Patent Publication Number: US-5292643-A

Title: Fusaric acid resistant genes

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to fusaric acid resistant genes cloned from fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganisms, plasmids having the genes, host cells transformed by the plasmids, proteins having amino acid sequences specified by the base sequences of the genes, respectively and capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid and production processes of the proteins, and utilization of the genes and proteins. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     Wilting disease which causes plants to wilt or droop to die is a serious disease for cucurbitaceous plants such as cucumber, water melon and melon and solanaceous plants such as tomato and egg plant. Wilting disease is induced by soil-inhabiting fungi of the genus Fusarium. Soil sterilization and the avoidance of continuous cultivation of a particular crop are the only measures effective for the control of wilting disease caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium. These measures are however difficult to practice for most farmers from both technical and economical viewpoints, yet any effective control method which may substitute for these measures has remained unavailable. 
     Fusaric acid (5-n-butylpicolinic acid) is known to be a toxin which is produced by plant pathogenic fungi of the genus Fuarium and non-specifically acts on a wide variety of plant cells [Wood, R.K et al., &#34;Phytotoxins in plant diseases&#34;, Academic Press, New York (1972); Durbin, R.D., &#34;Toxins in plant diseases&#34;, Academic Press, New York (1982); Gaumann, E., Phytopathology, 47, 34 (1958)]. Although the mechanism of action of fusaric acid has not been fully elucidated, fusaric acid is known to exhibit, for example, strong toxicity on tomato callus cells and tomato stems and leaves, to increase the plasma membrane permeability of tomato cells whereby the exudation of the tissue fluid is induced to accelerate death [Matsuo, Hayami et al., &#34;Sakumotsu no Fusarium Byo (Fusarium disease of crops)&#34;, Zenkoku Noson Kyokai (National Association of Agricultural Communities)], to inhibit germination and rooting of barley [Foy, C.L. and Change, I., Adv. Pestic. Sci., 3, 499 (1979)], and to show proliferation inhibitory effects against fungi and bacteria [Kalyamasundram, R., Plant Dis. Probl., 1, 142 ( 1970)]. 
     On the other hand, there are some varieties of tomato which exhibit resistance to diseases caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium. Fusaric acid is metabolized and converted to N-methylfusaric acid amide in plant tissues of these resistant tomato varieties. A variety with stronger fusaric acid resistance shows greater fusaric acid converting action. As a matter of fact, plants having such resistance to fusaric acid have been found to be resistant to wilting disease caused by Fusarium oxysporium [Shahin, E.A. and Spirey, R., Theor. Appl. Genet., 73, 164 (1986); Toyoda, H., et al., Phytopathology, 78, 1307 (1988)]. 
     Fusaric acid is known to exhibit not only wilting toxicity against plants but also toxicity against microorganisms such as bacteria. As fusaric acid resistant microorganisms capable of growing on or in a culture medium containing fusaric acid, the present inventors isolated several types of microorganisms from soil. The isolation methods, mycological characteristics, fusaric acid resisting mechanism, etc. of these fusaric acid resistant microorganisms are disclosed in detail in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 198974/1988 and 198987/1988. One of the above fusaric acid resistant microorganisms has been identified as Pseudomonas cepasia. This bacterium has been found to have fusaric acid decomposing ability and also to be able to grow using fusaric acid as a sole carbon source, in other words, to have fusaric acid assimilating ability. 
     It may hence be considered feasible to avoid development of an infectious disease by a fungus of the genus Fusarium-such as wilting disease which is very difficult to control-provided that fusaric acid which is the non-specific toxin produced by the fungus of the genus Fusarium can be decomposed and eliminated. For this purpose, decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid by one of the above fusaric acid resistant microorganisms can be an effective means. It is however very difficult to bring such a fusaric acid resistant microorganism into contact with fusaric acid produced within a plant due to infection by a fungus of the genus Fuarium. 
     As a means for overcoming such a difficulty, it has been a practice to some extent to breed a plant, which can decompose or detoxify fusaric acid, by isolating a fusaric acid resistant gene from one of the above fusaric acid resistant microorganisms and then introducing the gene in a plant. Plants having such fusaric acid resistance can be used as effective means for the control of wilting disease caused by a fungus of the genus Fusarium. Knowledge on the fusaric acid resistant gene and its structure is indispensable to make use of such a genetic engineering technique. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a gene capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid derived from microorganisms and effective for the control of plant diseases such as wilting disease by fungi of the genus Fusarium and also information on the structure of the gene. 
     Another object of the present invention is to provide a protein which is coded by the gene and can participate in decomposing or detoxifying fusaric acid. 
     The present inventors have proceeded with an extensive investigation to achieve these objects. As a result, it has been found that a fusaric acid resistant gene exists in a fusaric acid resistant microorganism, namely, a microorganism capable of growing on or in a culture medium containing fusaric acid and of decomposing fusaric acid or detoxifying it to plants and can be obtained from such a microorganism. 
     It has also been found that a protein capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid can be obtained from the above fusaric acid resistant gene. 
     In one aspect of the present invention, there is thus provided a fusaric acid resistant gene derived from a fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganism. 
     In another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a DNA fragment comprising a fusaric acid resistant gene derived from a fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganism. 
     In a further aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a plasmid comprising a fusaric acid resistant gene derived from a fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganism. 
     In a still further aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a host cell comprising a plasmid which has a fusaric acid resistant gene derived from a fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganism. 
     In each of the above aspects of the present invention, the fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying microorganism may preferably be Pseudomonas cepasia or Klebsiella oxytoca. 
     In a still further aspect of the present invention, there are also provided the base sequences of a DNA fragment derived from Pseudomonas cepasia and capable of coding a protein, which can participate in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid, and the amino acid sequences of a protein capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid, said amino acid sequences being identified from the above base sequences. 
     In a still further aspect of the present invention, there are also provided a DNA fragment derived from Klebsiella oxytoca and capable of coding a protein, which can participate in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid, and the restriction map of the DNA fragment. 
     According to the present invention, the whole base sequence of the DNA fragment of 5.4 kb [SEQ ID NO: 1] containing the fusaric acid resistant genes derived from Pseudomonas cepasia has been determined, resulting in the identification of the structure of the fusaric acid resistant qenes and also the structure of those proteins (i.e., amino acid sequence) [SEQ ID NOS: 2-6]. In addition, the entire base sequence of the DNA fragment of 3.6 kb [SEQ ID NO: 7] containing the fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Klebsiella oxytoca has also been determined. The gene structure and, moreover, the protein structure (amino acid sequence) [SEQ ID NOS: 8-10] have also been specified. 
     It is possible to obtain fusaric acid resistant plants by introducing these fusaric acid resistant genes in plant cells. Since fusaric acid resistant plants obtained in this manner are resistant to wilting disease and the like caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium, the problems in controlling diseases caused by such fungus of the genus Fusarium have been overcome. 
     It is also feasible to mass-produce proteins, which are coded by the above fusaric acid resistant genes and can participate in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid, by a genetic engineering technique and to use them for the control of disease caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which: 
     FIG. 1 shows the restriction maps of DNA fragments which contain different fusaric acid resistant genes, respectively. In the drawing, the thick lines indicate the DNA fragments to be inserted, pBE1 a plasmid containing the fusaric acid resistant genes derived from Pseudomonas cepasia, and pFAR1 a plasmid containing the fusaric acid resistant genes derived from Klebsiella oxytoca; 
     FIG. 2 illustrates a minimum region of the fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Pseudomonas cepasia. In the drawing, the thick lines indicate DNA fragments in which the deleted mutant plasmids shown on the left side have been inserted, respectively, and the fusaric acid resistance of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, said recombinant strains having been transformed by the plasmids, respectively, is given on the right side (+: resistant to fusaric acid, -: not resistant to fusaric acid). The alphabet letters above the thick lines indicate cleavage sites for the endonucleases (E: EcoRI, Sa: SacI, Sm: SmaI, Sp: SphI, St: StuI, X: XhoI). Sa (St) indicates that an SacI linker has been inserted after cleaving the corresponding DNA fragments with the endonuclease StuI. The arrow on the left side shows the position and direction of the promoter (Plac) which exists on the vector pUC19. The arrow on the bottom end indicates the minimum region of each fusaric acid resistant genes and the direction of transcription; 
     FIG. 3 shows the approach employed upon determination of the base sequence of the DNA which contained the fusaric acid resistant genes derived from Pseudomonas cepasia. In the drawing, the thick line indicates a DNA section whose base sequence was determined. The alphabet letters above the thick line indicate cleavage sites for endonucleases employed for the preparation of various DNA fragments (Ac: AccI, E: EcoRI, H: HindIII, P: PstI, Sm: SmaI, Sp: SphI). The line segments which have at opposite ends thereof arrows pointed in opposite directions indicate the various DNA fragments so prepared; 
     FIGS. 4-1 to 4-5 depict the base sequence [SEQ ID NO: 1] and amino acid sequences [SEQ ID NOS: 2-6] of a DNA fragment containing a fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Pseudomonas cepasia. The base sequence contains 5437 bases, extending from the EcoRI site to the SphI site. Under the base sequence, the amino acid sequence of the estimated proteins are shown. Genes (fadA, fadB, fadC, fadD, fadE) are shown above individual initiator codons. The underline drawn immediately before each initiator codon indicates an estimated ribosome-binding position (SD sequence). The upper numbers show base pair numbers, while the lower numbers indicate the corresponding amino acid numbers; 
     FIG. 5 shows the results of an analysis of proteins which have bearing on fusaric acid resistance. In the drawings, the thick lines indicate DNA fragments inserted in the mutant plasmids shown on the left side. The 5.4 kb EcoRI/SphI fragment which is a part of the inserted DNA fragment (8.4 kb) is shown. The alphabet letters above the thick lines indicate cleavage sites for the following endonucleases: Ap: ApaI, Bp: BstPI, E: EcoRI, P: PstI, Sm: SmaI, Sp: SphI. The parentheses indicate that reading frames were shifted by cleaving the fragments with the corresponding endonucleases and then applying Klenow enzyme treatment. Further, for example, E(Sm) designates that reading frames were shifted by cleaving the fragment with SmaI and then inserting an EcoRI linker there. The fusaric acid resistance of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, said recombinant strains having been obtained by transforming Escherichia coli with those mutant plasmids, is shown on the right side, respectively. The arrows in an upper part of the drawing indicate the open reading frames (ORFs) in the DNA fragments. Of these ORFs, the ORFs (fadA, fadB, fadC, fadD, fadE) which were actually found to have bearing on fusaric acid resistance from an analysis of fusaric acid resistance of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli--said recombinant strains having contained deleted plasmids, respectively--are shown by the thick arrows; 
     FIG. 6 schematically illustrates the results of an analysis of in vitro transcription and translation products. The arrows on the left side designate the migrated positions of molecular weight markers which were concurrently subjected to electrophoresis. The values are the molecular weights of the molecular weight markers. The arrows on the right side indicate the migrated positions of five proteins which have bearing on fusaric acid resistance; and 
     FIGS. 7-1 to 7-3 show the base sequence [SEQ ID NO. 7] and amino acid sequences of [SEQ ID NOS: 8-10] a DNA fragment containing a fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Klebsiella oxytoca. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION AND PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Several types of bacteria and fungi have already been found as fusaric acid resistant microorganisms by the present inventors, including, for example, bacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas and those belonging to the genus Klebsiella. Among fusaric acid resistant microorganisms usable in the practice of the present invention, preferred bacteria belonging to the genus Pseudomonas include Pseudomonas cepasia especially Pseudomonas cepasia UK-1 strain (FERM BP-1385). On the other hand, preferred bacteria belonging to the genus Klebsiella include Klebsiella oxytoca, particularly Klebsiella oxytoca HY-1 strain (FERM BP-3221). The mycological characteristics of the above bacteria, their culture conditions, and the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid by them are disclosed in detail in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 198974/1988 and Japanese Patent Application No. 22957/1990. 
     Pseudomonas cepasia UK-1 strain can decompose and detoxify fusaric acid and can grow using fusaric acid as a sole carbon source. On the other hand, Klebsiella oxytoca HY-1 strain can decompose and detoxify fusaric acid but cannot grow using fusaric acid as a sole carbon source. 
