala-Asn-Asp-Ala-Leu-Val (SEQ ID NO:2) 
     Subunit III: NH2-Ala-Glu-Gln-Ser-Ser-Gly-Ser-Gln-Thr-Ala-Arg-Asp-Tyr-Gln-Pro (SEQ ID NO:3) 
     Second Stage: Cloning of the Gene Encoding GADH 
     The genome DNA of  E. cypripedii  was partially digested with EcoRI and only the DNA fragments larger than 10 kb were ligated to the pUC19 which had been opened by the same restriction enzyme. After being introduced with the ligates,  E. coli  JM109 was spread on LB media containing ampicillin 100 μg/ml. The colonies grown were transferred to nitrocellulose filters which were, then, placed on a 3 MM paper soaked in the GADH activity assay mixture (50 mM acetate buffer, pH5.0, 1 mM phenazine methosulfate (PMS), 1.5 mM 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP), 0.5% Triton X-100, 0.2 M D-gluconate.Na). The GADH positive clones were identified by the yellow zones that formed around the colony on the filter under a purple background, which indicated the areas where membrane-bound dehydrogenase catalyzed D-gluconate-dependent reduction of dichlorophenolindophenol (DCPIP). Out of 4,000 transformants, one putative positive clone was isolated by a direct expression method and designated 301. This recombinant clone was further checked whether it produces 2KDG in the medium of LB containing D-gluconate by subjecting its products to HPLC. A plasmid was purified from the positive recombinant strain by an alkali method (Sambrook, J., et al., Molecular Cloning, CSH Press, p. 1.25, 1989) and found to contain a 10.5 kb DNA insert as digested with EcoRI. The plasmid containing the DNA insert was designated pGA301. By use of various restriction enzymes, a restriction map for the cloned 10.5 kb EcoRI fragment was made as shown in FIG.  1 . In FIG. 1, the open arrows indicate the coding sequence for a dehydrogenase (subunit I), a cytochrome c (II), and the smallest subunit (III). Plasmids of pGA series are presented under the restriction map. Enzyme activity was assayed using ferricyanide as an electron acceptor. Conversion activity was assayed by HPLC. 
     Third Stage Sub-Cloning of the DNA Fragments Encoding GDH A series of deletion clones of pGA301 (pGA303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312 and 313) were constructed by subcloning the restriction fragments into pUC and pBluescript vectors in order to find out the smallest DNA fragment which is able to convert GDH to 2KDH. As shown in FIG. 1, the StuI-SspI DNA fragment 4.7 kb long was found to be the smallest fragment necessary for the conversion in the light of the fact that  E. coli  cells harboring pGA303, pGA308, pGA312, and pGA313 showed the dehydrogenase activity by the ferricyanide method while  E. coli  cells harboring pGA308 among them did not convert D-gluconate to 2KDG. These results indicated that the 4.7 kb StuI-SspI DNA fragment covered the whole dehydrogenase subunit gene. 
     The  E. Coli  JM109 harboring the recombinant plasmid pGA313 was deposited in Genetic Resources Center, Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology of the Korean Institute of Science and Technology on Aug. 8, 1998 and received a Deposition No. KCTC 0521BP. 
     Fourth Stage: DNA Sequence Analysis of a Gene cluster Encoding the Three Subunits of GADH 
     Nucleotide sequence analysis was performed with the aid of the DNASIS program by the dideoxy chain termination method (Sanger et al, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 74:5463-5467 (1977)). Both strands were sequenced with synthetic oligonucleotide primers as needed. The DNA sequence was analyzed with the aid of the DNASIS sequence analysis program (Hitachi Software Engineering, CA). The DNA sequence of the 4.7 kb fragment was determined by Edman degradation procedure, and the results are shown in FIG.  2 . The vertical arrows indicate the putative signal sequence cleavage sites. Potential ribosome-binding sequences (SD) are marked. Facing arrows show an inverted repeat, which possibly serves as a rho-independent transcriptional terminator. The putative FAD-binding motif is indicated by a dotted underline. The possible heme-binding motifs (C-X-X-C-H) (SEQ ID NO:4) are boxed. The nucleotide sequencing revealed the presence of three open reading frames (ORFs) corresponding to the dehydrogenase subunit (subunit I), the cytochrome c subunit (subunit II), and the smallest subunit (subunit III). The dehydrogenase subunit is located immediately downstream of the gene coding for the smallest subunit, and the cytochrome c subunit in the next. The three subunit genes were organized in the same transcriptional polarity. The two inverted-repeat sequences of possible transcriptional terminators were found downstream of the cytochrome c subunit gene, which may serve as the rho-independent transcriptional terminator. This indicates that these three genes are in the same operon and are co-transcribed. 
     The ORF corresponding to the subunit III might start with either ATG (nt 258-260), ATG (nt 327-329), ATG (nt 348-350) or ATG (nt 369-371) and terminate at TGA (nt 918-920). The ATG (nt 258-260) seems to be the functional initiator because this ATG was preceded by a possible ribosome-binding sequence, GAGG (nt 247-250). The gene consists of 663 bp, encoding a polypeptide of 221 amino acids, with a calculated molecular weight of 24,471. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified smallest subunit was found in this ORF at position 43 to 56. The extra 42 amino acids at NH2-terminus of this ORF showed features typical of leader peptides. The molecular mass of the processed subunit deduced from the nucleotide sequence (20 kDa) coincided well with that estimated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (20 kDa). The coding region of the predicted dehydrogenase gene probably starts with an GTG codon at positions 934 to 936, preceded by an SD sequence ATGGA. Another possibility is the ATG codon positioned at 925 to 927, but it lacks an SD sequence. The dehydrogenase gene consists of 1,845 bp, encoding a polypeptide of 615 amino acids, with a calculated molecular weight of 67,238. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of the purified dehydrogenase subunit was found in this ORF at position 23 to 37. The extra 22 amino acids at NH2-terminus of this ORF also showed features typical of leader peptides. The molecular mass of the mature subunit (64.9 kDa) was in good agreement with that obtained by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (65 kDa). 
     The ORF corresponding to the cytochrome c subunit II was found 11 bp downstream of the ORF coding for the 67 kDa dehydrogenase subunit. A possible ribosome-binding sequence, AGGA, was present 8 nt upstream of the ATG codon. This ORF encodes a 441 amino acid polypeptide with a molecular weight of 47,094 Da. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of the cytochrome c subunit was found in this ORF at position 20 to 28. The extra 19 amino acids at NH2-terminus of this ORF also showed features typical of leader peptides. The molecular mass of the mature subunit (45 kDa) also coincided well with that estimated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (45 kDa). 
     The FAD-dependent enzymes possess the characteristic β1-αA-β2 motif for binding the ADP moiety of FAD (Wierenga et al, J. Mol. Biol., 187:101-107 (1986)). This motif is usually located at the amino-terminus of the enzyme, and contains a so-called glycine box (GXGXXG). The deduced amino acid sequence of GADH dehydrogenase subunit I contained three possible glycine boxes at GFGWAG (nt 1036-1053), GTGTGG (nt 1282-1299), and GAGGAG (nt 2104-2121). A homology search against protein databases revealed that the region containing the first glycine box showed a sequence similarity with the FAD-binding motif of cellobiose dehydrogenase (CEDH) from  Phanerochaete chrysosporium  (Li et al, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 62:1329-1335 (1996), Raices et al, FEBS Lett., 369:233-8 (1995)), sorbose dehydrogenase (SDH) from  Gluconobacter oxydans  (Saito et al, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 63:454-460 (1987)), choline dehydrogenase (CDH) of  Rhizobium meliloti,  glucose dehydrogenase of  Drosophila melanogaster  (Whetten et al, Genetics, 120:475-484 (1988)), human monoamine oxidase B (Grimsby et al, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A., 88:3637-3641 (1991)), and versicolorin B synthase (VBS) from  Aspergillus parasiticus  (Silva et al, J. Biol. Chem., 271:13600-13608 (1996)). This data could indicate that the GADH from  E. cypripedii  is also a flavoprotein like other membrane-bound GADHs (Matsushita et al, J. Biochem., (Tokyo) 85:1173-1181 (1979), Matsushita et al, Methods in Enzymol., 89:187-193 (1982), McIntire et al, Biochem. J., 231:651-654 (1985), Shinagawa et al, Agric. Biol. Chem., 48:1517-1522 (1984)). This homology is a strong evidence that GADH dehydrogenase subunit I has an FAD as a cofactor. By reference, the FAD-binding motif at amino terminus has the following characteristic sequence: Asp-X-X-X-X-Gly-X-Gly-X-X-Gly-X-X-X-Ala-X-X-Leu-X-Glu-X-X-X-X-X-Val-X-X-Glu-X-Gly (SEQ ID NO:5). 
     In the deduced amino acid sequence of the dehydrogenase subunit, another conserved region with CEDH, SDH, CDH, and VBS was found. However, this region did not reveal any functional domain in the Prosite search. The predicted amino acid sequence of the cytochrome c subunit II showed considerable identity with those of the  G. suboxydans  cytochrome c-553 (34.1%) (Takeda and Shimizu, J. Ferment. Bioeng., 72:1-6 (1991)),  Acetobacter pasteurianus  alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) cytochrome c (37.2%) (Takemura et al, J. Bacteriol., 175:6857-6866 (1993)),  A. polyoxogenes  ADH cytochrome c (39.3%) (Tamaki et al, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1088:292-300 (1991)), and  A. aceti  ADH cytochrome c (38.9%) (Inoue et al, J. Ferment. Bioeng., 73:419-424 (1992)), which also have signal peptides. 
     Besides, three possible heme-binding motifs (C-X-X-C-H) (SEQ ID NO:5) (Meyer and Kamen, Protein Chem., 35:105-212 (1982)) (nt 2910-2924, 3354-3368 and 3765-3779), which show the characteristic amino acid sequence of the c-type cytochrome, were present within this ORF (FIG.  2 ). The three regions with a C-X-X-C-H (SEQ ID NO:4) sequence are highly conserved. 
     As apparent from the above data,  Erwinia cypripedii  ATCC29267 harbors a gene cluster encoding the three subunits of GADH, subunits I, II and III 1,845 bp, 1,323 bp and 663 bp long, respectively, within the 4.7 kb StuI-SspI DNA fragment. The base sequences were registered as U97665 in GeneBank on Apr. 16, 1997. 
     Fifth Stage: Conversion of Glucose or Gluconate to 2KDG in  E. coli    
       E. coli  K-12 derivatives are capable of synthesizing the apo-glucose dehydrogenase (apo-GDH) but not the cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), which is essential for the formation of the holo enzyme (Biville et al, J. Gen. Microbiol., 137:1775-1782 (1991), Goosen et al, J. Bacteriol., 171:447-455 (1989)). When PQQ is present in the medium, the holo enzyme is known to be reconstituted, then  E. coli  is capable of oxidizing glucose to gluconate (Hommes et al, FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 24:2-3 (1984)). It has also been reported that the expression of PQQ synthase genes in  E. coli  resulted in GDH activity in the absence of exogenous PQQ (Liu et al, J. Bacteriol., 174:5814-5819 (1992)). Therefore, we tried to convert D-glucose to 2KDG via D-gluconate by a recombinant  E. coli  harboring the cloned GADH gene in the presence of PQQ. The  E. coli  JM109 transformed with pGA313 was cultivated in an LB medium containing 2.5% glucose, 10 μM PQQ, and ampicillin (100 μg/ml). The supernatant was used for assaying the amounts of D-gluconate.Na, and 2KDG.Na converted from D-glucose. The results are shown in Table 1. With  E. coli  JM109 transformed with pUC18 as a control, the glucose was completely converted to 29.9 mg/ml of D-gluconate in 12 hr cultivation by an the addition of PQQ in the culture medium. With  E. coli  JM109 (pGA313) in the presence of PQQ, the glucose (25 mg/ml) was almost completely converted to 29.2 mg/ml of 2-KDG.Na via D-gluconate during 12 hr cultivation. When the culture was carried out with D-gluconate.Na as a carbon source, 30 mg/ml of D-gluconate.Na was converted to 29.2 mg/ml of 2KDG.Na in 12 hr. The conversion yields for D-glucose and D-gluconate were 0.86 mole 2KDG/mole D-glucose and 0.95 mole 2KDG/mole D-gluconate, respectively. D-Glucose (25 mg/ml) was converted to 2KDG with a yield of 0.95 mole 2KDG/mole glucose in 16 hr after inoculation. 
     
