Patent Application: US-9775998-A

Abstract:
microorganisms and processes for the fermentative preparation of l - cysteine , l - cystine , n - acetylserine or thiazolidine derivatives . the microorganism strain which is suitable for the fermentative preparation of l - cysteine , l - cystine , n - acetylserine and / or thiazolidine derivatives , overexpresses at least one gene which encodes a protein which is directly suitable for secreting antibiotics , or other substances which are toxic for the microorganism , out of the cell .

Description:
in the examples , it is only possible to quantitatively determine the thiazolidine derivative / hemithioketal indirectly . in the examples , these compounds were determined by determining cysteine using the method of gaitonde , m . k . ( 1967 ), biochem . j . 104 , 627 - 633 . derivatizing the cysteine with ninhydrin in strongly acid conditions removes it from the equilibrium . this results in the hemithioketal reacting subsequently , followed finally by the thiazolidine derivative . after about 10 minutes at 100 ° c ., all the thiazolidine derivative and the affiliated hemithioketal have been converted into the cysteine - ninhydrin derivative , which can then be quantified at 560 nm . in this method , the free cysteine is included in the determination . the quantity of free sh groups , and consequently of free cysteine alone was determined by means of the test described by sang - han lee et al ., biochemical and biophysical research communications , vol . 213 , no . 3 ( 1995 ), pages 837ff , using 5 , 5 &# 39 ;- dithiobis - 2 - nitrobenzoic acid ( dtnb ). when free l - cysteine is formed , it is oxidized to l - cystine during the fermentation by the atmospheric oxygen which is introduced . cystine is only sparingly soluble in aqueous medium at ph 7 . 0 and precipitates as a white pellet . when an insoluble cysteine pellet formed , it was dissolved in half - concentrated hcl and likewise measured in the abovementioned test under reducing conditions obtained by using dithiothreitol ( dtt ). in example 3 , the quantities of &# 34 ; total cysteine &# 34 ; which were measured in the supernatant using the gaitonde test are given as the fermentation results . in this context , the &# 34 ; total cysteine &# 34 ; consists , in particular , of 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 - dicarboxylic acid , the affiliated hemithioketal , free l - cysteine and dissolved cystine . precipitated cystine was quantified and indicated separately . the facility with which the 2 - methyl - thiazolidine - 2 , 4 - dicarboxylic acid , which is produced in the embodiment of the present invention , can be precipitated using doubly charged metal ions can be exploited when detecting the formation of this derivative . the derivative has only previously been reported to be precipitatable with zinc acetate ( schubert et al ., see above literature reference ). however , it is also possible to precipitate it with other doubly charged metal ions such as magnesium , iron , copper , zinc , manganese , cobalt and the like . the precipitation , and subsequent identification , of the thiazolidine product formed is described in example 4 . this example also shows that 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 - dicarboxylic acid is the main product after a fermentation period of 24 hours . the ease with which this fermentation product can be precipitated is both helpful when analyzing it and useful when purifying it . the cyse alleles , i . e . cyseiv and cysex , which are used below are described in de 19539952 example 2 / 10 . the mutatations which are mentioned in that document can be prepared using site - directed mutagenesis . kits for carrying out the mutagenesis can be obtained commercially , for example from stratagene ( stratagene gmbh , po box 105466 , d - 69044 heidelberg ) under the trademarks exsite ® or chamelone ®. after the site - directed mutagenesis had been carried out , the resulting alleles were amplified from the relevent dna by means of the polymerase chain reaction ( pcr ) ( saiki et al . 1988 , science 239 : 487 - 491 ) using the following primers . cyse - fw : ( seq id no : 5 ). this sequence is shown in fig6 . cyse - rev : ( seq id no : 6 ). this sequence is shown in fig7 . the pcr experiments were carried out in 30 cycles in the presence of 200 μm of deoxynucleotide triphosphates ( datp , dctp , dgtp , dttp ), 1 μm each of the corresponding oligonucleotides , 100 ng of template dna containing the particular cyse allele , 1 / 10 10 times reaction buffer ( 100 mm , kcl , 100 mm ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 200 mm tris - hcl ( ph 8 . 