     The fusaric acid resistant gene of the present invention can be obtained by preparing a gene library of one of the above microorganisms, which has fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying ability, using Escherichia coli as a host and then screening a fusaric acid resistant recombinant strain of Escherichia coli from the gene library. In general, the gene library can be prepared by cleaving a DNA, which has been isolated from a cell of the microorganism, with a suitable restriction enzyme, i.e., restriction endonuclease (hereinafter simply called &#34;endonuclease&#34; for the sake of brevity), inserting a desired segment in a vector and then transforming Escherichia coli with the resultant recombinant plasmid. Since host Escherichia coli cannot grow in a culture medium containing fusaric acid, only the recombinant strain of Escherichia coli, said strain containing the gene capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid, can grow in the culture medium. 
     By collecting the plasmid from the fusaric acid resistant recombinant strain of Escherichia coli which has been obtained as described above, the restriction map of the inserted DNA fragment is prepared. After DNA fragments which have been obtained by cleaving the inserted DNA fragment by various endonucleases on the basis of the restriction map are inserted in vectors, Escherichia coli is transformed, followed by the screening of clones which exhibit resistance to fusaric acid. With respect to the clone having the shortest inserted DNA fragment out of the clones capable of exhibiting fusaric acid resistance, the base sequence of the shortest inserted DNA fragment is determined. 
     An analysis of the base sequence so determined makes it possible to estimate protein-coding regions (ORFs: open reading frames), so that the amino acid sequence of a protein coded by the respective ORFs can be elucidated. In addition, mutant genes with the reading frames of the individual ORFs shifted are prepared by conducting cleaving at cleavage sites, which are present in the respective ORFs, with an endonuclease, converting the cleaved ends of the resulting fragments to blunt ends with Klenow enzyme and then re-ligating the fragments together into a circular form. Strains of Escherichia coli, which have been transformed by these mutant genes, respectively, show no fusaric acid resistance. This indicates that the individual ORFs are coding a protein capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid. 
     The followings are an exemplary base sequence relating to fusaric acid resistance, which had been determined in the above-described manner by using Pseudomonas cepacia as a source microorganism, and an illustrative amino acid sequence derived therefrom: ##STR1## wherein the individual alphabetic letters represent the following amino acids: 
     A: alanine, C: cysteine, D: aspartic acid, 
     E: glutamic acid, F: phenylalanine, G: glycine, 
     H: histidine, I: isoleucine, K: lysine, 
     L: leucine, M: methionine, N: asparagine, 
     P: proline, Q: glutamine, R: arginine, S: serine, 
     T: threonine, V: valine, W: tryptophan, and 
     Y: tyrosine. 
     Based on the thus-obtained gene capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid and its structure, a plant cell having fusaric acid resistance can be obtained by inserting the above gene between a promoter and a terminator, said promoter and terminator functioning in a plant cell, to transform the latter plant cell. A fusaric acid resistant plant can then be obtained by allowing the above-transformed plant cell to grow to the plant. Since the fusaric acid resistant plant obtained in the manner described above is resistant to diseases caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium, the above method can be used as a control method effective against wilting disease and the like caused by such fungi of the genus Fusarium although their control has heretofore been very difficult. Further, plant cells each of which has been transformed by the gene capable of participating in the decomposition or detoxification of fusaric acid are resistant to fusaric acid, so that they can be used as selective markers. Plant cells can be transformed by a known method, for example, by the method making use of a Ti plasmid [&#34;Zoku Seikagaku Jikken Koza 1, Idenshi Kenkyuho II (Supplemental Handbook of Biochemical Experiments, Vol. 1--Gene Studying Methods II)&#34;, pp 205, compiled by Biochemical Society of Japan, Tokyo Kagaku Dojin (1986)] or by the direct gene introduction method (ibid., pp 211). 
     The identification of the structure of the fusaric acid resistant gene has led to the identification of the protein which can participate in decomposing or detoxifying fusaric acid. Mass production of the protein by a genetic engineering technique can contribute to the control of wilting disease and the like caused by fungi of the genus Fusarium. 
     The present invention will hereinafter be described in further detail by the following examples. It is however to be noted that the present invention is not limited to or by the following examples. 
    
    
     EXAMPLE 1 
     Preparation of gene libraries 
     From the Pseudomonas cepasia UK-1 strain, its DNA was isolated in toto. As an isolation method for the bacterial DNA, the Saito-Miura method can be mentioned by way of example [Saito, H. and Miura, K., Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 72, 619 (1963)]. The DNA so isolated was cleaved by the restriction endonuclease EcoRI and the resulting fragments were fractionated by agarose gel electrophoresis, whereby DNA fragments of 4 kb or greater were collected. Those DNA fragments were inserted in the vector pUC19 which was cleaved by EcoRI and treated with phosphatase. Escherichia coli JM109 was then transformed by plasmids obtained in the manner described above, whereby a gene library of Pseudomonas cepasia was prepared as ampicillin resistant transformants. 
     With respect to the Klebsiella oxytoca HY-1 strain, a gene library was also prepared by a method similar to the one described above except that DNA fragments cleaved by the endonuclease BamHI/HindIII were inserted in the vector pUC19. 
     EXAMPLE 2 
     Screening of gene libraries 
     A colony of each of the above gene libraries, said colony having been formed on LB medium containing 50 μg/ml of ampicillin, was subjected to replica plating on a secondary selective medium (Davis&#39; minimum agar containing 50 μg/ml of ampicillin, 1 mM of IPTG and 100 μg/ml of fusaric acid), so that a fusaric acid resistant clone was selected. 
     A clone having the plasmid pBE1 was selected from the gene library of Pseudomonas cepasia. pBE1 contained an EcoRI fragment of 8.5 kb derived from Pseudomonas cepasia. The Escherichia coli strain JM109 containing pBE1 was named &#34;Escherichia coli SAM 1552&#34; and was deposited under the deposit number FERM BP-3285 with Fermentation Research Institute, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of Industrial Trade and Technology, Government of Japan. 
     On the other hand, a clone having the plasmid pFAR1 was selected from the gene library of Klebsiella oxytoca. pFAR1 contained a BamH/Hind III fragment of 3.6 kb derived from Klebsiella oxytoca. The strain JM109 containing pFAR1 was named &#34;Escherichia coli SAM 1553&#34; and was deposited under the deposit number FERM BP-3286 with Fermentation Research Institute, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of Industrial Trade and Technology, Government of Japan. 
     EXAMPLE 3 
     Restriction maps 
     The plasmids pBE1 and pFAR1 were separately cleaved by various endonucleases. The sizes of the resultant DNA fragments were measured by agarose gel electrophoresis, whereby their restriction maps were prepared. The restriction maps of the DNA fragments inserted in the above plasmids are shown in FIG. 1. 
     In view of the fact that an Escherichia coli strain having pBE1 I with the DNA fragment of 8.5 kb inserted in a direction opposite to the direction of its insertion in pBE1 showed no fusaric acid resistance and, even in the case of an Escherichia coli strain having pBE1 no fusaric acid resistance was exhibited in the absence of IPTG, it has been found that the fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying gene is expressed under the control of lac promoter present on the vector pUC 19 and its transcription and coding direction runs from the left to the right as viewed in FIG. 1. On the other hand, because a clone having pFAR2 with the DNA fragment of 3.6 kb [SEQ ID NO: 7] inserted in a direction opposite to the direction of its insertion in pFAR1 also has fusaric acid resistance, the fusaric acid decomposing or detoxifying gene is believed to be expressed under the control of a promoter derived from Klebsiella oxytoca said promoter being present on the inserted DNA fragment of 3.6 kb [SEQ ID NO: 7]. 
     EXAMPLE 4 
     Sub-cloning--Mapping of fusaric acid resistant genes 
     The position of each fusaric acid resistant gene was determined more specifically by preparing a variety of deleted plasmids on the basis of the corresponding restriction map and investigating the fusaric acid resistance of Escherichia coli strains transformed by the deleted plasmids, respectively. Based on the results, sub-cloning of the fusaric acid resistant genes was conducted. 
     FIG. 2 shows the deleted plasmids of the plasmid pBE1 having the EcoRI fragment of 8.5 kb derived from Pseudomonas cepasia and the fusaric acid resistance of the recombinants obtained by the transformation of Escherichia coli JM109 with these deleted plasmids. Since the Escherichia coli strain transformed by pBE1 had been found capable of growing in a culture medium containing 500 μg/ml of fusaric acid, the fusaric acid resistance of each strain was then tested by allowing the strain to grow in Davis&#39; minimal medium which contained 500 μg/ml of fusaric acid in addition to 50 μg/ml of ampicillin and 1 mM of IPTG. 
     The EcoRI fragment which had been inserted in the plasmid pBE1 and is shown in FIG. 1 was cleaved at the StuI site present only near 6.4 kb and an SacI linker (5&#39;-CGAGCTCG-3&#39;) was inserted there, whereby a plasmid pBE-ta with the downstream reading frames shifted was prepared. An SacI fragment of 6.4 kb formed by cleaving the plasmid pBE-ta at SacI was inserted to the SacI site of the vector pUC19. The resultant plasmid was named &#34;pBAA1&#34;. A further plasmid pBAM was next prepared by deleting a region of the plasmid pBAA1, said region extending from the SmaI site contained in the multi-cloning site of the vector pUC19 (the left end) to the SmaI site at 1 kb. Escherichia coli JM109 was transformed by those plasmids and the fusaric acid resistance of the resultant transformants was investigated. The transformants by the plasmids pBE1 -ta and pBAA1 showed fusaric acid resistance but the transformant by the plasmid pBAM did not exhibit fusaric acid resistance. 
     In addition, various deleted plasmids were also prepared using several SphI sites present in the plasmid pBAA1. After pBAA1 was partially digested by the endonuclease SphI, the resultant fragments were ligated again by T4 ligase. Using the plasmids so obtained, Escherichia coli JM109 Was transformed. From the clone showing fusaric acid resistance, the plasmid was prepared, and its restriction map was investigated. A plasmid pKLR1 was found, which was different from the plasmid pBAA1 in that the SphI fragment of about 1.0 kb present on a right-hand side of the plasmid pBAA1 (see FIG. 2) had been deleted. The plasmid pBAA1 was then partly digested by an endonuclease XhoI and the resultant fragments were re-ligated, whereby a plasmid pFZR1 was obtained. The plasmid pFZR1 was different from the plasmid pBAA1 in that a right-hand region of about 1.3 kb had been deleted. A recombinant strain of Escherichia coli JM109, said strain having been transformed by pFZR1, showed no fusaric acid resistance. 
     It has been found from the foregoing results that, in the EcoRI segment of 8.5 kb derived from Pseudomonas cepasia, the region extending from the EcoRI site on the left end to the SphI site at 5.4 kb is an essential region for the exhibition of fusaric acid resistance (see FIG. 2). 
     EXAMPLE 5 
     Determination of base sequence 
     The base sequence of the DNA fragment coding the fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Pseudomonas cepasia was determined. The region whose base sequence was determined was about 7.0 kb long, extending from the EcoRI site to the AccI site of the EcoRI fragment of 8.5 kb in the plasmid pBE1 (see FIG. 3). This region is coding the fusaric acid resistant genes described in Example 3. To determine the base sequence, the EcoRI/AccI fragment of 7.0 kb was first cleaved by various endonucleases on the basis of the restriction map shown in FIG. 1. The resulting DNA fragments were cloned to the phage M13. Here, the individual DNA fragments are mutually overlapped as illustrated in FIG. 3. The phage M13 cloned with the individual fragments was infected to Escherichia coli JM 109, whereby double-stranded phage DNAs were prepared. 
     Those double-stranded phage DNAs were treated with Escherichia coli exonuclease III, so that doublestranded phage DNAs with a deletion introduced in one direction were prepared. Regarding the preparation method of a plasmid with a deletion introduced in one direction which method makes use of exonuclease III, a detailed description is found at pages 289-305 of &#34;Zoku Seikagaku Jikken Koza 1, Idenshi Kenkyuho II (Supplemental Handbook of Biochemical Experiments, Vol. 1 Gene Studying Methods II)&#34;. Escherichia coli JM109 was transformed by the individual double-stranded phage DNAs with a deletion introduced in one direction, said DNAs having been obtained by the method described above, whereby phage clones with a deletion inserted in one direction were prepared. A double-stranded phage DNA was prepared from each phage clone. The degree of the deletion was investigated from a cleavage pattern by restriction endonucleases. From suitable clones, single-stranded phage DNAs were prepared. Using those single-stranded phage DNAs as templates, the base sequence of the inserted DNA fragments was determined by the dideoxy technique [Sanger, F., et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 74, 5463 (1977)]. The base sequence of each DNA fragment shown in FIG. 3 was determined by uniting the base sequences of DNA fragments inserted in deleted phage clones. The base sequences of the individual DNA fragments shown in FIG. 3 were then united together, whereby the base sequence of the entire EcoRI/AccI fragment of 7.0 kb was determined. 