       
         
           
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
             
            
               
                   
               
               
                 Production of 2KDG in recombinant strains of  E. coli * 1   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Amount (mg/ml in broth) 
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Strains 
                 Sub. 
                 PQQ 
                 Glu 
                 GA · Na 
                 2KDG · Na 
                 Y GA * 2   
                 Y GB * 2   
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Glu 
                 − 
                 23.5 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 JM109 
                 Glu 
                 + 
                 0 
                 29.9 
                 0 
                 0.99 
                 0 
               
               
                 (pUC18) 
               
               
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 Glu 
                 − 
                 23.5 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
                 0 
               
               
                 JM109 
                 Glu 
                 + 
                 0 
                 2.4 
                 25.9 
                 0.88 
                 0.86 
               
               
                 (pGA313) 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 (0.95* 3 ) 
               
               
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 GA 
                 − 
                   
                 29.8 
                 0 
               
               
                 JM109 
               
               
                 (pUC18) 
               
               
                 
                   E. coli 
                 
                 GA 
                 − 
                   
                 0 
                 29.2 
               
               
                 JM109 
               
               
                 (pGA313) 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 * 1   E. coli  strains were cultivated in LB medium containing 2.5% D-glucose (Glu) or D-gluconate (GA) for 12 hr at 37° C.. If needed, PQQ was added to a final concentration of 10 mM.  
               
               
                 * 2 Molar yields of GA and 2KDG calculated from initial substrate concentration.  
               
               
                 * 3 Cultivation for 16 hr  
               
            
           
         
       
     
     INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY 
     Taken together, the data suggested above show that the GDH gene inserted in the plasmid pGA313 is well expressed and glucose is converted to 2KDG at high rates with high yields in the transformed  E. coli.  In addition, the conversion of D-glucose to 2KDG via D-gluconate by a recombinant  E. coli  harboring apo-GDH gene, but not the cofactor PQQ gene, is possible when the  E. coli  is cultivated in a medium supplemented with PQQ because enzyme reconstitution occurs. Therefore, considering the fact that the conversion of D-glucose to 2KDG in  E. coli  not having a ketogluconate metabolism was extremely efficient, the bioconversion process using  E. coli  cells according to the present invention should be useful in genetic engineerings and the food industry. 
     
       
         
           
               
            
               
                   
               
               
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                 &lt;160&gt; NUMBER OF SEQ ID NOS: 13 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 1 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 15 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 1 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Asn Glu Leu Lys Lys Val Asp Ala Val Val Val Gly Phe Gly 
               
               
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                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 2 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 9 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 2 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Asp Gln Ala Asn Asp Ala Leu Val 
               
               
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                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 3 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 15 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 3 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Glu Gln Ser Ser Gly Ser Gln Thr Ala Arg Asp Tyr Gln Pro 
               
               
                   1               5                  10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 5 
               
               
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                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence 
               
               
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                 &lt;223&gt; OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial Sequence: binding 
               
               
                       motif 
               
               
                 &lt;223&gt; OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at various positions throughout the 
               
               
                       sequence may be any amino acid. 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 4 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Cys Xaa Xaa Cys His 
               
               
                   1               5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 5 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 31 
               
               
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                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Artificial Sequence 
               
               
                 &lt;220&gt; FEATURE: 
               
               
                 &lt;223&gt; OTHER INFORMATION: Description of Artificial Sequence: binding 
               
               
                       motif 
               
               
                 &lt;223&gt; OTHER INFORMATION: Xaa at various positions throughout the 
               
               
                       sequence may be any amino acid. 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 5 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Gly Xaa Xaa Xaa Ala Xaa 
               
               
                   1               5                  10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Xaa Leu Xaa Glu Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Xaa Val Xaa Xaa Glu Xaa Gly 
               
               
                              20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 6 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 660 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: DNA 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 atgtcagaac acaaaaatgg tcacacacgc agggattttc tgctgagaac catcaccctg     60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gcgccagcaa tggcggtggg ttcaacagcg atgggtgcac tggttgcgcc aatggctgcc    120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggagcagcag aacaaagcag caaatcacaa accgcccgcg actatcagcc gacctggttt    180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 acggcggaag agtttgcctt tatcaccgca gcggtggcac gtctgatccc caacgatgaa    240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cgtggtcctg gcgcactgga agccggggtg ccggagttta tcgatcgcca gatgaacacc    300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccgtacgccc tcggcagcaa ctggtacatg caggggccgt tcaatcccga tctgccgaaa    360 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gagctgggtt atcagctgcc gctggtgccg cagcagatct accgtctggg cctcgccgat    420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gctgatagct ggagcaaaca ccagcacggc aaagtgtttg ctgagctgag cggcgaccag    480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 caggatgccc tgctgagcga cttcgaaagt ggcaaagcgg agttcaccca gctcccggcc    540 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaaaccttct tctccttcct gctgcaaaac acccgcgagg gttacttcac gcgatccgat    600 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccacggtggc aatcagggca tggtgggctg gaagctgatt ggcttccccg gcgcacgcgc    660 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 220 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
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                 Met Ser Glu His Lys Asn Gly His Thr Arg Arg Asp Phe Leu Leu Arg 
               
               
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                 Thr Ile Thr Leu Ala Pro Ala Met Ala Val Gly Ser Thr Ala Met Gly 
               