8 ), 20 mm mgso 4 , 1 % triton x - 100 and 1000 μg / ml bsa ) and 2 . 5 units of a heat - stable , recombinant pfu dna polymerase ( stratagene ) in a thermocycler ( gene - ataq - controller , pharmacia ) and using the following conditions : 94 ° c . for 1 min , 60 ° c . for 1 min and 72 ° c . for 3 min . the amplification product was hydrolyzed with saci and nsii ( both from boehringer mannheim gmbh ) under the conditions stipulated by the manufacturer , separated in 1 % agarose gel and then isolated from the agarose gel as a fragment of approximately 1 . 0 kb in size using the geneclean method ( geneclean kit bi0101 p . o . box 2284 la jolla , calif ., 92038 - 2284 ) in accordance with the manufacturer &# 39 ; s instructions . until further use , the fragment was stored at - 20 ° c . the escherichia coli mar locus was amplified by means of pcr . the method for isolating the amplificates is the same as that described in example 1 section a . the chromosomal dna from escherichia coli w3110 ( atcc 27325 ) was used as the template dna . plasmid 100 - 1 - 1 ( dsm 11545 ) can also be used as the template dna . the cells were lysed , and the chromosomal dna was purified , in accordance with the protocol described in ausubel et al ., 1987 , 2 . 4 . 1 - 2 . 4 . 2 , current protocols in molecular biology , greene publishing associates and wiley - interscience . the following primers were used for amplifying the mar locus : mar - fw : ( seq id no : 7 ). this sequence is shown in fig8 . mar - rev : ( seq id no : 8 ). this sequence is shown in fig9 . amplification of the mar locus gave rise to a fragment which was approximately 3 kb in size and which was purified as described in example 1 section a . the subsequent restriction digestion was carried out using the enzymes asci and paci ( both from new england biolabs gmbh , p . o . box 2750 , d - 65820 schwalbach / taunus ) in accordance with the instructions , and using the buffers , of the manufacturer . after the fragment had been purified by agarose gel electrophoresis , it was stored at - 20 ° c . the dna encoding orf306 was amplified by pcr as described in example 1 section a . the chromosomal dna which was isolated from e . coli w3110 ( atcc 27325 ) in example 1 section b was used as the template dna . plasmid 100 - 1 - 1 ( dsm 11545 ) can also be used as the template dna . the following primers were used : orf306 - fw : ( seq id no : 9 ). this sequence is shown in fig1 . orf306 - rev : ( seq id no : 10 ). this sequence is shown in fig1 . the amplified dna fragment is about 1 . 05 kb in size and was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis , as described . subsequent restriction digestion with the enzymes asni ( boehringer mannheim ) and paci ( new england biolabs ) yielded the desired dna fragment after the enzymes had been removed . this fragment was stored at - 20 ° c . until use . the promoter of the glyceraldehyde - 3 - phosphate dehydrogenase gene was used in order to obtain effective transcription of orf306 . this desired dna fragment was likewise obtained by means of pcr . the chromosomal dna from escherichia coli w3110 ( atcc 27325 ) was once again used as the template dna . plasmid 100 - 1 - 1 can also be employed as the template dna . the following primers were used : gapdh - fw ( seq id no : 11 ). this sequence is shown in fig1 . gapdh - rev : ( seq id no : 12 ). this sequence is shown in fig1 . the resulting dna fragment , of about 0 . 3 kb in size , was isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and purified as described in ex . 1 section a . subsequent restriction digestion with the enzymes mlui and paci yielded the desired dna fragment . after the restriction enzymes had been removed , the dna was stored at - 20 ° c . plasmid pacyc184 was used as the basic plasmid for constructing the plasmids of the invention . this plasmid was modified as described in de 19539952 and deposited , as plasmid pacyc184 - lh , in the deutsche sammlung fur mikroorganismen in braunschweig under deposition number dsm 10172 . fig2 shows a restriction map and functional map of plasmid pacyccc184 - lh . plasmid pacyc184 - lh carries a poly - linker . this polylinker possesses the following restriction cleavage sites : the dna fragments which were obtained in example 1 by means of pcr and subsequent restriction digestion were ligated into this linker . the preparation of plasmid pacycl184 / cyseiv and pacyc184 / cysex is described in de 19539952 ex . 