     Also determined was the base sequence of the DNA fragment coding the fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Klebsiella oxytoca. The section whose base sequence [SEQ ID NO. 7] had been determined was 3.6 kb long, extending from BamHI to HindIII of plasmid pFARl (see FIG. 1). As in the case of the above-described fusaric acid resistant gene derived from Pseudomonas cepacia, the entire base sequence of the DNA fragment of 3.6 kb [SEQ ID NO: 7] was determined by ascertaining the base sequence of single-stranded phages, in which a deletion had been introduced in one direction, and then connecting them. 
     EXAMPLE 6 
     Analysis of base sequence 
     The EcoRI/AccI fragment of 7.0 kb derived from Pseudomonas cepacia consists of 7006 base pairs. Of these base pairs, the entire base sequence (5437 base pairs) of the smallest region which extends from EcoRI to SphI and shows fusaric acid resistance is shown in FIG. 4. 
     As regions capable of coding proteins in the base sequence [SEQ ID NO: 1], open reading frames (ORF) starting at an initiator codon (ATG or GTG) and ending at a terminator codon (TAA, TAG or TGA) were searched for. Such ORFs were assumed to be directed from the left to the right in FIG. 5, because the transformant having the plasmid pBE11 which was similar to the plasmid pBE1 except for the insertion of the EcoRI fragment of 8.5 kb in the opposite direction did not show fusaric acid resistance. As ORFs consisting of 250 base pairs or more, ten ORFs were found (see FIG. 5). Of these ORFs, especially among ORFs having the SD sequence, which can bind with a ribosome [Shine, J. and Dalgarno, L., Nature, 254, 34-38 (1975)], immediately before the initiator codon ATG and not overlapping with one another, five ORFs, namely, ORF3-1;531→1830 (this indicates starting at the initiator codon ATG of the 531 th  base pair and ending at the terminator of the 1830 th  base pair; this definition will be applied equally hereinafter), ORF2-2;1847→2273, ORF1-2;2314→3352, ORF3-2; 3414→4038 and ORF3-3;4473→4977 were estimated as ORFs of a protein having bearing on fusaric acid resistance. 
     Further, an inverted repeat structure having stable hairpin loops and capable of functioning as a terminator for transcription is observed between the 5125 th  base pair and the 5157 th  base pair. 
     The entire base sequence of the DNA fragment of 3.6 kb derived from Klebsiella oxytoca is shown in FIG. 7 [SEQ ID NO: 7]. In the base sequence, open reading frames (ORFs) starting at an initiator codon (ATG or GTG) and ending at a terminator codon (TAA, TAG or TGA) were searched for as regions capable of coding proteins. As ORFs of 300 base pairs or longer, seven ORFs were found in both the directions in total. 
     EXAMPLE 7 
     Confirmation of open reading frames 
     It was confirmed by the following method if the ORFs of Pseudomonas cepacia described in Example 6 were actually coding a protein having bearing on fusaric acid resistance. From the base sequence determined above, a detailed restriction map was prepared. After the plasmid pBE1 and the like were cleaved at suitable endonuclease sites, the resultant fragments were treated with Klenow enzyme to form blunt ends. Those fragments were then re-ligated, whereby mutant plasmids with their reading frames shifted after the cleaved sites were prepared. Escherichia coli JM109 were transformed with those mutant plasmids. By checking the fusaric acid resistance of the resultant transformants, it was investigated whether or not the ORFs present at the mutation-introduced sites were necessary for fusaric acid resistance. The results are shown in FIG. 5. 
     In the EcoRI fragment of 8.5 kb inserted in the plasmid pBE1, there is only one cleavage site (1828; this indicates the number of the base pair at the cleavage site) for the endonuclease BstPI. After pBE1 was cleaved by the endonuclease BstPI, the ends of the resultant fragments were converted by Klenow enzyme to blunt ends. Those fragments were re-ligated together by EcoRI linker (5&#39;-GGAATTCC-3&#39;), so that a plasmid pBE1 -sc with the linker incorporated therein was formed. The plasmid pBE1 -sc was cleaved by EcoRI to obtain EcoRI fragments of 1.8 kb and 6.7 kb, respectively. Those fragments were separately inserted in the vector pUC19, whereby plasmids pSC-181 and pSC-671 were prepared. 
     In the EcoRI fragment of 8.5 kb inserted in the plasmid pBE1, there is also only one cleavage site (1034) for the endonuclease SmaI. Since there is another SmaI site in the multi-cloning site of the vector pUC19, pBE1 -ta was partly digested by SmaI. The resultant fragments were fractionated by electrophoresis to collect DNA molecules in each of which pBE1 was in a linear form. Those linear DNA molecules and the EcoRI linker (5&#39;-GGAATTCC-3&#39;) were mixed and ligated by T4 ligase. Escherichia coli JM109 was transformed by the resultant plasmids. The plasmids were collected from their corresponding transformants and then cleaved by endonucleases for their analysis. The plasmid containing the EcoRI linker inserted at the SmaI site of the 1036 th  base pair was named &#34;pTA-Sl&#34;. 
     The DNA fragment inserted in the plasmid pBE1 contains two ApaI sites (1031, 1920). The plasmid pBE1 ta was partly digested by the endonuclease ApaI, and the resultant linear DNA molecules were collected in the same manner as described above. After the cleaved ends of the DNA molecules were converted to blunt ends by Klenow enzyme, those DNA molecules were re-ligated by T4 ligase, whereby mutant plasmids with the downstream reading frames shifted were prepared. The plasmid in which the linker was inserted at the ApaI site of the 1031 th  base pair and its downstream reading frames were shifted was named &#34;pTA-Al&#34;, while the plasmid in which the linker was inserted at the ApaI site of the 1920th base pair and its downstream reading frames were shifted was named &#34;pTA-A2&#34;. There are five cleavage sites (897, 2926, 3921, 4544, 4740) for the endonuclease PstI in the inserted DNA. Using these PstI sites, mutant plasmids pTA P2(2926), pTA-P3(3921), pTA-P4(4544) and pTA-P5(4740) in which the reading frames were shifted were prepared by the above-described method (note: the parenthesized numbers indicate the base pair numbers at the sites downstream of which the reading frames were shifted.). In each of those plasmids, the individual ORFs in the inserted fragment were inserted in the same direction as in the lac promoter of the vector pUC19. The fusaric acid resistance of recombinant strains of Escherichia coli, said recombinant strains having been transformed by the mutant plasmids prepared as described above, was investigated. Although the recombinant strain of Escherichia coli transformed by the plasmid pBE1-sc was resistant to fusaric acid, the recombinant strains of Escherichia coli transformed by the other plasmids (pSC181, pSC671, pTA-S1, pTA-A1, pTA-A2, pTA-P2, pTA-P3, pTA-P4 and pTA-P5) did not show fusaric acid resistance (see FIG. 5). 
     Since no fusaric acid resistance was exhibited when the EcoRI linker was inserted at the endonuclease SmaI site (1034) or at the ApaI site (1031) and its downstream reading frames were shifted, it has been found that ORF1-1(301→586) and ORF2-1 (368→959) have no bearing on fusaric acid resistance but ORF3-1(459→1837) do have bearing on fusaric acid resistance (the parenthesized numbers appearing after each ORF indicate the base pair numbers of the translation initiator codon and terminator codon, respectively, and the parenthesized number following each endonuclease indicates the base pair number at the cleavage site.). ORF3-1 contains four initiator codons ATG upstream of the cleavage site (1031) for SmaI. Of these, the ATG(531) immediately before which the SD sequence was observed was estimated as an initiator codon and the gene coding that ORF was named &#34;fadA&#34; (see FIG. 5). 
     The endonuclease BstPI (1828) cleaves immediately after the terminator codon (1830) of ORF3-1 and immediately before the initiator codon (1847) of ORF2-2.  Fusaric acid resistance was however retained when the EcoRI linker was introduced at the BstPI site and its downstream reading frames were shifted. Further, no fusaric acid resistance was exhibited when the EcoRI linker was introduced at both the ApaI site (1920) and the PstI site (2926) and their downstream reading frames were shifted. It has hence become clear that ATG(2314) in ORF1-2 (1708→3352) and ORF2-2 are indispensable for fusaric acid resistance. The genes coding those ORFs were named &#34;fadB(1847→273)&#34; and &#34;fadC(2314→3352)&#34;, respectively (see FIG. 5). In each of fadB and fadC, the SD sequence is observed immediately before its initiator codon. In view of the fact that fusaric acid resistance was not shown when the EcoRI linker was inserted at the PstI sites (3921, 4544, 4740) and their downstream reading frames were shifted and that there was the SD sequence immediately before each initiator codon, fadD(3413→1038) and fadE(4473→4977) were both regarded as regions coding proteins which are indispensable for fusaric acid resistance. 
     Putting all the above results together, it has become clear that the five proteins are needed for fusaric acid resistance and the genes coding these proteins are fadA, fadB, fadC, fadD and fadE. The amino acid sequence of these proteins [SEQ ID NOS: 2-6] estimated from the base sequence of these genes are shown in FIG. 4. Further, the estimated molecular weights of these proteins were 45.7 kd (kilodaltons), 37.9 kd, 23.0 kd, 18.5 kd and 14.8 kd. These values were very consistent with the molecular weights of in vitro transcription and coding products obtained using a bacterial cell-free extract, which will be described in Example 8. 
     It was also investigated in a manner similar to that employed above in the case of Pseudomonas cepacia which ORF or ORFs actually codes the protein relevant to the fusaric acid resistance among the seven ORFs contained in the DNA fragment of 3.6 kb [SEQ ID NO: 7] derived from Klebsiella oxytoca. Namely, based on the plasmid pFARI, various plasmids with one or more segments deleted and mutant plasmids with one or more reading frames shifted were prepared. By transforming Escherichia coli JM109 with the plasmids thus prepared and studying the fusaric acid resistance of the transformants, it was investiqated whether or not the ORFs contained in the deleted or mutation-introduced parts are needed for fusaric acid resistance. As a result, it was revealed that three proteins are needed for fusaric acid resistance. Genes fdt1, fdt2 and fdt3 were then ascertained as genes coding those proteins. Immediately before the initiator codon of each of those three genes, there was observed an SD sequence as a binding site for a ribosome. The amino acid sequence of the protein coded by these genes is illustrated in FIG. 7 [SEQ ID NO. 7]. 
     EXAMPLE 8 
     Analysis of in vitro transcription and translation products 
     Actual existence of the transcription and translation products of the individual genes, said products having been identified in Example 7, was confirmed by analyzing gene products which were obtained using the bacterial cell-free extract [DeVries, J.K. and Zubay, G., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 57, 267 (1967)]. In vitro transcription and translation reactions were conducted, using a prokaryotic DNA-directed translation kit (product of Amersham International Plc.) and following the instructions given in the kit. Employed as template DNA molecules were the plasmid pBE1-sc capable of showing fusaric acid resistance and the plasmid pAT153 contained in the kit. 
     Added successively to 2.5 μg of plasmid DNA were 7.5 μl of supplement solution, 3 μl of amino acid solution, 2 μl (1.11 MBq) of L-[35S methionine] and 5 μl of S-30 extract. They were mixed thoroughly, followed by incubation at 37° C. for 1 hour. Methionine chase solution (5 μl) was added. After the resultant mixture was incubated at 37° C. for 5 minutes, the mixture was ice-cooled to terminate the reaction. The reaction mixture (6 μl) was added with an equiamount of a sample buffer of the twofold concentration, followed by treatment at 95° C. for 5 minutes. Thereafter, proteins were fractionated by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was conducted following the method proposed by Laemmli, U.K. et al. in Nature, 227, 680 (1970). The gel concentration was 15%. After the electrophoresis, the gel was dried by a gel drier. The thus-dried gel was subjected to autoradiography, whereby in vitro transcription and coding products were analyzed. 