               
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                 Ala Leu Val Ala Pro Met Ala Ala Gly Ala Ala Glu Gln Ser Ser Lys 
               
               
                          35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Gln Thr Ala Arg Asp Tyr Gln Pro Thr Trp Phe Thr Ala Glu Glu 
               
               
                      50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Ala Phe Ile Thr Ala Ala Val Ala Arg Leu Ile Pro Asn Asp Glu 
               
               
                  65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Gly Pro Gly Ala Leu Glu Ala Gly Val Pro Glu Phe Ile Asp Arg 
               
               
                                  85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Met Asn Thr Pro Tyr Ala Leu Gly Ser Asn Trp Tyr Met Gln Gly 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Phe Asn Pro Asp Leu Pro Lys Glu Leu Gly Tyr Gln Leu Pro Leu 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Pro Gln Gln Ile Tyr Arg Leu Gly Leu Ala Asp Ala Asp Ser Trp 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Lys His Gln His Gly Lys Val Phe Ala Glu Leu Ser Gly Asp Gln 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Asp Ala Leu Leu Ser Asp Phe Glu Ser Gly Lys Ala Glu Phe Thr 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Leu Pro Ala Lys Thr Phe Phe Ser Phe Leu Leu Gln Asn Thr Arg 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Gly Tyr Phe Thr Arg Ser Asp Pro Arg Trp Gln Ser Gly His Gly 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Glu Ala Asp Trp Leu Pro Arg Arg Thr Arg 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 8 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 1845 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: DNA 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 8 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtggaacgcg gtgaacgcgt atccgttccc gtcagtggat attcgcgggg agagggcgta     60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 accgtggcaa atgaattgaa gaaagtggat gcggtggtgg tgggtttcgg ctgggccggt    120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gccatcatgg caaaagaact gaccgaagcc gggctgaatg tggtggcgct ggagcgtggt    180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccgcatcgtg acacctaccc ggatggcgcg tatccgcaat ccattgatga actgacctac    240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aacatccgta aaaagctgtt ccaggacctg tcaaaaagca ccgtcaccat tcgtcacgac    300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gcgtcacaga cggcagtgcc gtatcgtcag ctggcggcgt ttctgcccgg caccggtacc    360 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggcggcgcgg gcctgcactg gtcaggcgta catttccgtg tcgacccggt cgagctgaat    420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctgcgcagcc attatgaagc gcgttacggc aaaaacttta tcccggaagg catgacgatt    480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 caggatttcg gcgtcagcta taacgaactg gaacccttct tcgatcaggc ggagaaagtc    540 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tttggtacct cgggcagtgc ctggaccatc aaaggcaaga tgatcggcaa ggagaaaggc    600 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggcaactttt acgcgccgga ccgctccagc gacttcccgc tgcccgcaca gaagcggact    660 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tactcggcgc agctgtttgc ccaggcggca gagtcggtgg gctatcatcc gtacgatatg    720 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccatcggcca acacctcagg tccgtacacc aacacctacg gcgcacagat gggcccgtgc    780 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aacttctgcg gctattgcag cggctacgcc tgctacatgt attccaaagc gtcgcctaac    840 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtgaacatcc tgcccgcgct gcgtcaggag ccgaagtttg agctgcgtaa caacgcatat    900 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtgttgcgcg tcaatctgac cggcgacaaa aaacgcgcca ctggcgtgac ctatctcgat    960 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggtcagggtc gtgaagtggt gcagcctgcg gatctggtga tcctgtcagc gttccagttc   1020 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cacaacgtgc acctgatgct gctgtccggt atcggccagc cgtataaccc gatcactaac   1080 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gaaggtgtgg tcggccgtaa cttcgcttat cagaacatct cgacgctgaa agcgctgttc   1140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gacaaaaaca ccaccactaa cccgtttatc ggtgcgggtg gcgcaggggt ggcggtggat   1200 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gatttcaacg ccgacaactt cgaccacggc ccgtacggct tcgtcggtgg ctcgccattc   1260 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tgggtgaacc aggcgggtac caaaccggtt tccggtctgc cgacccccaa aggcacgccg   1320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aactggggca gccagtggaa agcggcggtg gcggatacct acaaccacca tatttcgatg   1380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gatgcccacg gtgcgcacca gtcataccgc gctaactacc tcgatctcga tccgaactac   1440 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaaaatgtct acggccagcc gctgctgcgt atgacctttg actggcagga caacgacatc   1500 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aggatggcgc agtttatggt cggcaagatg cgcaaaatca ccgaggccat gaatccgaag   1560 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atgatcatcg gcggcgctaa gggaccgggt acccacttcg ataccaccgt gtatcaaacc   1620 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 acgcatatga gcggcggggc gatcatgggt gaagatccga aaaccagcgc agtgaaccgt   1680 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tatttgcaga gctgggatgt gccgaacgtg tttgtgccgg gtgcgtccgc gttcccgcag   1740 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggtctgggct acaacccgac cggcatggtg gcggcactga cctactggtc ggcgaaagcc   1800 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atccgtgaac agtatctgaa gaacccaggt ccactggtgc aggca                   1845 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 9 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 615 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 9 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Glu Arg Gly Glu Arg Val Ser Val Pro Val Ser Gly Tyr Ser Arg 
               
               
                   1               5                  10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Glu Gly Val Thr Val Ala Asn Glu Leu Lys Lys Val Asp Ala Val 
               
               
                              20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Val Gly Phe Gly Trp Ala Gly Ala Ile Met Ala Lys Glu Leu Thr 
               
               
                          35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Ala Gly Leu Asn Val Val Ala Leu Glu Arg Gly Pro His Arg Asp 
               
               
                      50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Tyr Pro Asp Gly Ala Tyr Pro Gln Ser Ile Asp Glu Leu Thr Tyr 
               
               
                  65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Ile Arg Lys Lys Leu Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser Lys Ser Thr Val Thr 
               
               
                                  85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Arg His Asp Ala Ser Gln Thr Ala Val Pro Tyr Arg Gln Leu Ala 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Leu Pro Gly Thr Gly Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly Leu His Trp Ser 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Val His Phe Arg Val Asp Pro Val Glu Leu Asn Leu Arg Ser His 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Glu Ala Arg Tyr Gly Lys Asn Phe Ile Pro Glu Gly Met Thr Ile 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Asp Phe Gly Val Ser Tyr Asn Glu Leu Glu Pro Phe Phe Asp Gln 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Glu Lys Val Phe Gly Thr Ser Gly Ser Ala Trp Thr Ile Lys Gly 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Met Ile Gly Lys Glu Lys Gly Gly Asn Phe Tyr Ala Pro Asp Arg 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ser Asp Phe Pro Leu Pro Ala Gln Lys Arg Thr Tyr Ser Ala Gln 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Phe Ala Gln Ala Ala Glu Ser Val Gly Tyr His Pro Tyr Asp Met 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Ser Ala Asn Thr Ser Gly Pro Tyr Thr Asn Thr Tyr Gly Ala Gln 
               
               
                                 245                 250                 255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Gly Pro Cys Asn Phe Cys Gly Tyr Cys Ser Gly Tyr Ala Cys Tyr 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Tyr Ser Lys Ala Ser Pro Asn Val Asn Ile Leu Pro Ala Leu Arg 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Glu Pro Lys Phe Glu Leu Arg Asn Asn Ala Tyr Val Leu Arg Val 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Leu Thr Gly Asp Lys Lys Arg Ala Thr Gly Val Thr Tyr Leu Asp 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gln Gly Arg Glu Val Val Gln Pro Ala Asp Leu Val Ile Leu Ser 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Gln Phe His Asn Val His Leu Met Leu Leu Ser Gly Ile Gly 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Pro Tyr Asn Pro Ile Thr Asn Glu Gly Val Val Gly Arg Asn Phe 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Thr Leu Lys Ala Leu Phe Asp Lys Asn Thr 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Thr Asn Pro Phe Ile Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Gly Val Ala Val Asp 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Phe Asn Ala Asp Asn Phe Asp His Gly Pro Tyr Gly Phe Val Gly 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Pro Phe Trp Val Asn Gln Ala Gly Thr Lys Pro Val Ser Gly 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Pro Thr Pro Lys Gly Thr Pro Asn Trp Gly Ser Gln Trp Lys Ala 
               
               
                         435                 440                 445 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Val Ala Asp Thr Tyr Asn His His Ile Ser Met Asp Ala His Gly 
               
               
                     450                 455                 460 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala His Gln Ser Tyr Arg Ala Asn Tyr Leu Asp Leu Asp Pro Asn Tyr 
               
               
                 465                 470                 475                 480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Asn Val Tyr Gly Gln Pro Leu Leu Arg Met Thr Phe Asp Trp Gln 
               