3 and is briefly summarized below : approximately 1 μg of plasmid pacyc184 - lh ( dsm 10172 ) was digested with the restriction enzymes saci and nsii in accordance with the manufacturer &# 39 ; s ( boehringer mannheim ) instructions . the digested dna was then purified by agarose gel electrophoresis in order to remove the enzymes , as has previously been described . the dna fragments which were obtained in example 1 section a , and which encoded the respective cyse alleles , were then mixed in equimolar proportions with the saci - and nsii - digested plasmid pacyc184 - lh ; 1 μl of t4 dna ligase and 2 μl of 10 times ligase buffer ( both from boehringer mannheim ) were then added to this mixture , which was made up to a total volume of 20 μl with sterile , double - distilled h 2 o . the mixture was incubated at 4 ° c . overnight and used to transform escherichia coli w3110 ( atcc 27325 ). the transformation method which is described below was used in all the transformations mentioned in the examples . e . coli w3110 was transformed by means of electro - poration . for this , 500 ml of lb medium ( 10 g of tryptone , 5 g of yeast extract and 5 g of nacl ) in a 1 l erlenmeyer flask were inoculated with 1 % ( v / v ) of an overnight culture in the same medium . after incubating in an orbital shaker at 37 ° c . to an optical density of 0 . 5 - 0 . 6 at 600 nm , the cells were harvested by centrifuging in a sterile container at 4 ° c . all subsequent steps were then carried out on ice and while maintaining sterile conditions . the cell pellet was next washed twice with 500 ml of ice - cold , sterile , double - distilled h 2 o , and finally resuspended in 30 ml of 10 % ( v / v ) sterile glycerol . after a further centrifugation , the cell pellet was taken up in 500 μl of 10 % ( v / v ) glycerol and stored at - 80 ° c . in 200 μl aliquots . for the transformation , the cells were thawed on ice , after which about 10 - 100 ng of dna were added to them and the mixture was introduced into a sterile electro - poration cuvette ( biorad ). the cuvette was placed in the gene pulser ( biorad ), and electroporation was carried out at a voltage of 2500 volts , a parallel resistance of 200 ohms and a capacitance of 25 μf . the cells were then resuspended in 1 ml of soc medium ( casein peptone , 20 . 0 g / l , yeast extract , 5 . 0 g / l , nacl , 0 . 58 g / l , kcl , 0 . 19 g / l , mgcl 2 , 2 . 03 g / l , mgso 4 , 2 . 46 g / l , glucose , 3 . 60 g / l , ph = 7 . 0 ) and shaken at 37 ° c . for 1 hour . after that , the cells were diluted appropriately and plated on lb agar plates ( 10 g / l tryptone , 5 g / l yeast extract , 5 g / l nacl , 15 g / l agar , ph = 7 . 2 ), after which the plates were incubated at 37 ° c . overnight until individual colonies became visible . the desired transformants were identified by restriction analysis after the plasmids had been isolated using a qiaprep spin plasmid kit ( qiagen gmbh , max - volmerstrasse 4 , d - 40724 hilden ). they were used in example 3 as controls in the fermentation . in each case , 1 μg of the plasmids pacyc184 / cyseiv and pacyc184 / cysex , which were constructed in example 2 section a , was digested consecutively with the restriction enzymes mlui ( boehringer ) and paci ( new england biolabs ) in accordance with the manufacturers &# 39 ; instructions . after this restriction digestion , the dna was isolated by agarose gel electrophoresis and purified as described in example 1 section a . approximately 20 ng of the mlui / paci - digested vectors pacyc184 / cyseiv or pacyc184 / cysex were in each case mixed with 200 ng of the dna fragment prepared in example 1 section a , 1 μl of t4 dna ligase ( boehringer mannheim ) and 2 μl of 10 times ligase buffer ( boehringer mannheim ) and the requisite quantity of sterile , double - distilled h 2 o in a final volume of 20 μl . after incubating at 4 ° c . overnight , the two dna mixtures were used to transform escherichia coli w3110 ( atcc 27325 ). after plasmids had been isolated using the qiaprep spin plasmid kit ( qiagen gmbh ) and subjected to a restriction analysis , the desired transformants were isolated and employed in the