     As is shown in FIG. 6, in the case of the transcription and translation products obtained using as a template the plasmid pBE1-ta capable of showing fusaric acid resistance, five bands were observed in addition to a band corresponding to β-lactamase formed when the control plasmid pAT153 was used as a template. The molecular weights of proteins corresponding to those five bands were estimated on the basis of the migration distance of a molecular weight marker which was concurrently subjected to the electrophoresis. Their molecular weights were estimated to be 47 kd, 38 kd, 23  kd, 18.5 kd and 15 kd, respectively. Those molecular weights were in good conformity with the estimated molecular weights of the proteins coded respectively by the five genes fadA, fadC, fadD, fadE and fadB having bearing on fusaric acid resistance, the latter molecular weights having been described in Example 7. It has been found from the above results that the above five fusaric acid resistant genes are expressed in a recombinant strain of Escherichia coli, said recombinant strain having been obtained by transforming Escherichia coli with the fusaric acid resistant genes derived from Pseudomonas cepasia, and has made Escherichia coli resistant to fusaric acid. 
     
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(1) GENERAL INFORMATION:                                                  
(iii) NUMBER OF SEQUENCES: 15                                             
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:1:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 5437 base pairs                                               
(B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                    
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
(D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                     
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
(vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                     
( A) ORGANISM: Pseudomonas cepacia                                        
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: RBS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 519..522                                                    
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 531..1832                                                   
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: RBS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 1836..1839                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 1847..2275                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: RBS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 2301..2304                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 2314..3354                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: RBS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 3405..3409                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 3414..4040                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: RBS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 4457..4462                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 4473..4979                                                  
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:                                   
GAATTCATCTGCTGGGCGGCCGCGGTAAAGCTTCCCGCGTCGACCACGCGGACGAATACC60            
CGCATGTTTTGTAACGTATCCATCCCATTACCCGTTTG AATCCGGACGGATTGTTGCACA120          
GAGGCAAACAAGTATTGTCTCAGGATTCGTAAAAATGACTTGCACCCTTGTCCATATATT180           
CAGGAATCGCTGAAAAATATAATCGCATCCGACTCATCTATATCCGAAAGGGAGAAAATC240           
GTGCAGTCTCCGGCG ACAAAAGGGACGCTCGCACTGGCGGTTCTTGCAGTCTCATTAATA300          
ATGGCCGGGTGCGCGAGCATGGGCGACAACAAGCCGCAGTCGGCCCGCATCGAAGCGAAC360           
GCGCTCGATGCCGGCGCGGCCATCCGCGCGGCCGACCGCGACGCGGGCTGGCCCGCGGCC 420          
GACTGGTGGCGCGCCTACCGCGATCCGCAACTCGACACATGGATTGCCGCCGCGCAGGCC480           
GGCAACCCGACGCTCGCGGCCGCCGAGGCCGCGTGCGCGAAGCGCAGGCGATGGCG536               
 MetAla                                                                   
CGCGTGGCCCGCTCGGCCGAATTGCCACAGATCAACGGCAACCTCTCG584                       
ArgValAlaArgSerAlaGluLeuProGlnIl eAsnGlyAsnLeuSer                         
51015                                                                     
CTGATGCGCCAGCACTGGCCGGACAACGTCTATTACGGCCCCGGCCCG632                       
LeuMetArgGlnHisTrpProAspAsnValTyrTyrG lyProGlyPro                         
202530                                                                    
CTCGCGAACACCGACACCTGGAACAACACCGGCACGCTCGGCCTGTCC680                       
LeuAlaAsnThrAspThrTrpAsnAsnThrGlyThrLeuGlyLeu Ser                         
35404550                                                                  
TACCACCTCGACCTGTGGGGCAAGGACAAGAACGCGACCGAGCGCGCG728                       
TyrHisLeuAspLeuTrpGlyLysAspLysAsnAlaThrGlu ArgAla                         
556065                                                                    
CTCGATACCGCGCACGCGACCGCCGCCGACGCACGCGCGGCGAAGCTC776                       
LeuAspThrAlaHisAlaThrAlaAlaAspAlaArgAlaAl aLysLeu                         
707580                                                                    
GAACTCGAAGTCAACGTCGTGCGCGCGTACGTCGGCATGTCGATGAAC824                       
GluLeuGluValAsnValValArgAlaTyrValGlyMetSerM etAsn                         
859095                                                                    
TACGCGCTGCTCGACCTCGCGCACGAAACGTTCGAACGCCAGCGCTCG872                       
TyrAlaLeuLeuAspLeuAlaHisGluThrPheGluArgGlnArgSer                          
 100105110                                                                
CTCGCCGATCTCGCGCGCAAGCGGCTGCAGGCTGGCCTCGGCACGCAG920                       
LeuAlaAspLeuAlaArgLysArgLeuGlnAlaGlyLeuGlyThrGln                          
115 120125130                                                             
CTCGAGGTGAGCCAGGCGGAATCGACGCTGCCCGACTATGAGCGCCAG968                       
LeuGluValSerGlnAlaGluSerThrLeuProAspTyrGluArgGln                          
 135140145                                                                
ATCGACAGCTACGAGGAAGCGATCCAGCTCGCGCGGCACCAGCTCGCC1016                      
IleAspSerTyrGluGluAlaIleGlnLeuAlaArgHisGlnLeuAla                          
 150155160                                                                
GCACTGGCCGGCAAGGGCCCGGGCGCCGGCGATGCGATCAAGCGGCCT1064                      
AlaLeuAlaGlyLysGlyProGlyAlaGlyAspAlaIleLysArgPro                          
 165170175                                                                
CGGCTGTCGCTCGACGCACCGGCCGGCTTGCCGTCGGCGATGCCGGCC1112                      
ArgLeuSerLeuAspAlaProAlaGlyLeuProSerAlaMetProAla                          
180 185190                                                                
GACCTGCTCGGCCGCCGCCCCGACGTCGTCGCGGCACGCTGGACGGTC1160                      
AspLeuLeuGlyArgArgProAspValValAlaAlaArgTrpThrVal                          
195200 205210                                                             
GACGCGCAGGCGCGCGGCATCGACGTCGCAAAGGCTTCGTTCTATCCG1208                      
AspAlaGlnAlaArgGlyIleAspValAlaLysAlaSerPheTyrPro                          
215 220225                                                                
AACATCGACCTGCTCGCGACGGTCGGCGGCTTCGGCGTGACCGCGCCG1256                      
AsnIleAspLeuLeuAlaThrValGlyGlyPheGlyValThrAlaPro                          
230 235240                                                                
TTCACCGACTTCCTGCGCGCGATGAACGGCGGCTGGACGGCCGGCCCC1304                      
PheThrAspPheLeuArgAlaMetAsnGlyGlyTrpThrAlaGlyPro                          
245 250255                                                                
GCGCTGTCGCTGCCGATCTTCGAAGGCGGCCGGCTGCGCGCGCAGCTC1352                      
AlaLeuSerLeuProIlePheGluGlyGlyArgLeuArgAlaGlnLeu                          
260265 270                                                                
GGCGCGGCGAATGCCGGCGTACGACCAGGCGGTCGAGCAATACAACCA1400                      
GlyAlaAlaAsnAlaGlyValArgProGlyGlyArgAlaIleGlnPro                          
275280 285290                                                             
GACGATCGTCGGCGCGCTCAAGGACATCGCCGACCAGGTCGTGCGGAT1448                      
AspAspArgArgArgAlaGlnGlyHisArgArgProGlyArgAlaAsp                          
295 300305                                                                
CCGTTCGCTCGATACGCAGAAGAAGGACGCCGCACGCTCGGTGGCCGC1496                      
ProPheAlaArgTyrAlaGluGluGlyArgArgThrLeuGlyGlyArg                          
31031 5320                                                                
CAACGACCGCAGTTACCAGCTGTCGCGCGAAGGCTTCCGCCGCGGCCT1544                      
GlnArgProGlnLeuProAlaValAlaArgArgLeuProProArgPro                          
325330 335                                                                
GACCGACTACGTCAACGTGCTGGTCGCGCAGCAGCAATTGTTGGCGCG1592                      
AspArgLeuArgGlnArgAlaGlyArgAlaAlaAlaIleValGlyAla                          
340345 350                                                                
CACAGGAAACGGCCGCCGCATCGATCGGAACGCCTCGCCGCGCACGCT1640                      
HisArgLysArgProProHisArgSerGluArgLeuAlaAlaHisAla                          
355360365 370                                                             
CAACTGATGGCCGCGCTGGGTGGCGGCGTCGAGACGGGCACGGACGTG1688                      
GlnLeuMetAlaAlaLeuGlyGlyGlyValGluThrGlyThrAspVal                          
375380 385                                                                
CCGGGCAGCCAATCGTCGCATGGCGAATCCGCCGCGGGCGCAGCCGCG1736                      
ProGlySerGlnSerSerHisGlyGluSerAlaAlaGlyAlaAlaAla                          
390395 400                                                                
CCGGCCGCCGCGTCGGGTGCGAAACCCGTGGCAGCCGCCGCCCGGCCC1784                      
ProAlaAlaAlaSerGlyAlaLysProValAlaAlaAlaAlaArgPro                          
405410415                                                                 
GCGCAGGTCGCGGCCGCCGGTGCCGCCGGCGTGCCGGCCGCACGGTAACCCGG1839                 
AlaGlnValAlaAlaAlaGlyAlaAlaGlyValProAlaAlaArg                             
420425430                                                                 
CGACGCCATGT CAGCCTCCTCCCCCCTCTCCCCGACCGCCGGCGGTCCG1888                    
MetSerAlaSerSerProLeuSerProThrAlaGlyGlyPro                                
1510                                                                      
TTCGCGGCCTGGTATGCC GCGTTCGGCGACTGGGCCCGCACCGACGGC1936                     
PheAlaAlaTrpTyrAlaAlaPheGlyAspTrpAlaArgThrAspGly                          
15202530                                                                  
GCCGCGTGGCTCTA CCTGTTCAAGGCACTGCTCGCGGCCTTCATCGCG1984                     
AlaAlaTrpLeuTyrLeuPheLysAlaLeuLeuAlaAlaPheIleAla                          
354045                                                                    
CTCGGCGTGTCGA TGCGGCTCGACCTGCCGGCGCCGAAAACGGCAATG2032                     
LeuGlyValSerMetArgLeuAspLeuProAlaProLysThrAlaMet                          
505560                                                                    
ACGACCGTCTTCATC GTGATGCAGCGCAAAGCGGCGCCGTGCTCGCGA2080                     
ThrThrValPheIleValMetGlnArgLysAlaAlaProCysSerArg                          
657075                                                                    
AAAGCTTCTACCGGGTCGCCG GCACGATCTTCGGGCTCATCGCGACGC2128                     
LysAlaSerThrGlySerProAlaArgSerSerGlySerSerArgArg                          
808590                                                                    
TCACGTTCGTCGGGCTGTTCCCGCAGCAG CCGCAGCTGTTCCTGCTGG2176                     
SerArgSerSerGlyCysSerArgSerSerArgSerCysSerCysTrp                          
95100105110                                                               
CGATCGCCCTGTGGATCGCGCTGTG CACCGCCGGCGCCGCGCGCAACC2224                     
ArgSerProCysGlySerArgCysAlaProProAlaProArgAlaThr                          
115120125                                                                 
GCAACTTCCGCAGTTACGGCTTCC TGCTCGCCGGCTATACGACCGCGC2272                     
AlaThrSerAlaValThrAlaSerCysSerProAlaIleArgProArg                          
130135140                                                                 
TGATCGGCCTGCCCGCGTCGCAGCACCCGGAT GGCGCATTCATGAGCGCGATG2325                
MetSerAlaMet                                                              
1                                                                         
ACGCGGGTCTCCGAAGTCATCATCGGGATCGTGT CGGCCGGCGTCGTC2373                     