               
                                 485                 490                 495 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Asn Asp Ile Arg Met Ala Gln Phe Met Val Gly Lys Met Arg Lys 
               
               
                             500                 505                 510 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Thr Glu Ala Met Asn Pro Lys Met Ile Ile Gly Gly Ala Lys Gly 
               
               
                         515                 520                 525 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Gly Thr His Phe Asp Thr Thr Val Tyr Gln Thr Thr His Met Ser 
               
               
                     530                 535                 540 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gly Ala Ile Met Gly Glu Asp Pro Lys Thr Ser Ala Val Asn Arg 
               
               
                 545                 550                 555                 560 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Leu Gln Ser Trp Asp Val Pro Asn Val Phe Val Pro Gly Ala Ser 
               
               
                                 565                 570                 575 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Pro Gln Gly Leu Gly Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Met Val Ala Ala 
               
               
                             580                 585                 590 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Thr Tyr Trp Ser Ala Lys Ala Ile Arg Glu Gln Tyr Leu Lys Asn 
               
               
                         595                 600                 605 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Gly Pro Leu Val Gln Ala 
               
               
                     610                 615 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 10 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 1323 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: DNA 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atgatgaaaa gcattctggc cctggttttg ggcacgctgt cgttcgccgc gctggcggac     60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gatcaggcaa atgacgccct ggtaaaacgg ggtgaatatc tggcgcgcgc cggtgactgc    120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtggcctgcc acagcgtcaa aggtgggcag ccttttgccg gtgggttgcc gatggcgacg    180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccgattggca ccatttattc caccaacatc accccggata aaaccaccgg gattggtgac    240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tatagctacg acgacttcca gaaagcggtg cgtcatggcg tggcgaaaaa cggtgacacg    300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctgtatccgg cgatgccgta tccgtcttac gcagtggtga gcgacgagga catgaaggcg    360 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctgtacgcgt actttatgca cggcgtggcc ccggtggcgc aggctaacaa agacagcgac    420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 attccgtggc cgctgtcgat gcgctggcct ttagctatct ggcgcggcgt gtttgcgccg    480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gacgtgaaag cgttccagcc tgccgcccag gaagatccgg tgctggcacg gggtcgttat    540 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctggtggaag gtctgggtca ctgtggcgcc tgccatacgc cgcgcagcat caccatgcag    600 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gagaaagcgc tcagcaatga tggcgcgcat gattatctct ccggcagcag cgcaccgatt    660 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gatggctgga ccgcaagcaa cctgcgtggt gacaaccgcg acggcctggg acgctggagc    720 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gaggacgatc tgcgccagtt cctgcgctat ggccgcaacg atcacaccgc cgcgtttggt    780 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggtatgactg atgtggtgga gcacagcctg caacacctga gcgatgacga tatcacggca    840 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 attgcccgtt atctgaagtc gctgggggcg aaggacgcca gccagacggt gtttacccag    900 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gatgaccagg tggcgaaagc gttgtggaaa ggtgatgaca gccagactgg cgcgtcggtg    960 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tatgtcgaca gctgtgcggc ctgccataaa accgacggca gcaggttatc agcgcttctt   1020 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cccggcgctg cgtggcaacc cggtggtgct ggcgaacccg atccgacgtc gctgatccac   1080 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atcgtgctga ctggcggaac gctgccaggc gtgcagggtg caccgacggc gatcaccatg   1140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccggcattcg gctggcgcct gaatgaccag caggtggcgg atgttgtgaa ctttattcgc   1200 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggcagctggg gcaacggtgc caaagccacg gtgacggcga aagatgtcgc atccttacgt   1260 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaggatgaaa ccgtgcaggc gcaccagggt aatgcggata ttaaggtgct ggagcaacag   1320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cag                                                                 1323 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 11 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 441 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 11 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Met Lys Ser Ile Leu Ala Leu Val Leu Gly Thr Leu Ser Phe Ala 
               
               
                   1               5                  10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Leu Ala Asp Asp Gln Ala Asn Asp Ala Leu Val Lys Arg Gly Glu 
               
               
                              20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Leu Ala Arg Ala Gly Asp Cys Val Ala Cys His Ser Val Lys Gly 
               
               
                          35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gln Pro Phe Ala Gly Gly Leu Pro Met Ala Thr Pro Ile Gly Tyr 
               
               
                      50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Tyr Ser Thr Asn Ile Thr Pro Asp Lys Thr Thr Gly Ile Gly Asp 
               
               
                  65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Ser Tyr Asp Asp Phe Gln Lys Ala Val Arg His Gly Val Ala Lys 
               
               
                                  85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Gly Asp Thr Leu Tyr Pro Ala Met Pro Tyr Pro Ser Tyr Ala Val 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Asp Glu Asp Met Lys Ala Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Phe Met His Gly 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ala Pro Val Ala Gln Ala Asn Lys Asp Ser Asp Ile Pro Trp Pro 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Ser Met Arg Trp Pro Leu Ala Ile Trp Arg Gly Val Phe Ala Pro 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Val Lys Ala Phe Gln Pro Ala Ala Gln Glu Asp Pro Val Leu Ala 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Gly Arg Tyr Leu Val Glu Gly Leu Gly His Cys Gly Ala Cys His 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Pro Arg Ser Ile Thr Met Gln Glu Lys Ala Leu Ser Asn Asp Gly 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala His Asp Tyr Leu Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala Pro Ile Asp Gly Trp Thr 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ser Asn Leu Arg Gly Asp Asn Arg Asp Gly Leu Gly Arg Trp Ser 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Asp Asp Leu Arg Gln Phe Leu Arg Tyr Gly Arg Asn Asp His Thr 
               
               
                                 245                 250                 255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ala Phe Gly Gly Met Thr Asp Val Val Glu His Ser Leu Gln His 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Ser Asp Asp Asp Ile Thr Ala Ile Ala Arg Tyr Leu Lys Ser Leu 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Lys Asp Ala Ser Gln Thr Val Phe Thr Gln Asp Asp Gln Val 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Lys Ala Leu Trp Lys Gly Asp Asp Ser Gln Thr Gly Ala Ser Val 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Val Asp Ser Cys Ala Ala Cys His Lys Thr Asp Gly Ser Arg Leu 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Leu Leu Pro Gly Ala Ala Trp Gln Pro Gly Gly Ala Gly Glu 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Asp Pro Thr Ser Leu Ile His Ile Val Leu Thr Gly Gly Thr Leu 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Gly Val Gln Gly Ala Pro Thr Ala Ile Thr Met Pro Ala Phe Gly 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Trp Arg Leu Asn Asp Gln Gln Val Ala Asp Val Val Asn Phe Ile Arg 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ser Trp Gly Asn Gly Ala Lys Ala Thr Val Thr Ala Lys Asp Val 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ser Leu Arg Lys Asp Glu Thr Val Gln Ala His Gln Gly Asn Ala 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Ile Lys Val Leu Glu Gln Gln Gln 
               
               
                         435                 440 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 12 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 4665 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: DNA 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                 &lt;220&gt; FEATURE: 
               
               
                 &lt;221&gt; NAME/KEY: CDS 
               
               
                 &lt;222&gt; LOCATION: (258)..(917) 
               
               
                 &lt;221&gt; NAME/KEY: CDS 
               
               
                 &lt;222&gt; LOCATION: (934)..(2778) 
               
               
                 &lt;221&gt; NAME/KEY: CDS 
               
               
                 &lt;222&gt; LOCATION: (2793)..(4115) 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 12 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aggccttaac tgtctgtagg ctgttgtatc agaccatgac aatgtcgcgc ctgcggtgta     60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aagccgctgc gcaaaatgtt aattattttg tgcgaatttg tgtccttacg ctaaatcttt    120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtcatcaacg gtgttacact gcgacgcaat gttaccggta acggtggcgc tgtatcctta    180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 agcccgcaca taaaaatcat tacaacgcaa tcagttaacc tttcatgcca cattatatgc    240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggcactgagg caatgtc atg tca gaa cac aaa aat ggt cac aca cgc agg       290 
               
               
                                    Met Ser Glu His Lys Asn Gly His Thr Arg Arg 
               
               
                                      1               5                  10 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gat ttt ctg ctg aga acc atc acc ctg gcg cca gca atg gcg gtg ggt      338 
               
               
                 Asp Phe Leu Leu Arg Thr Ile Thr Leu Ala Pro Ala Met Ala Val Gly 
               
               
                              15                  20                  25 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tca aca gcg atg ggt gca ctg gtt gcg cca atg gct gcc gga gca gca      386 
               
               
                 Ser Thr Ala Met Gly Ala Leu Val Ala Pro Met Ala Ala Gly Ala Ala 
               
               
                          30                  35                  40 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gaa caa agc agc aaa tca caa acc gcc cgc gac tat cag ccg acc tgg      434 
               