fermentation , as described in example 3 . fig4 shows restriction maps and functional maps of plasmids pacyc184 / cyseiv - mar and pacyc184 / cysex - mar . the plasmids pacyc184 / cyseiv and pacyc184 / cysex , which were constructed in example 2 section a , were in each case digested with the restriction enzymes mlui ( boehringer mannheim ) and paci ( new england biolabs ) in accordance with the manufacturers &# 39 ; instructions . after the plasmids which had been treated in this way had been purified , two ligations were in each case started , as described in example 2 section b , using the dna fragment which was prepared in example 1 section d . after having been incubated at 4 ° c . overnight , the ligation mixtures were transformed into e . coli w3110 . the correct transformants were identified , after the plasmid dna had been isolated , by analysis using suitable restriction enzymes . plasmids pacyc184 / cyseiv - gapdh and pacyc184 / cysex - gapdh were used as the starting materials for constructing the plasmids pacyc184 / cyseiv - gapdh - orf306 and pacyc184 / cysex - gapdh - orf306 , as described in section d below . the plasmids prepared in section c were digested with ndei ( boehringer mannheim ) and paci ( new england biolabs ) in accordance with the manufacturers &# 39 ; instructions . after the plasmid dna had been purified , two ligations were started using the dna fragment from example 1 section c which had been cut with asni - paci and which encoded orf306 . after having been incubated at 4 ° c . overnight , the dna mixtures were in each case transformed into e . coli w3110 , and the transformed bacteria were plated out on lb plates . once the single colonies had appeared , they were tested for correctness by isolating their plasmids and subjecting them to restriction digestion . fig5 shows restriction maps and functional maps of plasmids pacyc184 - cyseiv - gapdh - orf306 and pacyc184 / cysex - gapdh - orf306 . comparison of the yields , in fermentation , of the constructs according to the invention - and of known constructs . all the plasmids which were compared in the fermentation were fermented in e . coli w3110 . this thereby guarantees that the yield increases which were in each case observed only resulted from the novel use of the genes . 20 ml of lb medium containing 15 mg / l tetracycline were inoculated with the respective e . coli construct in an erlenmeyer flask ( 100 ml ). after having been incubated for 7 hours in a shaker incubator ( 150 rpm , 30 ° c . ), the respective preliminary cultures were transferred to 100 ml of sm1 medium ( 12 g / l k 2 hpo 4 , 3 g / l kh 2 po 4 , 5 g / l ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 0 . 3 g / l mgso 4 × 7 h 2 o , 0 . 015 g / l cacl 2 × 2 h 2 o , 0 . 002 g / l feso 4 × 7 h 2 o , 1 g / l na 3 citrate × 2 h 2 o , 0 . 1 g / l nacl , 1 ml / l of trace element solution , consisting of 0 . 15 g / l na 2 moo 4 × 2h 2 o , 2 . 5 g / l h 3 bo 3 , 0 . 7 g / l cocl 2 × 6 h 2 o , 0 . 25 g / l cuso 4 × 5 h 2 o , 1 . 6 g / l mncl 2 × 4 h 2 o , 0 . 3 g / l znso 4 × 7 h 2 o ), which was supplemented with 5 g / l glucose , 5 mg / l vitamin b1 and 15 mg / l tetracycline . the cultures were shaken at 150 rpm and 30 ° c . for 17 h in erlenmeyer flasks ( 1 l ). after this incubation , the optical density at 600 nm ( od 600 ) was between 3 and 5 . the fermentation was carried out in biostat m braun - melsungen fermenters . a culture vessel having a total volume of 2 l was used . the fermentation medium contains 15 g / l glucose , 10 g / l tryptone ( difco ), 5 g / l yeast extract ( difco ), 5 g / l ( nh 4 ) 2 so 4 , 1 . 5 g / l kh 2 po 4 , 0 . 5 g / l nacl , 0 . 3 g / l mgso 4 × 7 h 2 o , 0 . 015 g / l cacl 2 × 2 h 2 o , 0 . 075 g / l feso 4 × 7 h 2 o , 1 g / l na 3 citrate × 2 h 2 o and 1 ml of trace element solution ( see above ), 0 . 005 g / l vitamin b1 and 15 mg / l tetracycline . the ph in the fermenter was initially adjusted to 7 . 0 by pumping in a 25 % solution of nh 4 oh . during the fermentation , the ph was maintained at a value of 7 . 0 by means of automatic correction with 25 % nh 4 oh . for the inoculation , 100 ml of preliminary culture were pumped into the fermenter vessel . the starting volume was about 1 l . the cultures were initially stirred at 200 rpm and gassed with 1 . 