ThrArgValSerGluValIleIleGlyIleValSerAlaGlyValVal                          
5101520                                                                   
AGCGCGCTCGTGTTTCCTCGGTACACGGGC GAGCAGATGCGCACGACG2421                     
SerAlaLeuValPheProArgTyrThrGlyGluGlnMetArgThrThr                          
253035                                                                    
GTGCGCAAGCGCTTCGGCAGCTTCGTCGAC TACGTCGCGTCGGCGCTG2469                     
ValArgLysArgPheGlySerPheValAspTyrValAlaSerAlaLeu                          
404550                                                                    
TCGGGCCAGCTCGACCGCGCGCACATCGAGAC CATCCATACGCGCTTC2517                     
SerGlyGlnLeuAspArgAlaHisIleGluThrIleHisThrArgPhe                          
556065                                                                    
GCCTACGTGGTCGGCTTCGAGGCCGCGCGCAGCATGG CCGTGTTCGAG2565                     
AlaTyrValValGlyPheGluAlaAlaArgSerMetAlaValPheGlu                          
707580                                                                    
GATCCGGACACGCGCATGCGCAGCGGCCGCCTCGCGCGGCTGAAC AGC2613                     
AspProAspThrArgMetArgSerGlyArgLeuAlaArgLeuAsnSer                          
859095100                                                                 
GAGTTCATGAGCGCGTCGAGCCGCTTTCACGCGCTGCACCAG CTGATG2661                     
GluPheMetSerAlaSerSerArgPheHisAlaLeuHisGlnLeuMet                          
105110115                                                                 
AACCGGCTGCACGCGGCCGGCGCGCAGGCCGCGATCGATGC GATCGAG2709                     
AsnArgLeuHisAlaAlaGlyAlaGlnAlaAlaIleAspAlaIleGlu                          
120125130                                                                 
CCGTATTTCCGCGAGATCGCGCCGCTGCTCACGCGCAATGGCG AACCC2757                     
ProTyrPheArgGluIleAlaProLeuLeuThrArgAsnGlyGluPro                          
135140145                                                                 
GTGCGCACGTCGATCGACGCCGCGCACTCGGCCGAGCAACTGCTCGCG 2805                     
ValArgThrSerIleAspAlaAlaHisSerAlaGluGlnLeuLeuAla                          
150155160                                                                 
TGGCGCGACGCGCTGCCGCGCCGTATCCGCGCGACACGCGCGGAACTC2853                      
T rpArgAspAlaLeuProArgArgIleArgAlaThrArgAlaGluLeu                         
165170175180                                                              
GAAACGCAGCCCGACTTCCCGCTGCTCGACTTCGATACCGCCGCCGAA29 01                     
GluThrGlnProAspPheProLeuLeuAspPheAspThrAlaAlaGlu                          
185190195                                                                 
CTGCTGTACCGCTTCATCACCGACCTGCAGGAATACGCGGCGACCTAT2 949                     
LeuLeuTyrArgPheIleThrAspLeuGlnGluTyrAlaAlaThrTyr                          
200205210                                                                 
GCGTCGCTCGCGACCGCGACGCACGAGCGCGAACGCTGGATCGAACGC2997                      
AlaSerLeuAlaThrAlaThrHisGluArgGluArgTrpIleGluArg                          
215220225                                                                 
TACGAGCCGCGCACCAACAAAACGGCCGCCACGATCGCGGGGATCCGC3045                      
TyrG luProArgThrAsnLysThrAlaAlaThrIleAlaGlyIleArg                         
230235240                                                                 
ACCGCGACGGTGATTCTCGCGCTCGGCTGGTTCTGGATCGAGACTGCG3093                      
ThrAlaThrVal IleLeuAlaLeuGlyTrpPheTrpIleGluThrAla                         
245250255260                                                              
TGGCCGAGCGGCGTGATGCTGGTGCTGAACGCCGCGGCGACCTGCGCG3141                      
TrpProSer GlyValMetLeuValLeuAsnAlaAlaAlaThrCysAla                         
265270275                                                                 
CTCGCGTCGTCGGCGCCGCGCCCGACCGCGATGGCCGCGCAGATGGGG3189                      
LeuAlaSe rSerAlaProArgProThrAlaMetAlaAlaGlnMetGly                         
280285290                                                                 
ATGGGCACGGCGCTGGCCGTCTGCACCGGCTTCCTGCTGACGTTCGGC3237                      
MetGlyThrA laLeuAlaValCysThrGlyPheLeuLeuThrPheGly                         
295300305                                                                 
ATCTACCCGCGGATCGACGGCTTCGTCCTGCTGTGCGCGGCGCTCGCG3285                      
IleTyrProArgIle AspGlyPheValLeuLeuCysAlaAlaLeuAla                         
310315320                                                                 
CCGTTGCTCGCGATCGGCATCTACATGTCGCTGAAGCCGAAGCTCGCC3333                      
ProLeuLeuAlaIleGlyIleTyr MetSerLeuLysProLysLeuAla                         
325330335340                                                              
GGCTACGGCGGGGCTATCTGATCTTCTTCTGCTTCCTCGCCGGCCCCG3381                      
GlyTyrGlyGlyAlaIle                                                        
 345                                                                      
ACAGCATCACGCACTACGATCCCACGAGCTTCATGAACGACGCGCTCGCGCTC3434                 
MetAsnAspAlaLeuAlaLeu                                                     
1 5                                                                       
CTGTTGTCGATGCTCGTCTCGGCGATCGCGTTCGCCGTGCTGTTCCCG3482                      
LeuLeuSerMetLeuValSerAlaIleAlaPheAlaValLeuPhePro                          
1015 20                                                                   
CCGACCGCGCCGTGGCTCAAGAAACGCCTGTTCGCCGACCTGCGTCAC3530                      
ProThrAlaProTrpLeuLysLysArgLeuPheAlaAspLeuArgHis                          
253035                                                                    
 CAGGCCGTCGCGGCCTGCCACGCGCGGCTCGCCGGACTGCGCACGCGC3578                     
GlnAlaValAlaAlaCysHisAlaArgLeuAlaGlyLeuArgThrArg                          
404550 55                                                                 
TTCGAGAGCGGCGCGCGCGACCTGATGTACCAGGCGCACACGCTGTCG3626                      
PheGluSerGlyAlaArgAspLeuMetTyrGlnAlaHisThrLeuSer                          
6065 70                                                                   
GCCGACCACCCGACGTGCAGCGCGACGCCGTGCTGGATGTTCGCGGTG3674                      
AlaAspHisProThrCysSerAlaThrProCysTrpMetPheAlaVal                          
75808 5                                                                   
CTCGAAACCGGGAATGCGGCCATCGACCTGCGCCACGAGCTGGCAACG3722                      
LeuGluThrGlyAsnAlaAlaIleAspLeuArgHisGluLeuAlaThr                          
9095100                                                                   
CTG CCGTCCGACCCGCGCTACGCGCCGACGACGCCGTGGCGCCGTGCG3770                     
LeuProSerAspProArgTyrAlaProThrThrProTrpArgArgAla                          
105110115                                                                 
ATCGAAACGAT GCGCGCCGCGCTGTCGTCGCTGTTCGCGCGGCCGGAC3818                     
IleGluThrMetArgAlaAlaLeuSerSerLeuPheAlaArgProAsp                          
120125130135                                                              
GCCGAAC GTTTCGATGCAACGCTCGCCGCGGTAAACGATGCGATCGAC3866                     
AlaGluArgPheAspAlaThrLeuAlaAlaValAsnAspAlaIleAsp                          
140145150                                                                 
GCGACC CGGCAGACGCTCGACGCATTCACGCCGACGCGCGAGGAACGC3914                     
AlaThrArgGlnThrLeuAspAlaPheThrProThrArgGluGluArg                          
155160165                                                                 
CACCGGCTG CAGCGCATCCTGAGCCATCTGCATTTCGTGCGCACGGCA3962                     
HisArgLeuGlnArgIleLeuSerHisLeuHisPheValArgThrAla                          
170175180                                                                 
CTGCTCGATCCCGA ATCGCCGCTCGCCGCGCTCAACCGCAACCGCCCC4010                     
LeuLeuAspProGluSerProLeuAlaAlaLeuAsnArgAsnArgPro                          
185190195                                                                 
GTGCGTCCCCAACCAGGAGCCT CGTCATGATGCCGCGTGAAATCGCC4057                      
ValArgProGlnProGlyAlaSerSer                                               
200205                                                                    
ATTCTCGATGCCTACATGCCCACGGTGGTGCTGATGTTCGTCCTCGGCGCGCTCGCGACC4117          
TGGGCCGTCGACCGCC TGCTCGCCTATACGGGCCTCTACCGTCTCGTCTGGCACCCGTCG4177         
CTGTTCCGGGCCTGCCTCCTCGTCTGCATTTGCGGCGGACTGAGTCTTGCCGTTTACCGT4237          
TGATTCCGAACCATCATGAGTTCTCAGAAAACTCTTCGGCTTCGTCGCGACCGCCGTCAT 4297         
TCTTCTCGTCGCGATCCTGATCGGGCCGCTCGCTGTGGGTGCACTACATGGACGATCCGT4357          
GGACGCGCGACGGCCGTGCGCGCCGCAGATCGTCAACGTCGCGCCGGACGTGTCGGGCGC4417          
GATCGTCGAACTGCCCGTGCATGACAACCAGCTCGTGAA AAAGGGCGACCTGATCATG4475           
Met                                                                       
1                                                                         
CAGATCGACCCGTCGCACTACCAGA TCGCGGTCGAGCAGGCGCAGGCC4523                     
GlnIleAspProSerHisTyrGlnIleAlaValGluGlnAlaGlnAla                          
51015                                                                     
GTCGCCGCCGCCGCGCGGAGCTGCAGA TGCCGACGACGCGGCCGCCGC4571                     
ValAlaAlaAlaAlaArgSerCysArgCysArgArgArgGlyArgArg                          
202530                                                                    
GCGGATCTCGATGCGCTCGTCGTGTCGAAGGAA AACCGCGAGAACGCC4619                     
AlaAspLeuAspAlaLeuValValSerLysGluAsnArgGluAsnAla                          
354045                                                                    
GCGCACAGTGCGTCGAGCGCCGATGCACAGTACCAGCAGGC GATCGCC4667                     
AlaHisSerAlaSerSerAlaAspAlaGlnTyrGlnGlnAlaIleAla                          
50556065                                                                  
GCGCTCGATGCGCGAAGCTCAACGCTCGAGCGCAGCC GCGTCGTCGCG4715                     
AlaLeuAspAlaArgSerSerThrLeuGluArgSerArgValValAla                          
707580                                                                    
CCGGTCGACGGCTACATCACGAACCTGCAGACGTTC AAGGGCAACTAT4763                     
ProValAspGlyTyrIleThrAsnLeuGlnThrPheLysGlyAsnTyr                          
859095                                                                    
GCGGTGGCCGGCCAGGCGAAGCTCGCGATCGTCGACAGC CACTCGTTC4811                     
AlaValAlaGlyGlnAlaLysLeuAlaIleValAspSerHisSerPhe                          
100105110                                                                 
TGGGTCTACGGCTACTTCGAGGAAACCAAGCTGCCGCGCGTGAA GATC4859                     
TrpValTyrGlyTyrPheGluGluThrLysLeuProArgValLysIle                          
115120125                                                                 
GGCGCGCCGGCCGAAATGCGGCTGATGAGCGGCGGCGTGATGAAGGGC4 907                     
GlyAlaProAlaGluMetArgLeuMetSerGlyGlyValMetLysGly                          
130135140145                                                              
CATGTCGAAAGCATCTCGCGCGGCATCTACGATCGCGACAACCCGCAA 4955                     
HisValGluSerIleSerArgGlyIleTyrAspArgAspAsnProGln                          
150155160                                                                 
AGCCGCGACCTCGTCCGGACGTGAACCCGACCTTCAACTGGGTGCGCCTCG 5006                  
SerArgAspLeuValArgThr                                                     
165                                                                       
CGCAGCGCGTGCCGGTGCGCATCAGGATCGACGAATGGCCGGCCGACGTGGTGCTGTCGG5066          
CGGGTACGACCTGCACGGTCATCATCGATCCGGACAAGCAGAAGAAGTCGTAAGCGCAAC 5126         
GCGCGCCGGGCGGCATCCCGCCCGGCGGCGTCACTCCCAGAAGAACCGGTAAGGCAGGAA5186          
CGGCGACGGGCCGAGCCCCGCTTCGCCGATCATGTTGCGCAACCGCATCGCAAAGCCGAT5246          
GGCGCCGATCACGACGAGTGCGGCGATCACATACGGGCG CCGCACGTACGGCACGCGTTG5306         
CAGCGGCACGAACTGGCAGCCCATCGCGAACAGCACGAGCCACTGGAAGCGCAGCCCCGC5366          
ATAGCTGACCCGCGCGAGCGCGAAACTCGCGATCTCGCAGGCGAACAGGAACACGAGCGT5426          
GCGCGGCATGC 5437                                                          
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 433 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:                                   
MetAlaArgValAlaArgSerAlaG luLeuProGlnIleAsnGlyAsn                         
151015                                                                    
LeuSerLeuMetArgGlnHisTrpProAspAsnValTyrTyrGlyPro                          
2025 30                                                                   
GlyProLeuAlaAsnThrAspThrTrpAsnAsnThrGlyThrLeuGly                          
354045                                                                    
LeuSerTyrHisLeuAspLeuTrpGlyLysAspLysAsnAlaThrGlu                          
 505560                                                                   