               
                 Glu Gln Ser Ser Lys Ser Gln Thr Ala Arg Asp Tyr Gln Pro Thr Trp 
               
               
                      45                  50                  55 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ttt acg gcg gaa gag ttt gcc ttt atc acc gca gcg gtg gca cgt ctg      482 
               
               
                 Phe Thr Ala Glu Glu Phe Ala Phe Ile Thr Ala Ala Val Ala Arg Leu 
               
               
                  60                  65                  70                  75 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atc ccc aac gat gaa cgt ggt cct ggc gca ctg gaa gcc ggg gtg ccg      530 
               
               
                 Ile Pro Asn Asp Glu Arg Gly Pro Gly Ala Leu Glu Ala Gly Val Pro 
               
               
                                  80                  85                  90 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gag ttt atc gat cgc cag atg aac acc ccg tac gcc ctc ggc agc aac      578 
               
               
                 Glu Phe Ile Asp Arg Gln Met Asn Thr Pro Tyr Ala Leu Gly Ser Asn 
               
               
                              95                 100                 105 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tgg tac atg cag ggg ccg ttc aat ccc gat ctg ccg aaa gag ctg ggt      626 
               
               
                 Trp Tyr Met Gln Gly Pro Phe Asn Pro Asp Leu Pro Lys Glu Leu Gly 
               
               
                         110                 115                 120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tat cag ctg ccg ctg gtg ccg cag cag atc tac cgt ctg ggc ctc gcc      674 
               
               
                 Tyr Gln Leu Pro Leu Val Pro Gln Gln Ile Tyr Arg Leu Gly Leu Ala 
               
               
                     125                 130                 135 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gat gct gat agc tgg agc aaa cac cag cac ggc aaa gtg ttt gct gag      722 
               
               
                 Asp Ala Asp Ser Trp Ser Lys His Gln His Gly Lys Val Phe Ala Glu 
               
               
                 140                 145                 150                 155 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg agc ggc gac cag cag gat gcc ctg ctg agc gac ttc gaa agt ggc      770 
               
               
                 Leu Ser Gly Asp Gln Gln Asp Ala Leu Leu Ser Asp Phe Glu Ser Gly 
               
               
                                 160                 165                 170 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaa gcg gag ttc acc cag ctc ccg gcc aaa acc ttc ttc tcc ttc ctg      818 
               
               
                 Lys Ala Glu Phe Thr Gln Leu Pro Ala Lys Thr Phe Phe Ser Phe Leu 
               
               
                             175                 180                 185 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg caa aac acc cgc gag ggt tac ttc acg cga tcc gat cca cgg tgg      866 
               
               
                 Leu Gln Asn Thr Arg Glu Gly Tyr Phe Thr Arg Ser Asp Pro Arg Trp 
               
               
                         190                 195                 200 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 caa tca ggg cat ggt ggg ctg gaa gct gat tgg ctt ccc cgg cgc acg      914 
               
               
                 Gln Ser Gly His Gly Gly Leu Glu Ala Asp Trp Leu Pro Arg Arg Thr 
               
               
                     205                 210                 215 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cgc tgattacatg gattgg gtg gaa cgc ggt gaa cgc gta tcc gtt ccc gtc    966 
               
               
                 Arg                   Val Glu Arg Gly Glu Arg Val Ser Val Pro Val 
               
               
                 220                                   225                 230 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 agt gga tat tcg cgg gga gag ggc gta acc gtg gca aat gaa ttg aag     1014 
               
               
                 Ser Gly Tyr Ser Arg Gly Glu Gly Val Thr Val Ala Asn Glu Leu Lys 
               
               
                             235                 240                 245 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaa gtg gat gcg gtg gtg gtg ggt ttc ggc tgg gcc ggt gcc atc atg     1062 
               
               
                 Lys Val Asp Ala Val Val Val Gly Phe Gly Trp Ala Gly Ala Ile Met 
               
               
                         250                 255                 260 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gca aaa gaa ctg acc gaa gcc ggg ctg aat gtg gtg gcg ctg gag cgt     1110 
               
               
                 Ala Lys Glu Leu Thr Glu Ala Gly Leu Asn Val Val Ala Leu Glu Arg 
               
               
                     265                 270                 275 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggt ccg cat cgt gac acc tac ccg gat ggc gcg tat ccg caa tcc att     1158 
               
               
                 Gly Pro His Arg Asp Thr Tyr Pro Asp Gly Ala Tyr Pro Gln Ser Ile 
               
               
                 280                 285                 290                 295 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gat gaa ctg acc tac aac atc cgt aaa aag ctg ttc cag gac ctg tca     1206 
               
               
                 Asp Glu Leu Thr Tyr Asn Ile Arg Lys Lys Leu Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser 
               
               
                                 300                 305                 310 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaa agc acc gtc acc att cgt cac gac gcg tca cag acg gca gtg ccg     1254 
               
               
                 Lys Ser Thr Val Thr Ile Arg His Asp Ala Ser Gln Thr Ala Val Pro 
               
               
                             315                 320                 325 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tat cgt cag ctg gcg gcg ttt ctg ccc ggc acc ggt acc ggc ggc gcg     1302 
               
               
                 Tyr Arg Gln Leu Ala Ala Phe Leu Pro Gly Thr Gly Thr Gly Gly Ala 
               
               
                         330                 335                 340 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggc ctg cac tgg tca ggc gta cat ttc cgt gtc gac ccg gtc gag ctg     1350 
               
               
                 Gly Leu His Trp Ser Gly Val His Phe Arg Val Asp Pro Val Glu Leu 
               
               
                     345                 350                 355 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aat ctg cgc agc cat tat gaa gcg cgt tac ggc aaa aac ttt atc ccg     1398 
               
               
                 Asn Leu Arg Ser His Tyr Glu Ala Arg Tyr Gly Lys Asn Phe Ile Pro 
               
               
                 360                 365                 370                 375 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gaa ggc atg acg att cag gat ttc ggc gtc agc tat aac gaa ctg gaa     1446 
               
               
                 Glu Gly Met Thr Ile Gln Asp Phe Gly Val Ser Tyr Asn Glu Leu Glu 
               
               
                                 380                 385                 390 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccc ttc ttc gat cag gcg gag aaa gtc ttt ggt acc tcg ggc agt gcc     1494 
               
               
                 Pro Phe Phe Asp Gln Ala Glu Lys Val Phe Gly Thr Ser Gly Ser Ala 
               
               
                             395                 400                 405 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tgg acc atc aaa ggc aag atg atc ggc aag gag aaa ggc ggc aac ttt     1542 
               
               
                 Trp Thr Ile Lys Gly Lys Met Ile Gly Lys Glu Lys Gly Gly Asn Phe 
               
               
                         410                 415                 420 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tac gcg ccg gac cgc tcc agc gac ttc ccg ctg ccc gca cag aag cgg     1590 
               
               
                 Tyr Ala Pro Asp Arg Ser Ser Asp Phe Pro Leu Pro Ala Gln Lys Arg 
               
               
                     425                 430                 435 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 act tac tcg gcg cag ctg ttt gcc cag gcg gca gag tcg gtg ggc tat     1638 
               
               
                 Thr Tyr Ser Ala Gln Leu Phe Ala Gln Ala Ala Glu Ser Val Gly Tyr 
               
               
                 440                 445                 450                 455 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cat ccg tac gat atg cca tcg gcc aac acc tca ggt ccg tac acc aac     1686 
               
               
                 His Pro Tyr Asp Met Pro Ser Ala Asn Thr Ser Gly Pro Tyr Thr Asn 
               
               
                                 460                 465                 470 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 acc tac ggc gca cag atg ggc ccg tgc aac ttc tgc ggc tat tgc agc     1734 
               
               
                 Thr Tyr Gly Ala Gln Met Gly Pro Cys Asn Phe Cys Gly Tyr Cys Ser 
               
               
                             475                 480                 485 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggc tac gcc tgc tac atg tat tcc aaa gcg tcg cct aac gtg aac atc     1782 
               
               
                 Gly Tyr Ala Cys Tyr Met Tyr Ser Lys Ala Ser Pro Asn Val Asn Ile 
               
               
                         490                 495                 500 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg ccc gcg ctg cgt cag gag ccg aag ttt gag ctg cgt aac aac gca     1830 
               
               
                 Leu Pro Ala Leu Arg Gln Glu Pro Lys Phe Glu Leu Arg Asn Asn Ala 
               
               
                     505                 510                 515 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tat gtg ttg cgc gtc aat ctg acc ggc gac aaa aaa cgc gcc act ggc     1878 
               
               
                 Tyr Val Leu Arg Val Asn Leu Thr Gly Asp Lys Lys Arg Ala Thr Gly 
               
               
                 520                 525                 530                 535 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtg acc tat ctc gat ggt cag ggt cgt gaa gtg gtg cag cct gcg gat     1926 
               