ArgAlaLeuAspThrAlaHisAlaThrAlaAlaAspAlaArgAlaAla                          
65707580                                                                  
LysLeuGluLeuGl uValAsnValValArgAlaTyrValGlyMetSer                         
859095                                                                    
MetAsnTyrAlaLeuLeuAspLeuAlaHisGluThrPheGluArgGln                          
100 105110                                                                
ArgSerLeuAlaAspLeuAlaArgLysArgLeuGlnAlaGlyLeuGly                          
115120125                                                                 
ThrGlnLeuGluValSerGlnAlaGluSerThrLeuP roAspTyrGlu                         
130135140                                                                 
ArgGlnIleAspSerTyrGluGluAlaIleGlnLeuAlaArgHisGln                          
145150155160                                                              
Leu AlaAlaLeuAlaGlyLysGlyProGlyAlaGlyAspAlaIleLys                         
165170175                                                                 
ArgProArgLeuSerLeuAspAlaProAlaGlyLeuProSerAlaMet                          
 180185190                                                                
ProAlaAspLeuLeuGlyArgArgProAspValValAlaAlaArgTrp                          
195200205                                                                 
ThrValAspAlaGlnAlaArgGlyIl eAspValAlaLysAlaSerPhe                         
210215220                                                                 
TyrProAsnIleAspLeuLeuAlaThrValGlyGlyPheGlyValThr                          
225230235 240                                                             
AlaProPheThrAspPheLeuArgAlaMetAsnGlyGlyTrpThrAla                          
245250255                                                                 
GlyProAlaLeuSerLeuProIlePheGluGlyGlyArgLeuArgA la                         
260265270                                                                 
GlnLeuGlyAlaAlaAsnAlaGlyValArgProGlyGlyArgAlaIle                          
275280285                                                                 
GlnProAspAspArg ArgArgAlaGlnGlyHisArgArgProGlyArg                         
290295300                                                                 
AlaAspProPheAlaArgTyrAlaGluGluGlyArgArgThrLeuGly                          
305310 315320                                                             
GlyArgGlnArgProGlnLeuProAlaValAlaArgArgLeuProPro                          
325330335                                                                 
ArgProAspArgLeuArgGlnArgAlaGlyArgAl aAlaAlaIleVal                         
340345350                                                                 
GlyAlaHisArgLysArgProProHisArgSerGluArgLeuAlaAla                          
355360365                                                                 
His AlaGlnLeuMetAlaAlaLeuGlyGlyGlyValGluThrGlyThr                         
370375380                                                                 
AspValProGlySerGlnSerSerHisGlyGluSerAlaAlaGlyAla                          
385390 395400                                                             
AlaAlaProAlaAlaAlaSerGlyAlaLysProValAlaAlaAlaAla                          
405410415                                                                 
ArgProAlaGlnValAlaAlaAla GlyAlaAlaGlyValProAlaAla                         
420425430                                                                 
Arg                                                                       
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 142 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:                                   
MetSerAlaSerSerProLeuSerProThrAlaGlyGlyProPheAla                          
151015                                                                    
AlaTrpTyrAlaAlaPheGlyAspTrpAlaArgThrAspGlyAlaAla                          
 202530                                                                   
TrpLeuTyrLeuPheLysAlaLeuLeuAlaAlaPheIleAlaLeuGly                          
354045                                                                    
ValSerMetArgLeuAsp LeuProAlaProLysThrAlaMetThrThr                         
505560                                                                    
ValPheIleValMetGlnArgLysAlaAlaProCysSerArgLysAla                          
657075 80                                                                 
SerThrGlySerProAlaArgSerSerGlySerSerArgArgSerArg                          
859095                                                                    
SerSerGlyCysSerArgSerSerArgSerCysSerCys TrpArgSer                         
100105110                                                                 
ProCysGlySerArgCysAlaProProAlaProArgAlaThrAlaThr                          
115120125                                                                 
SerAlaV alThrAlaSerCysSerProAlaIleArgProArg                               
130135140                                                                 
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 346 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:                                   
MetSerAlaMetThrArgValSerGluValIleIleGlyIleValSer                          
151015                                                                    
AlaGlyValValSerAlaLeuValPheProArgTyrThrGlyGluGln                          
 202530                                                                   
MetArgThrThrValArgLysArgPheGlySerPheValAspTyrVal                          
354045                                                                    
AlaSerAlaLeuSerGly GlnLeuAspArgAlaHisIleGluThrIle                         
505560                                                                    
HisThrArgPheAlaTyrValValGlyPheGluAlaAlaArgSerMet                          
657075 80                                                                 
AlaValPheGluAspProAspThrArgMetArgSerGlyArgLeuAla                          
859095                                                                    
ArgLeuAsnSerGluPheMetSerAlaSerSerArgPhe HisAlaLeu                         
100105110                                                                 
HisGlnLeuMetAsnArgLeuHisAlaAlaGlyAlaGlnAlaAlaIle                          
115120125                                                                 
AspAlaI leGluProTyrPheArgGluIleAlaProLeuLeuThrArg                         
130135140                                                                 
AsnGlyGluProValArgThrSerIleAspAlaAlaHisSerAlaGlu                          
145150 155160                                                             
GlnLeuLeuAlaTrpArgAspAlaLeuProArgArgIleArgAlaThr                          
165170175                                                                 
ArgAlaGluLeuGluThrGlnProAsp PheProLeuLeuAspPheAsp                         
180185190                                                                 
ThrAlaAlaGluLeuLeuTyrArgPheIleThrAspLeuGlnGluTyr                          
195200 205                                                                
AlaAlaThrTyrAlaSerLeuAlaThrAlaThrHisGluArgGluArg                          
210215220                                                                 
TrpIleGluArgTyrGluProArgThrAsnLysThrAlaAlaThrIle                          
225 230235240                                                             
AlaGlyIleArgThrAlaThrValIleLeuAlaLeuGlyTrpPheTrp                          
245250255                                                                 
IleGluThrAlaTrpP roSerGlyValMetLeuValLeuAsnAlaAla                         
260265270                                                                 
AlaThrCysAlaLeuAlaSerSerAlaProArgProThrAlaMetAla                          
275280 285                                                                
AlaGlnMetGlyMetGlyThrAlaLeuAlaValCysThrGlyPheLeu                          
290295300                                                                 
LeuThrPheGlyIleTyrProArgIleAspGlyPheValLeuLeuCys                          
 305310315320                                                             
AlaAlaLeuAlaProLeuLeuAlaIleGlyIleTyrMetSerLeuLys                          
325330335                                                                 
ProLy sLeuAlaGlyTyrGlyGlyAlaIle                                           
340345                                                                    
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 208 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:                                   
MetAsnAspAlaLe uAlaLeuLeuLeuSerMetLeuValSerAlaIle                         
151015                                                                    
AlaPheAlaValLeuPheProProThrAlaProTrpLeuLysLysArg                          
20 2530                                                                   
LeuPheAlaAspLeuArgHisGlnAlaValAlaAlaCysHisAlaArg                          
354045                                                                    
LeuAlaGlyLeuArgThrArgPheGluSerGlyAlaA rgAspLeuMet                         
505560                                                                    
TyrGlnAlaHisThrLeuSerAlaAspHisProThrCysSerAlaThr                          
65707580                                                                  
Pro CysTrpMetPheAlaValLeuGluThrGlyAsnAlaAlaIleAsp                         
859095                                                                    
LeuArgHisGluLeuAlaThrLeuProSerAspProArgTyrAlaPro                          
 100105110                                                                
ThrThrProTrpArgArgAlaIleGluThrMetArgAlaAlaLeuSer                          
115120125                                                                 
SerLeuPheAlaArgProAspAlaGl uArgPheAspAlaThrLeuAla                         
130135140                                                                 
AlaValAsnAspAlaIleAspAlaThrArgGlnThrLeuAspAlaPhe                          
145150155 160                                                             
ThrProThrArgGluGluArgHisArgLeuGlnArgIleLeuSerHis                          
165170175                                                                 
LeuHisPheValArgThrAlaLeuLeuAspProGluSerProLeuA la                         
180185190                                                                 
AlaLeuAsnArgAsnArgProValArgProGlnProGlyAlaSerSer                          
195200205                                                                 
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:                                          
(i ) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                            
(A) LENGTH: 168 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:                                   
MetGlnIleAspProSerHisTyrGlnIleAlaValGluGlnAlaGln                          
1510 15                                                                   
AlaValAlaAlaAlaAlaArgSerCysArgCysArgArgArgGlyArg                          
202530                                                                    
ArgAlaAspLeuAspAlaLeuValValSerLysGluAsnArgGlu Asn                         
354045                                                                    
AlaAlaHisSerAlaSerSerAlaAspAlaGlnTyrGlnGlnAlaIle                          
505560                                                                    
AlaAlaLeuAspAlaArgSe rSerThrLeuGluArgSerArgValVal                         
65707580                                                                  
AlaProValAspGlyTyrIleThrAsnLeuGlnThrPheLysGlyAsn                          
85 9095                                                                   
TyrAlaValAlaGlyGlnAlaLysLeuAlaIleValAspSerHisSer                          
100105110                                                                 
PheTrpValTyrGlyTyrPheGluGluThrLysL euProArgValLys                         
115120125                                                                 
IleGlyAlaProAlaGluMetArgLeuMetSerGlyGlyValMetLys                          
130135140                                                                 
GlyHisVal GluSerIleSerArgGlyIleTyrAspArgAspAsnPro                         
145150155160                                                              
GlnSerArgAspLeuValArgThr                                                  
165                                                                       
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
 (A) LENGTH: 3606 base pairs                                              
(B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                    
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
(D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                     
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 385..813                                                    
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
(A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                         
(B) LOCATION: 1382..2083                                                  
(ix) FEATURE:                                                             
( A) NAME/KEY: CDS                                                        
(B) LOCATION: 2591..3011                                                  
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:                                   
GGATCCACACCGCGCAGTCTGGCGGCACTATCCAGATATCGTTTTCCGCACGACAAATCA60            
CCGCCCCATAGAGGGCAACGATCAGTTGTCCCTTGCGGTGGGTATGAACCGGCACTTCTG120           
CCGCGTAAAC AACGAAATCAATATGCCGCGCGACGGCAGGGCTCGGCGTGCTATCGGCAT180          
CAAACAGGGTATGGGCAAGTCTGGATGGCATCTCATTGGCAACATTTAGGTATTTTTTGA240           
CAGAATAGAGTATTTAAGGAGACGCGCAAAGCGGAATAATTCCCGGCATGAGCAC ATTAA300          
CTTCCCATCACAGCCGTTTTTTACACGCGATAAGCCGTTGGTCAGGGCCGCATAGCCTCT360           
CCCTGCGCTGCTTGAGCGACGCCCATGCCCTGCTCTATTCCGTCAGGAGTT411                    
MetPro CysSerIleProSerGlyVal                                              
15                                                                        
TTGCCGCCGCGATGCTCGCCTATTACGTTGCCCTGGCGATTGGCCTTG459                       
LeuProProArgCysSerProIleThrLeuProTrp ArgLeuAlaLeu                         
10152025                                                                  
AACGCCCTCATGGGCACTCATCACCGTCTACATCGTGTCGCAAACCTC507                       
AsnAlaLeuMetGlyThrHisHisArgLeuHis ArgValAlaAsnLeu                         
303540                                                                    
GGTGGGCGCTCCCTGTGCAGAAGCCTTTATCGCCTGGCCGGTACCGTG555                       
GlyGlyArgSerLeuCysArgSerLeuTyrAr gLeuAlaGlyThrVal                         
455055                                                                    
GCCGGCGCGGGGGCCACGGTATTGATTGTGCCGACGTTTGTGAATACG603                       
AlaGlyAlaGlyAlaThrValLeuIleValProT hrPheValAsnThr                         
606570                                                                    
CCAATTCTATGTAGCGTGATTCTGGCTGGCTGGATCACCTTCTGCCTC651                       
ProIleLeuCysSerValIleLeuAlaGlyTrpIleThr PheCysLeu                         
758085                                                                    
TATTTATCCCTGCTTGAACGCACGCCCCGCGCCTATGCCTTTGTGCTG699                       
TyrLeuSerLeuLeuGluArgThrProArgAlaTyrAlaPheValLeu                          
9095100105                                                                
GCCGGTTATACCGCAAGCCTGATTGGTTTTCCCGCCGTCGCCGATCCC747                       
AlaGlyTyrThrAlaSerLeuIleGlyPheProAlaValAlaAs pPro                         
110115120                                                                 
GGCACGTGTTTAACATCGCCCTCATCCGGGTACAGGAAATCGCGATCG795                       
GlyThrCysLeuThrSerProSerSerGlyTyrArgLysSerA rgSer                         
125130135                                                                 
GTATCGTCTGCGCCGCGCTGATTCACCGCTACATTTTACCTGCCCGGA843                       
ValSerSerAlaProArg                                                        
140                                                                       
TATCAGGGCTGTTCAACAGC AAATTAGCCCAGACGCTGCACGCCGCGCGCCAGGATTGCC903          
GACACCCTGGCAGGCAAGGCCGACGCGCAGTCTGAGCCGCTGCATCTGGCGCTGGCGCTA963           
CAGTTTCTTCAGGGCATCAGCCACCATATCCCGTATGATTTTGCCCTTTCGGTTCCGGCC102 3         
CGCCAGGCCAGGAAAGCGCTCCATGACAGGCTGGCGCGGTTAGTGATTGTCAACGGCGAA1083          
GTGCGCGATCGTTTGCAGATCATCGCCGGGATGCCCGCCGCGATGCAGACTCTACTGAAT1143          
GACGTGCAGGCCTGGCTGACCTGCGACGATACCGGCCAACGC AAAAACGCCGCAGAAGCG1203         
CTGCAACAGCGCAGCGCAGTTAGCGCGGCGGCTCGCGGCGCAGGCGCTGACCTTTGAAGA1263          
TGCGCTGCGGGTAAATTTCTTACGCTACATCGCTGAGTTGATTACCCTCCTGCAGCAGTG1323          
TGAGCGGCTTTCGGAGGCCA TTCATCACGCCAGACCTGCGCCAGCGCATGGAAGAATC1381           
GTGCGGCGACAGGATACGTTTTCCATCGCGATCCCCTCCAGCGCCGCC1429                      
ValArgArgGlnAspThrPheSerIleAlaIleProSerSerAlaAla                          
1 51015                                                                   
CGCACGGCGCTGGGCGCTTTTGTCATCATTCTGAGCGGCTGTCTGCTA1477                      
ArgThrAlaLeuGlyAlaPheValIleIleLeuSerGlyCysLeuLeu                          
 202530                                                                   
TGGATTTACTCTGCCTGGCCCGATGGCGGCACGGCGGTGTCGATTCTC1525                      
TrpIleTyrSerAlaTrpProAspGlyGlyThrAlaValSerIleLeu                          
 354045                                                                   
GGGGTTTGCTGCACGCTGTTTGGCAGTTTCGACACGCCGGCCCCGCAT1573                      
GlyValCysCysThrLeuPheGlySerPheAspThrProAlaProHis                          
50 5560                                                                   
ATTGTGAAATATATTATCGGCTCTGTCTGGGGCGTAGTGATAAGCCTT1621                      
IleValLysTyrIleIleGlySerValTrpGlyValValIleSerLeu                          
6570 7580                                                                 
ATCTATAGCTTCGCCCTGCTTCCTCCGCTCAGCGATTTCCCCGTGCTG1669                      
IleTyrSerPheAlaLeuLeuProProLeuSerAspPheProValLeu                          
85 9095                                                                   
GTGGCGGTGCTTGCCCCGGTCTATCTGCTTGCCGGATCGCTGCAGGCG1717                      
ValAlaValLeuAlaProValTyrLeuLeuAlaGlySerLeuGlnAla                          
100 105110                                                                
CGGCCCCCCACGACCTTTATGGCCATGGGGATCACCCTGACGCTGCCG1765                      
ArgProProThrThrPheMetAlaMetGlyIleThrLeuThrLeuPro                          
115 120125                                                                
GTACTGTGCGAGCTGGGCGCGCGCTACAGCGGCGACTTCGCCGACGCG1813                      
ValLeuCysGluLeuGlyAlaArgTyrSerGlyAspPheAlaAspAla                          
130135 140                                                                
GCCAACACCGCGATCGCCCTGTTTTTCGCGACCGGCTTTGCGGTTATC1861                      
AlaAsnThrAlaIleAlaLeuPhePheAlaThrGlyPheAlaValIle                          
14515015 5160                                                             
GGCATGAGTCTGCTGCAAACCGTACAGGCGGACGCGGCGATAAAGCGT1909                      
GlyMetSerLeuLeuGlnThrValGlnAlaAspAlaAlaIleLysArg                          
1651 70175                                                                
CTGCTGAAACTGTGCCAACGCGATATTCGCCGCAGCGTGAGCGGCGTA1957                      
LeuLeuLysLeuCysGlnArgAspIleArgArgSerValSerGlyVal                          
180185 190                                                                
TTTAAAGGCGATGAAACGCACTGGACCAATCTGATGATCGACCGGGGC2005                      
PheLysGlyAspGluThrHisTrpThrAsnLeuMetIleAspArgGly                          
195200 205                                                                
CGTCTGCTGCTGCCACGCTTGCGCGCAGCGGGCAGTCCTCCGCCCGGG2053                      
ArgLeuLeuLeuProArgLeuArgAlaAlaGlySerProProProGly                          
21021522 0                                                                
CGCTCGATCGCCTGGTGCACTTTCTGCGCATAGGCCTCTGCGTTATGCGC2103                    
ArgSerIleAlaTrpCysThrPheCysAla                                            
225230                                                                    
CTGCGCCGTTGCGAAACGCCCGCCGGCAGCGATATCCACGAGGTGCTTTC TCGTCTTACC2163         
CACACAACGGAGACCGAAGCCTTACGCGAGCGCATTGCCGCCATGGCGAACCGCTGCTTG2223          
CCCGCGAGGGAGGAACAATCATGCCAGTTTGTCGACCGACTGGTCGATCTGCACTGCGCG2283          
TTACGGACGCAGAACGAGGAACCCACCC ATGATAAATGACATCAATATCGGGGGCGTTTT2343         
TATCCCCGGACTGCTGCTGACCGCGCTCATTGCCCTGGTCTGTACGCTGTTACTCGTACC2403          
GCTTTTCTCTGCAGCAGGCTTTACCGCCGCTTGCCCTTACGCCCGCTGCTTGATGTTTCA2463          
ACCTA TATCGTGACCTTTTTCCTGCTTTTGCAGGGCCTGACCACACTGGGGTTATTCGCA2523         
TGAAATCTTTTTTCTCTTTGCTGGGCCGTTACGCGCTGACGTTAATCGCAGTAGCGGTAG2583          
CGCCTGCGTGGCGTTTATTTTCTGGAAACAGTATGCGCAGACG CCCTGG2632                    
ValAlaPheIlePheTrpLysGlnTyrAlaGlnThrProTrp                                
1510                                                                      
ACGCGCGATGGCCGGGTTCGGGCAGATGTGGTGCAGATTGCGCCGGAT 2680                     
ThrArgAspGlyArgValArgAlaAspValValGlnIleAlaProAsp                          
15202530                                                                  
GTTTCCGGGCCGGTGAGCAGCGTGGCGGTGCGGGATAATCAGTGG GTT2728                     
ValSerGlyProValSerSerValAlaValArgAspAsnGlnTrpVal                          
354045                                                                    
AACCGCGGCGATGTGCTTTATCGGATCGACCCGCGCTGGCTGAAG CTG2776                     
AsnArgGlyAspValLeuTyrArgIleAspProArgTrpLeuLysLeu                          
505560                                                                    
GCGGTGCTCAGCGCGCAGGCCGACGTCGAAGCAAAACGTCATGAAAT G2824                     
AlaValLeuSerAlaGlnAlaAspValGluAlaLysArgHisGluMet                          
657075                                                                    
CTGATGCGCCAGGATGCCGCCCCGCCACGCGCGCTCATCAAAGGGGTC2 872                     
LeuMetArgGlnAspAlaAlaProProArgAlaLeuIleLysGlyVal                          
808590                                                                    
ATTTCCGGCGAGGATATCCAGCAAACAGGCAGCGCAGCTGCTGTTCGC2920                      
IleSe rGlyGluAspIleGlnGlnThrGlySerAlaAlaAlaValArg                         
95100105110                                                               
GGCGGCCAATTATCAGGGGGCGCTGGCTGCGCTGGAACTGGCGCAGTG2968                      
G lyGlyGlnLeuSerGlyGlyAlaGlyCysAlaGlyThrGlyAlaVal                         
115120125                                                                 
AAACTTATCCCATGCAACGCTACGCCCCCGTTACCGCGTACGTGACGCA3017                     
 LysLeuIleProCysAsnAlaThrProProLeuProArgThr                               
130135140                                                                 
TCTTCGGCTCCGCCCGGCGACTACGCCGCGGCGGGAGAAACAAAGGTCGCCGTGGTCGAT3077          
GCGCACAGTT TCTGGGTGGTGGGCTATTTTGAGAGGACAAGCTGCGTCATATTCGCGTCG3137         
GGAGCGCCGCACACATTTCTCTGATGGGGTTTGACCCGCTCATCACCGGGCACGTGGAGA3197          
GTATCGGCCGGGGGATCGATGATAGCAATGACGAGACCGGCGGGCTGGGGCTGCC GGATG3257         
TCAATCCCACCTTCAGCTGGGTGCGACTTGCGCAGCGAGTCCCCGTTCGTATACAGTTAG3317          
ATAAGATACCGGAAGGGATTGAACTGGTGGCGGGACTATCCGCCAGCGTTTCCATCCTGC3377          
CTGAAAGCCTAGACGGCGGGCGTAGCGGAGGA TCGGGCTACGTGGCTCAGGCTATCCACC3437         
CATAGTGGACCCGAGACTCAATGAGGAAACGACGCTTCTGCAAAAATATCTGGCCCGAAT3497          
ATACCGAACTCGATATTCTGTAATGCTTTGTATTTTTTGTGAACAGGAAAAAGTATGCTT3557          
AGTACGTTAC CCGATTTACACAGAAGTTTTGCAGAGCAACTCAAGTATT3606                    
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 143 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:                                   
MetProCysSerIleProSe rGlyValLeuProProArgCysSerPro                         
151015                                                                    
IleThrLeuProTrpArgLeuAlaLeuAsnAlaLeuMetGlyThrHis                          
202 530                                                                   
HisArgLeuHisArgValAlaAsnLeuGlyGlyArgSerLeuCysArg                          
354045                                                                    
SerLeuTyrArgLeuAlaGlyThrValAlaGlyAlaGlyAlaT hrVal                         
505560                                                                    
LeuIleValProThrPheValAsnThrProIleLeuCysSerValIle                          
65707580                                                                  
LeuAlaGly TrpIleThrPheCysLeuTyrLeuSerLeuLeuGluArg                         
859095                                                                    
ThrProArgAlaTyrAlaPheValLeuAlaGlyTyrThrAlaSerLeu                          
100 105110                                                                
IleGlyPheProAlaValAlaAspProGlyThrCysLeuThrSerPro                          
115120125                                                                 
SerSerGlyTyrArgLysSerArgSerValSe rSerAlaProArg                            