               
                 Val Thr Tyr Leu Asp Gly Gln Gly Arg Glu Val Val Gln Pro Ala Asp 
               
               
                                 540                 545                 550 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg gtg atc ctg tca gcg ttc cag ttc cac aac gtg cac ctg atg ctg     1974 
               
               
                 Leu Val Ile Leu Ser Ala Phe Gln Phe His Asn Val His Leu Met Leu 
               
               
                             555                 560                 565 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg tcc ggt atc ggc cag ccg tat aac ccg atc act aac gaa ggt gtg     2022 
               
               
                 Leu Ser Gly Ile Gly Gln Pro Tyr Asn Pro Ile Thr Asn Glu Gly Val 
               
               
                         570                 575                 580 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtc ggc cgt aac ttc gct tat cag aac atc tcg acg ctg aaa gcg ctg     2070 
               
               
                 Val Gly Arg Asn Phe Ala Tyr Gln Asn Ile Ser Thr Leu Lys Ala Leu 
               
               
                     585                 590                 595 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ttc gac aaa aac acc acc act aac ccg ttt atc ggt gcg ggt ggc gca     2118 
               
               
                 Phe Asp Lys Asn Thr Thr Thr Asn Pro Phe Ile Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala 
               
               
                 600                 605                 610                 615 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggg gtg gcg gtg gat gat ttc aac gcc gac aac ttc gac cac ggc ccg     2166 
               
               
                 Gly Val Ala Val Asp Asp Phe Asn Ala Asp Asn Phe Asp His Gly Pro 
               
               
                                 620                 625                 630 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tac ggc ttc gtc ggt ggc tcg cca ttc tgg gtg aac cag gcg ggt acc     2214 
               
               
                 Tyr Gly Phe Val Gly Gly Ser Pro Phe Trp Val Asn Gln Ala Gly Thr 
               
               
                             635                 640                 645 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaa ccg gtt tcc ggt ctg ccg acc ccc aaa ggc acg ccg aac tgg ggc     2262 
               
               
                 Lys Pro Val Ser Gly Leu Pro Thr Pro Lys Gly Thr Pro Asn Trp Gly 
               
               
                         650                 655                 660 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 agc cag tgg aaa gcg gcg gtg gcg gat acc tac aac cac cat att tcg     2310 
               
               
                 Ser Gln Trp Lys Ala Ala Val Ala Asp Thr Tyr Asn His His Ile Ser 
               
               
                     665                 670                 675 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atg gat gcc cac ggt gcg cac cag tca tac cgc gct aac tac ctc gat     2358 
               
               
                 Met Asp Ala His Gly Ala His Gln Ser Tyr Arg Ala Asn Tyr Leu Asp 
               
               
                 680                 685                 690                 695 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctc gat ccg aac tac aaa aat gtc tac ggc cag ccg ctg ctg cgt atg     2406 
               
               
                 Leu Asp Pro Asn Tyr Lys Asn Val Tyr Gly Gln Pro Leu Leu Arg Met 
               
               
                                 700                 705                 710 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 acc ttt gac tgg cag gac aac gac atc agg atg gcg cag ttt atg gtc     2454 
               
               
                 Thr Phe Asp Trp Gln Asp Asn Asp Ile Arg Met Ala Gln Phe Met Val 
               
               
                             715                 720                 725 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggc aag atg cgc aaa atc acc gag gcc atg aat ccg aag atg atc atc     2502 
               
               
                 Gly Lys Met Arg Lys Ile Thr Glu Ala Met Asn Pro Lys Met Ile Ile 
               
               
                         730                 735                 740 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggc ggc gct aag gga ccg ggt acc cac ttc gat acc acc gtg tat caa     2550 
               
               
                 Gly Gly Ala Lys Gly Pro Gly Thr His Phe Asp Thr Thr Val Tyr Gln 
               
               
                     745                 750                 755 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 acc acg cat atg agc ggc ggg gcg atc atg ggt gaa gat ccg aaa acc     2598 
               
               
                 Thr Thr His Met Ser Gly Gly Ala Ile Met Gly Glu Asp Pro Lys Thr 
               
               
                 760                 765                 770                 775 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 agc gca gtg aac cgt tat ttg cag agc tgg gat gtg ccg aac gtg ttt     2646 
               
               
                 Ser Ala Val Asn Arg Tyr Leu Gln Ser Trp Asp Val Pro Asn Val Phe 
               
               
                                 780                 785                 790 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtg ccg ggt gcg tcc gcg ttc ccg cag ggt ctg ggc tac aac ccg acc     2694 
               
               
                 Val Pro Gly Ala Ser Ala Phe Pro Gln Gly Leu Gly Tyr Asn Pro Thr 
               
               
                             795                 800                 805 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggc atg gtg gcg gca ctg acc tac tgg tcg gcg aaa gcc atc cgt gaa     2742 
               
               
                 Gly Met Val Ala Ala Leu Thr Tyr Trp Ser Ala Lys Ala Ile Arg Glu 
               
               
                         810                 815                 820 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cag tat ctg aag aac cca ggt cca ctg gtg cag gca taaggaaaac ggcg     2792 
               
               
                 Gln Tyr Leu Lys Asn Pro Gly Pro Leu Val Gln Ala 
               
               
                     825                 830                 835 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 atg atg aaa agc att ctg gcc ctg gtt ttg ggc acg ctg tcg ttc gcc     2840 
               
               
                 Met Met Lys Ser Ile Leu Ala Leu Val Leu Gly Thr Leu Ser Phe Ala 
               
               
                                 840                 845                 850 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gcg ctg gcg gac gat cag gca aat gac gcc ctg gta aaa cgg ggt gaa     2888 
               
               
                 Ala Leu Ala Asp Asp Gln Ala Asn Asp Ala Leu Val Lys Arg Gly Glu 
               
               
                             855                 860                 865 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tat ctg gcg cgc gcc ggt gac tgc gtg gcc tgc cac agc gtc aaa ggt     2936 
               
               
                 Tyr Leu Ala Arg Ala Gly Asp Cys Val Ala Cys His Ser Val Lys Gly 
               
               
                         870                 875                 880 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggg cag cct ttt gcc ggt ggg ttg ccg atg gcg acg ccg att ggc acc     2984 
               
               
                 Gly Gln Pro Phe Ala Gly Gly Leu Pro Met Ala Thr Pro Ile Gly Thr 
               
               
                     885                 890                 895 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 att tat tcc acc aac atc acc ccg gat aaa acc acc ggg att ggt gac     3032 
               
               
                 Ile Tyr Ser Thr Asn Ile Thr Pro Asp Lys Thr Thr Gly Ile Gly Asp 
               
               
                 900                 905                 910                 915 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tat agc tac gac gac ttc cag aaa gcg gtg cgt cat ggc gtg gcg aaa     3080 
               
               
                 Tyr Ser Tyr Asp Asp Phe Gln Lys Ala Val Arg His Gly Val Ala Lys 
               
               
                                 920                 925                 930 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aac ggt gac acg ctg tat ccg gcg atg ccg tat ccg tct tac gca gtg     3128 
               
               
                 Asn Gly Asp Thr Leu Tyr Pro Ala Met Pro Tyr Pro Ser Tyr Ala Val 
               
               
                             935                 940                 945 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtg agc gac gag gac atg aag gcg ctg tac gcg tac ttt atg cac ggc     3176 
               
               
                 Val Ser Asp Glu Asp Met Lys Ala Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Phe Met His Gly 
               
               
                         950                 955                 960 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gtg gcc ccg gtg gcg cag gct aac aaa gac agc gac att ccg tgg ccg     3224 
               
               
                 Val Ala Pro Val Ala Gln Ala Asn Lys Asp Ser Asp Ile Pro Trp Pro 
               
               
                     965                 970                 975 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg tcg atg cgc tgg cct tta gct atc tgg cgc ggc gtg ttt gcg ccg     3272 
               
               
                 Leu Ser Met Arg Trp Pro Leu Ala Ile Trp Arg Gly Val Phe Ala Pro 
               
               
                 980                 985                 990                 995 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gac gtg aaa gcg ttc cag cct gcc gcc cag gaa gat ccg gtg ctg gca     3320 
               
               
                 Asp Val Lys Ala Phe Gln Pro Ala Ala Gln Glu Asp Pro Val Leu Ala 
               
               
                                1000                1005                1010 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cgg ggt cgt tat ctg gtg gaa ggt ctg ggt cac tgt ggc gcc tgc cat     3368 
               
               
                 Arg Gly Arg Tyr Leu Val Glu Gly Leu Gly His Cys Gly Ala Cys His 
               
               
                            1015                1020                1025 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 acg ccg cgc agc atc acc atg cag gag aaa gcg ctc agc aat gat ggc     3416 
               
               
                 Thr Pro Arg Ser Ile Thr Met Gln Glu Lys Ala Leu Ser Asn Asp Gly 
               
               
                        1030                1035                1040 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gcg cat gat tat ctc tcc ggc agc agc gca ccg att gat ggc tgg acc     3464 
               
               
                 Ala His Asp Tyr Leu Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala Pro Ile Asp Gly Trp Thr 
               
               
                    1045                1050                1055 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gca agc aac ctg cgt ggt gac aac cgc gac ggc ctg gga cgc tgg agc     3512 
               
               
                 Ala Ser Asn Leu Arg Gly Asp Asn Arg Asp Gly Leu Gly Arg Trp Ser 
               
               
                 1060               1065                1070                1075 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gag gac gat ctg cgc cag ttc ctg cgc tat ggc cgc aac gat cac acc     3560 
               
               
                 Glu Asp Asp Leu Arg Gln Phe Leu Arg Tyr Gly Arg Asn Asp His Thr 
               
               
                                1080                1085                1090 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gcc gcg ttt ggt ggt atg act gat gtg gtg gag cac agc ctg caa cac     3608 
               
               
                 Ala Ala Phe Gly Gly Met Thr Asp Val Val Glu His Ser Leu Gln His 
               
               
                            1095                1100                1105 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ctg agc gat gac gat atc acg gca att gcc cgt tat ctg aag tcg ctg     3656 
               
               
                 Leu Ser Asp Asp Asp Ile Thr Ala Ile Ala Arg Tyr Leu Lys Ser Leu 
               
               
                        1110                1115                1120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggg gcg aag gac gcc agc cag acg gtg ttt acc cag gat gac cag gtg     3704 
               
               
                 Gly Ala Lys Asp Ala Ser Gln Thr Val Phe Thr Gln Asp Asp Gln Val 
               
               
                    1125                1130                1135 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gcg aaa gcg ttg tgg aaa ggt gat gac agc cag act ggc gcg tcg gtg     3752 
               
               
                 Ala Lys Ala Leu Trp Lys Gly Asp Asp Ser Gln Thr Gly Ala Ser Val 
               
               
                 1140               1145                1150                1155 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tat gtc gac agc tgt gcg gcc tgc cat aaa acc gac ggc agc agg tta     3800 
               
               
                 Tyr Val Asp Ser Cys Ala Ala Cys His Lys Thr Asp Gly Ser Arg Leu 
               
               
                                1160                1165                1170 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tca gcg ctt ctt ccc ggc gct gcg tgg caa ccc ggt ggt gct ggc gaa     3848 
               
               
                 Ser Ala Leu Leu Pro Gly Ala Ala Trp Gln Pro Gly Gly Ala Gly Glu 
               
               
                            1175                1180                1185 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccc gat ccg acg tcg ctg atc cac atc gtg ctg act ggc gga acg ctg     3896 
               
               
                 Pro Asp Pro Thr Ser Leu Ile His Ile Val Leu Thr Gly Gly Thr Leu 
               
               
                        1190                1195                1200 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cca ggc gtg cag ggt gca ccg acg gcg atc acc atg ccg gca ttc ggc     3944 
               
               
                 Pro Gly Val Gln Gly Ala Pro Thr Ala Ile Thr Met Pro Ala Phe Gly 
               
               
                    1205                1210                1215 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tgg cgc ctg aat gac cag cag gtg gcg gat gtt gtg aac ttt att cgc     3992 
               
               
                 Trp Arg Leu Asn Asp Gln Gln Val Ala Asp Val Val Asn Phe Ile Arg 
               
               
                 1220               1225                1230                1235 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggc agc tgg ggc aac ggt gcc aaa gcc acg gtg acg gcg aaa gat gtc     4040 
               
               
                 Gly Ser Trp Gly Asn Gly Ala Lys Ala Thr Val Thr Ala Lys Asp Val 
               
               
                                1240                1245                1250 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gca tcc tta cgt aag gat gaa acc gtg cag gcg cac cag ggt aat gcg     4088 
               
               
                 Ala Ser Leu Arg Lys Asp Glu Thr Val Gln Ala His Gln Gly Asn Ala 
               
               
                            1255                1260                1265 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 gat att aag gtg ctg gag caa cag cag taatattacg tttgccacga           4135 
               
               
                 Asp Ile Lys Val Leu Glu Gln Gln Gln 
               
               
                        1270                1275 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ggggatttcg ttcgcctcgg agtgatttcg ttcgctatgg gcactggcag tttcagctcg   4195 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccagtgcggc gaccgagcaa aggggacctg gccgtcccct ttgcattccc cggccttgcg   4255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccgccttcct cgccgcttcg cggctttttc gcgcgataaa tcgcgccgct acacgccgcc   4315 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tttcgccgca tccttgcggc tcatcctgga atcgctcccg cgctcagcga gtccggatgg   4375 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 cgctcacacc cccgctgcaa ccgcgatgac ggtctttggt ttttcttttg ttgtttgttt   4435 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ttatgagatg gtcttgcaga cggcggtgtt ggcggcattc gcagcgccga gtgcagaagg   4495 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 aaggccagga cgagtcgcat ggatgcgacg agagcgcggc atggcgcgga ttgcaaaggt   4555 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 ccgcgccctc ggacctttgc ccgtccgcct gcacaggcgg ccctgaaact gcctaaagcc   4615 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 tggcgggcgg aacccctgcg gagctaaacc ggtgccagcg attaaatatt              4665 
               
               
                   
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;210&gt; SEQ ID NO 13 
               
               
                 &lt;211&gt; LENGTH: 1276 
               
               
                 &lt;212&gt; TYPE: PRT 
               
               
                 &lt;213&gt; ORGANISM: Erwinia cypripedii 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 &lt;400&gt; SEQUENCE: 13 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Ser Glu His Lys Asn Gly His Thr Arg Arg Asp Phe Leu Leu Arg 
               
               
                   1               5                  10                  15 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Ile Thr Leu Ala Pro Ala Met Ala Val Gly Ser Thr Ala Met Gly 
               
               
                              20                  25                  30 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Leu Val Ala Pro Met Ala Ala Gly Ala Ala Glu Gln Ser Ser Lys 
               
               
                          35                  40                  45 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Gln Thr Ala Arg Asp Tyr Gln Pro Thr Trp Phe Thr Ala Glu Glu 
               
               
                      50                  55                  60 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Ala Phe Ile Thr Ala Ala Val Ala Arg Leu Ile Pro Asn Asp Glu 
               
               
                  65                  70                  75                  80 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Gly Pro Gly Ala Leu Glu Ala Gly Val Pro Glu Phe Ile Asp Arg 
               
               
                                  85                  90                  95 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Met Asn Thr Pro Tyr Ala Leu Gly Ser Asn Trp Tyr Met Gln Gly 
               
               
                             100                 105                 110 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Phe Asn Pro Asp Leu Pro Lys Glu Leu Gly Tyr Gln Leu Pro Leu 
               
               
                         115                 120                 125 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Pro Gln Gln Ile Tyr Arg Leu Gly Leu Ala Asp Ala Asp Ser Trp 
               
               
                     130                 135                 140 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Lys His Gln His Gly Lys Val Phe Ala Glu Leu Ser Gly Asp Gln 
               
               
                 145                 150                 155                 160 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Asp Ala Leu Leu Ser Asp Phe Glu Ser Gly Lys Ala Glu Phe Thr 
               
               
                                 165                 170                 175 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gln Leu Pro Ala Lys Thr Phe Phe Ser Phe Leu Leu Gln Asn Thr Arg 
               
               
                             180                 185                 190 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Gly Tyr Phe Thr Arg Ser Asp Pro Arg Trp Gln Ser Gly His Gly 
               
               
                         195                 200                 205 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Glu Ala Asp Trp Leu Pro Arg Arg Thr Arg Val Glu Arg Gly 
               
               
                     210                 215                 220 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Arg Val Ser Val Pro Val Ser Gly Tyr Ser Arg Gly Glu Gly Val 
               
               
                 225                 230                 235                 240 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Val Ala Asn Glu Leu Lys Lys Val Asp Ala Val Val Val Gly Phe 
               
               
                                 245                 250                 255 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Trp Ala Gly Ala Ile Met Ala Lys Glu Leu Thr Glu Ala Gly Leu 
               
               
                             260                 265                 270 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Val Val Ala Leu Glu Arg Gly Pro His Arg Asp Thr Tyr Pro Asp 
               
               
                         275                 280                 285 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Ala Tyr Pro Gln Ser Ile Asp Glu Leu Thr Tyr Asn Ile Arg Lys 
               
               
                     290                 295                 300 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Leu Phe Gln Asp Leu Ser Lys Ser Thr Val Thr Ile Arg His Asp 
               
               
                 305                 310                 315                 320 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ser Gln Thr Ala Val Pro Tyr Arg Gln Leu Ala Ala Phe Leu Pro 
               
               
                                 325                 330                 335 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Thr Gly Thr Gly Gly Ala Gly Leu His Trp Ser Gly Val His Phe 
               