130135140                                                                 
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:                                          
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 234 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:                                   
ValArgArgGlnAspTh rPheSerIleAlaIleProSerSerAlaAla                         
151015                                                                    
ArgThrAlaLeuGlyAlaPheValIleIleLeuSerGlyCysLeuLeu                          
20 2530                                                                   
TrpIleTyrSerAlaTrpProAspGlyGlyThrAlaValSerIleLeu                          
354045                                                                    
GlyValCysCysThrLeuPheGlySerPheAspThrProA laProHis                         
505560                                                                    
IleValLysTyrIleIleGlySerValTrpGlyValValIleSerLeu                          
65707580                                                                  
IleTyr SerPheAlaLeuLeuProProLeuSerAspPheProValLeu                         
859095                                                                    
ValAlaValLeuAlaProValTyrLeuLeuAlaGlySerLeuGlnAla                          
100 105110                                                                
ArgProProThrThrPheMetAlaMetGlyIleThrLeuThrLeuPro                          
115120125                                                                 
ValLeuCysGluLeuGlyAlaArgTyrSe rGlyAspPheAlaAspAla                         
130135140                                                                 
AlaAsnThrAlaIleAlaLeuPhePheAlaThrGlyPheAlaValIle                          
145150155 160                                                             
GlyMetSerLeuLeuGlnThrValGlnAlaAspAlaAlaIleLysArg                          
165170175                                                                 
LeuLeuLysLeuCysGlnArgAspIleArgArgSerValSerGlyVal                          
 180185190                                                                
PheLysGlyAspGluThrHisTrpThrAsnLeuMetIleAspArgGly                          
195200205                                                                 
ArgLeuLeuLeuProArg LeuArgAlaAlaGlySerProProProGly                         
210215220                                                                 
ArgSerIleAlaTrpCysThrPheCysAla                                            
225230                                                                    
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:                                         
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 140 amino acids                                               
(B) TYPE: amino acid                                                      
(D) TOPOLOGY: linear                                                      
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein                                               
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:                                  
ValAlaPheIlePheTrpLysGlnTyrAlaGlnThrProTrpThrArg                          
151015                                                                    
AspG lyArgValArgAlaAspValValGlnIleAlaProAspValSer                         
202530                                                                    
GlyProValSerSerValAlaValArgAspAsnGlnTrpValAsnArg                          
35 4045                                                                   
GlyAspValLeuTyrArgIleAspProArgTrpLeuLysLeuAlaVal                          
505560                                                                    
LeuSerAlaGlnAlaAspValGluAlaLysArgHis GluMetLeuMet                         
65707580                                                                  
ArgGlnAspAlaAlaProProArgAlaLeuIleLysGlyValIleSer                          
8590 95                                                                   
GlyGluAspIleGlnGlnThrGlySerAlaAlaAlaValArgGlyGly                          
100105110                                                                 
GlnLeuSerGlyGlyAlaGlyCysAlaGlyThrGlyAlaValLysLeu                          
 115120125                                                                
IleProCysAsnAlaThrProProLeuProArgThr                                      
130135140                                                                 
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:                                         
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 1299 base pairs                                               
 (B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                   
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
(D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                     
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
(vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:                                                     
(A) ORGANISM: Pseudomonas cepacia                                         
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:                                  
ATGGCGCGCGTGGCCCGCTCGGCCGAATTGCCACAGATCAACGGCAACCTCTCGCTGATG60            
CGCCAGCACTGGCCG GACAACGTCTATTACGGCCCCGGCCCGCTCGCGAACACCGACACC120          
TGGAACAACACCGGCACGCTCGGCCTGTCCTACCACCTCGACCTGTGGGGCAAGGACAAG180           
AACGCGACCGAGCGCGCGCTCGATACCGCGCACGCGACCGCCGCCGACGCACGCGCGGCG 240          
AAGCTCGAACTCGAAGTCAACGTCGTGCGCGCGTACGTCGGCATGTCGATGAACTACGCG300           
CTGCTCGACCTCGCGCACGAAACGTTCGAACGCCAGCGCTCGCTCGCCGATCTCGCGCGC360           
AAGCGGCTGCAGGCTGGCCTCGGCACGCAGCTCGAGGT GAGCCAGGCGGAATCGACGCTG420          
CCCGACTATGAGCGCCAGATCGACAGCTACGAGGAAGCGATCCAGCTCGCGCGGCACCAG480           
CTCGCCGCACTGGCCGGCAAGGGCCCGGGCGCCGGCGATGCGATCAAGCGGCCTCGGCTG540           
TCGCTCGACGCACCG GCCGGCTTGCCGTCGGCGATGCCGGCCGACCTGCTCGGCCGCCGC600          
CCCGACGTCGTCGCGGCACGCTGGACGGTCGACGCGCAGGCGCGCGGCATCGACGTCGCA660           
AAGGCTTCGTTCTATCCGAACATCGACCTGCTCGCGACGGTCGGCGGCTTCGGCGTGACC 720          
GCGCCGTTCACCGACTTCCTGCGCGCGATGAACGGCGGCTGGACGGCCGGCCCCGCGCTG780           
TCGCTGCCGATCTTCGAAGGCGGCCGGCTGCGCGCGCAGCTCGGCGCGGCGAATGCCGGC840           
GTACGACCAGGCGGTCGAGCAATACAACCAGACGATCG TCGGCGCGCTCAAGGACATCGC900          
CGACCAGGTCGTGCGGATCCGTTCGCTCGATACGCAGAAGAAGGACGCCGCACGCTCGGT960           
GGCCGCCAACGACCGCAGTTACCAGCTGTCGCGCGAAGGCTTCCGCCGCGGCCTGACCGA1020          
CTACGTCAACGTGCT GGTCGCGCAGCAGCAATTGTTGGCGCGCACAGGAAACGGCCGCCG1080         
CATCGATCGGAACGCCTCGCCGCGCACGCTCAACTGATGGCCGCGCTGGGTGGCGGCGTC1140          
GAGACGGGCACGGACGTGCCGGGCAGCCAATCGTCGCATGGCGAATCCGCCGCGGGCGCA 1200         
GCCGCGCCGGCCGCCGCGTCGGGTGCGAAACCCGTGGCAGCCGCCGCCCGGCCCGCGCAG1260          
GTCGCGGCCGCCGGTGCCGCCGGCGTGCCGGCCGCACGG1299                               
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:                                         
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 426 base pairs                                                
(B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                    
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
(D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                     
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:                                  
ATGTCAGCCTCCTCCCCCCTCTCCCCGACCGCCGGCGGTCCGTTCGCGGCCTGGTATGCC60            
GCGTTCGGCGACTGGGCCCGCACCGACGGCGCCGCG TGGCTCTACCTGTTCAAGGCACTG120          
CTCGCGGCCTTCATCGCGCTCGGCGTGTCGATGCGGCTCGACCTGCCGGCGCCGAAAACG180           
GCAATGACGACCGTCTTCATCGTGATGCAGCGCAAAGCGGCGCCGTGCTCGCGAAAAGCT240           
TCTACCGGGTCGC CGGCACGATCTTCGGGCTCATCGCGACGCTCACGTTCGTCGGGCTGT300          
TCCCGCAGCAGCCGCAGCTGTTCCTGCTGGCGATCGCCCTGTGGATCGCGCTGTGCACCG360           
CCGGCGCCGCGCGCAACCGCAACTTCCGCAGTTACGGCTTCCTGCTCGCCGGCTATACG A420          
CCGCGC426                                                                 
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:                                         
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 1038 base pairs                                               
(B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                    
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
(D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                     
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
 (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:                                 
ATGAGCGCGATGACGCGGGTCTCCGAAGTCATCATCGGGATCGTGTCGGCCGGCGTCGTC60            
AGCGCGCTCGTGTTTCCTCGGTACACGGGCGAGCAGATGCGCACGACGGTGCGCAAGCGC120           
TTCGGCAGCTTCGTCGACTACGTCGCGTCGGCGC TGTCGGGCCAGCTCGACCGCGCGCAC180          
ATCGAGACCATCCATACGCGCTTCGCCTACGTGGTCGGCTTCGAGGCCGCGCGCAGCATG240           
GCCGTGTTCGAGGATCCGGACACGCGCATGCGCAGCGGCCGCCTCGCGCGGCTGAACAGC300           
GAGTTCATGAG CGCGTCGAGCCGCTTTCACGCGCTGCACCAGCTGATGAACCGGCTGCAC360          
GCGGCCGGCGCGCAGGCCGCGATCGATGCGATCGAGCCGTATTTCCGCGAGATCGCGCCG420           
CTGCTCACGCGCAATGGCGAACCCGTGCGCACGTCGATCGACGCCGCGCACTCGGCC GAG480          
CAACTGCTCGCGTGGCGCGACGCGCTGCCGCGCCGTATCCGCGCGACACGCGCGGAACTC540           
GAAACGCAGCCCGACTTCCCGCTGCTCGACTTCGATACCGCCGCCGAACTGCTGTACCGC600           
TTCATCACCGACCTGCAGGAATACGCGGCGACCT ATGCGTCGCTCGCGACCGCGACGCAC660          
GAGCGCGAACGCTGGATCGAACGCTACGAGCCGCGCACCAACAAAACGGCCGCCACGATC720           
GCGGGGATCCGCACCGCGACGGTGATTCTCGCGCTCGGCTGGTTCTGGATCGAGACTGCG780           
TGGCCGAGCGG CGTGATGCTGGTGCTGAACGCCGCGGCGACCTGCGCGCTCGCGTCGTCG840          
GCGCCGCGCCCGACCGCGATGGCCGCGCAGATGGGGATGGGCACGGCGCTGGCCGTCTGC900           
ACCGGCTTCCTGCTGACGTTCGGCATCTACCCGCGGATCGACGGCTTCGTCCTGCTG TGC960          
GCGGCGCTCGCGCCGTTGCTCGCGATCGGCATCTACATGTCGCTGAAGCCGAAGCTCGCC1020          
GGCTACGGCGGGGCTATC1038                                                    
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:                                         
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 624 base pairs                                                
(B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                    
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
(D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                     
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:                                  
ATGAACGACGCGCTCGCGCTCCTGTTGTCGATGCTCGTCTCGGCTATCGCGTTCGCCGTG60            
CTGTTCCCGCCGACCGCGCCGTGGCTCAAGAA ACGCCTGTTCGCCGACCTGCGTCACCAG120          
GCCGTCGCGGCCTGCCACGCGCGGCTCGCCGGACTGCGCACGCGCTTCGAGAGCGGCGCG180           
CGCGACCTGATGTACCAGGCGCACACGCTGTCGGCCGACCACCCGACGTGCAGCGCGACG240           
CCGTGCTGGA TGTTCGCGGTGCTCGAAACCGGGAATGCGGCCATCGACCTGCGCCACGAG300          
CTGGCAACGCTGCCGTCCGACCCGCGCTACGCGCCGACGACGCCGTGGCGCCGTGCGATC360           
GAAACGATGCGCGCCGCGCTGTCGTCGCTGTTCGCGCGGCCGGACGCCGAACGTT TCGAT420          
GCAACGCTCGCCGCGGTAAACGATGCGATCGACGCGACCCGGCAGACGCTCGACGCATTC480           
ACGCCGACGCGCGAGGAACGCCACCGGCTGCAGCGCATCCTGAGCCATCTGCATTTCGTG540           
CGCACGGCACTGCTCGATCCCGAATCGCCGCT CGCCGCGCTCAACCGCAACCGCCCCGTG600          
CGTCCCCAACCAGGAGCCTCGTCA624                                               
(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:                                         
(i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:                                             
(A) LENGTH: 504 base pairs                                                
(B) TYPE: nucleic acid                                                    
(C) STRANDEDNESS: unknown                                                 
 (D) TOPOLOGY: unknown                                                    
(ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)                                         
(xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:                                  
ATGCAGATCGACCCGTCGCACTACCAGATCGCGGTCGAGCAGGCACAGGCCGTCGCCGCC60            
GCCGCGCGGAGCTGCAGATGCCGACGACGCGGCCGCCGCGCGGATCTCGATGCGCTCGTC120           
GTGTCGAA GGAAAACCGCGAGAACGCCGCGCACAGTGCGTCGAGCGCCGATGCACAGTAC180          
CAGCAGGCGATCGCCGCGCTCGATGCGCGAAGCTCAACGCTCGAGCGCAGCCGCGTCGTC240           
GCGCCGGTCGACGGCTACATCACGAACCTGCAGACGTTCAAGGGCAACTATGC GGTGGCC300          
GGCCAGGCGAAGCTCGCGATCGTCGACAGCCACTCGTTCTGGGTCTACGGCTACTTCGAG360           
GAAACCAAGCTGCCGCGCGTGAAGATCGGCGCGCCGGCCGAAATGCGGCTGATGAGCGGC420           
GGCGTGATGAAGGGCCATGTCGAAAGCATC TCGCGCGGCATCTACGATCGCGACAACCCG480          
CAAAGCCGCGACCTCGTCCGGACG504