               
                             340                 345                 350 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Val Asp Pro Val Glu Leu Asn Leu Arg Ser His Tyr Glu Ala Arg 
               
               
                         355                 360                 365 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Gly Lys Asn Phe Ile Pro Glu Gly Met Thr Ile Gln Asp Phe Gly 
               
               
                     370                 375                 380 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ser Tyr Asn Glu Leu Glu Pro Phe Phe Asp Gln Ala Glu Lys Val 
               
               
                 385                 390                 395                 400 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Gly Thr Ser Gly Ser Ala Trp Thr Ile Lys Gly Lys Met Ile Gly 
               
               
                                 405                 410                 415 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Glu Lys Gly Gly Asn Phe Tyr Ala Pro Asp Arg Ser Ser Asp Phe 
               
               
                             420                 425                 430 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Leu Pro Ala Gln Lys Arg Thr Tyr Ser Ala Gln Leu Phe Ala Gln 
               
               
                         435                 440                 445 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ala Glu Ser Val Gly Tyr His Pro Tyr Asp Met Pro Ser Ala Asn 
               
               
                     450                 455                 460 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Ser Gly Pro Tyr Thr Asn Thr Tyr Gly Ala Gln Met Gly Pro Cys 
               
               
                 465                 470                 475                 480 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Phe Cys Gly Tyr Cys Ser Gly Tyr Ala Cys Tyr Met Tyr Ser Lys 
               
               
                                 485                 490                 495 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ser Pro Asn Val Asn Ile Leu Pro Ala Leu Arg Gln Glu Pro Lys 
               
               
                             500                 505                 510 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Glu Leu Arg Asn Asn Ala Tyr Val Leu Arg Val Asn Leu Thr Gly 
               
               
                         515                 520                 525 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Lys Lys Arg Ala Thr Gly Val Thr Tyr Leu Asp Gly Gln Gly Arg 
               
               
                     530                 535                 540 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Glu Val Val Gln Pro Ala Asp Leu Val Ile Leu Ser Ala Phe Gln Phe 
               
               
                 545                 550                 555                 560 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 His Asn Val His Leu Met Leu Leu Ser Gly Ile Gly Gln Pro Tyr Asn 
               
               
                                 565                 570                 575 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Ile Thr Asn Glu Gly Val Val Gly Arg Asn Phe Ala Tyr Gln Asn 
               
               
                             580                 585                 590 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Ser Thr Leu Lys Ala Leu Phe Asp Lys Asn Thr Thr Thr Asn Pro 
               
               
                         595                 600                 605 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Ile Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Gly Val Ala Val Asp Asp Phe Asn Ala 
               
               
                     610                 615                 620 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Asn Phe Asp His Gly Pro Tyr Gly Phe Val Gly Gly Ser Pro Phe 
               
               
                 625                 630                 635                 640 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Trp Val Asn Gln Ala Gly Thr Lys Pro Val Ser Gly Leu Pro Thr Pro 
               
               
                                 645                 650                 655 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Gly Thr Pro Asn Trp Gly Ser Gln Trp Lys Ala Ala Val Ala Asp 
               
               
                             660                 665                 670 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thr Tyr Asn His His Ile Ser Met Asp Ala His Gly Ala His Gln Ser 
               
               
                         675                 680                 685 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Arg Ala Asn Tyr Leu Asp Leu Asp Pro Asn Tyr Lys Asn Val Tyr 
               
               
                     690                 695                 700 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Gln Pro Leu Leu Arg Met Thr Phe Asp Trp Gln Asp Asn Asp Ile 
               
               
                 705                 710                 715                 720 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Met Ala Gln Phe Met Val Gly Lys Met Arg Lys Ile Thr Glu Ala 
               
               
                                 725                 730                 735 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Asn Pro Lys Met Ile Ile Gly Gly Ala Lys Gly Pro Gly Thr His 
               
               
                             740                 745                 750 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Asp Thr Thr Val Tyr Gln Thr Thr His Met Ser Gly Gly Ala Ile 
               
               
                         755                 760                 765 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met Gly Glu Asp Pro Lys Thr Ser Ala Val Asn Arg Tyr Leu Gln Ser 
               
               
                     770                 775                 780 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Trp Asp Val Pro Asn Val Phe Val Pro Gly Ala Ser Ala Phe Pro Gln 
               
               
                 785                 790                 795                 800 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Leu Gly Tyr Asn Pro Thr Gly Met Val Ala Ala Leu Thr Tyr Trp 
               
               
                                 805                 810                 815 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Ala Lys Ala Ile Arg Glu Gln Tyr Leu Lys Asn Pro Gly Pro Leu 
               
               
                             820                 825                 830 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Gln Ala Met Met Lys Ser Ile Leu Ala Leu Val Leu Gly Thr Leu 
               
               
                         835                 840                 845 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Phe Ala Ala Leu Ala Asp Asp Gln Ala Asn Asp Ala Leu Val Lys 
               
               
                     850                 855                 860 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Gly Glu Tyr Leu Ala Arg Ala Gly Asp Cys Val Ala Cys His Ser 
               
               
                 865                 870                 875                 880 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Lys Gly Gly Gln Pro Phe Ala Gly Gly Leu Pro Met Ala Thr Pro 
               
               
                                 885                 890                 895 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Gly Thr Ile Tyr Ser Thr Asn Ile Thr Pro Asp Lys Thr Thr Gly 
               
               
                             900                 905                 910 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ile Gly Asp Tyr Ser Tyr Asp Asp Phe Gln Lys Ala Val Arg His Gly 
               
               
                         915                 920                 925 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Ala Lys Asn Gly Asp Thr Leu Tyr Pro Ala Met Pro Tyr Pro Ser 
               
               
                     930                 935                 940 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Tyr Ala Val Val Ser Asp Glu Asp Met Lys Ala Leu Tyr Ala Tyr Phe 
               
               
                 945                 950                 955                 960 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Met His Gly Val Ala Pro Val Ala Gln Ala Asn Lys Asp Ser Asp Ile 
               
               
                                 965                 970                 975 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Pro Trp Pro Leu Ser Met Arg Trp Pro Leu Ala Ile Trp Arg Gly Val 
               
               
                             980                 985                 990 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Ala Pro Asp Val Lys Ala Phe Gln Pro Ala Ala Gln Glu Asp Pro 
               
               
                         995                1000                1005 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Val Leu Ala Arg Gly Arg Tyr Leu Val Glu Gly Leu Gly His Cys Gly 
               
               
                    1010                1015                1020 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Cys His Thr Pro Arg Ser Ile Thr Met Gln Glu Lys Ala Leu Ser 
               
               
                 1025               1030                1035                1040 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asn Asp Gly Ala His Asp Tyr Leu Ser Gly Ser Ser Ala Pro Ile Asp 
               
               
                                1045                1050                1055 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Trp Thr Ala Ser Asn Leu Arg Gly Asp Asn Arg Asp Gly Leu Gly 
               
               
                            1060                1065                1070 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Arg Trp Ser Glu Asp Asp Leu Arg Gln Phe Leu Arg Tyr Gly Arg Asn 
               
               
                        1075                1080                1085 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp His Thr Ala Ala Phe Gly Gly Met Thr Asp Val Val Glu His Ser 
               
               
                    1090                1095                1100 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Leu Gln His Leu Ser Asp Asp Asp Ile Thr Ala Ile Ala Arg Tyr Leu 
               
               
                 1105               1110                1115                1120 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Ser Leu Gly Ala Lys Asp Ala Ser Gln Thr Val Phe Thr Gln Asp 
               
               
                                1125                1130                1135 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Asp Gln Val Ala Lys Ala Leu Trp Lys Gly Asp Asp Ser Gln Thr Gly 
               
               
                            1140                1145                1150 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Ser Val Tyr Val Asp Ser Cys Ala Ala Cys His Lys Thr Asp Gly 
               
               
                        1155                1160                1165 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ser Arg Leu Ser Ala Leu Leu Pro Gly Ala Ala Trp Gln Pro Gly Gly 
               
               
                    1170                1175                1180 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Gly Glu Pro Asp Pro Thr Ser Leu Ile His Ile Val Leu Thr Gly 
               
               
                 1185               1190                1195                1200 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Thr Leu Pro Gly Val Gln Gly Ala Pro Thr Ala Ile Thr Met Pro 
               
               
                                1205                1210                1215 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Ala Phe Gly Trp Arg Leu Asn Asp Gln Gln Val Ala Asp Val Val Asn 
               
               
                            1220                1225                1230 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Phe Ile Arg Gly Ser Trp Gly Asn Gly Ala Lys Ala Thr Val Thr Ala 
               
               
                        1235                1240                1245 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Lys Asp Val Ala Ser Leu Arg Lys Asp Glu Thr Val Gln Ala His Gln 
               
               
                    1250                1255                1260 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Gly Asn Ala Asp Ile Lys Val Leu Glu Gln Gln Gln 
               
               
                 1265               1270                1275