5 vvm of compressed air which had been sterilized by being passed through a sterilization filter . the atmospheric oxygen saturation during the fermentation was adjusted to 50 %. this was controlled automatically by way of the stirring rate . the fermentation was carried out at a temperature of 30 ° c . after the fermentation had been in progress for 2 h , a sterile 30 % stock solution of na - thiosulfate × 5 h 2 o was fed in at a rate of 3 ml per hour . after an od 600 of 10 had been reached , a sterile 56 % stock solution of glucose was metered in at a rate of about 8 - 14 ml per hour . the glucose content was determined enzymically using a glucose analyzer from ysi . during the fermentation , the glucose concentration was adjusted to between 10 and 20 g / l by feeding it in continuously . the total content of cysteine in the medium was determined calorimetrically in accordance with gaitonde , m . k . ( 1967 ), biochem . j . 104 , 627 - 633 from the cell - free supernatant of the sample . in this context , it is to be noted that the cysteine remaining in solution during the fermentation was present in the main as the thiazolidine derivative but was nevertheless recorded by the test . if the ketone or aldehyde ( in this case pyruvate ) is no longer available in sufficient quantities for converting the cysteine which is formed into the thiazolidine derivative , free l - cysteine is then formed , which cysteine is also likewise recorded by the test . when free l - cysteine is formed , it is slowly oxidized to l - cystine during the fermentation by the atmospheric oxygen which is introduced . cystine is only sparingly soluble in aqueous medium at ph 7 . 0 and precipitates out as a white pellet . when an insoluble cystine pellet formed , it was dissolved , after the supernatant had been separated off from a withdrawn sample , and after centrifugation , in half - concentrated hcl and likewise measured in the abovementioned test under reducing conditions ( dtt ). under these conditions , the yields shown in tables 1 and 2 were achieved after fermentation periods of 24 hours and 48 hours , respectively . these tables provide clear evidence that the genes employed in accordance with the invention , i . e . the e coli mar - locus and , in particular , the segment encoding orf306 , markedly increase the yields of cysteine and / or thiazolidine derivative ( total cysteine ). the formation of a cystine precipitate is recorded separately in the tables . table 1______________________________________yields of total cysteine using the cyseiv allele yields of total cysteine ( g / l ) using the following plasmid constructsfermentation pacyc184 / pacyc184 / pacyc184 / cyseiv - time cyseiv cyseiv - mar gapdh - orf306______________________________________24 hours 1 3 . 8 3 . 848 hours 1 . 6 5 3 . 2 ± 6 . 3 * ______________________________________ * quantity of cystine , in grams per liter , which is present as a pellet . table 2______________________________________yields of total cysteine using the cysex allele yields of total cysteine ( g / l ) using the following plasmid constructsfermentation pacyc184 / pacyc184 / pacyc184 / cysex - time cysex cysex - mar gapdh - orf306______________________________________24 hours 4 . 9 5 . 9 12 . 848 hours 6 . 8 11 . 4 7 . 2 ± 12 . 0 * ______________________________________ * quantity of cystine , in grams per liter , which is present as a pellet . the construct e . coli w3110 x pacyc184 / cysex - gapdh - orf306 was fermented as described in example 3 in order to demonstrate that 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 - dicarboxylic acid was formed as the main product of the fermentation described in example 3 . after 24 hours , the fermentation supernatant was separated from the cells by centrifugation . the cysteine measurement which has been described gave a value of 12 . 8 g for the total cysteine in the supernatant . mgso 4 was then added to the fermentation supernatant to give a final concentration of 0 . 3 m . a white precipitate formed after this supernatant had been incubated overnight at 4 ° c . with stirring . this precipitate was the sparingly soluble magnesium salt of 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 - dicarboxylic acid . after this precipitate had been separated off by centrifugation , the residual quantity of cysteine in the supernatant was measured to be only 2 . 5 g / l . the precipitate was dissolved in half - concentrated hcl and likewise subjected to a cysteine test . in this case , the cysteine concentration was found to be 9 . 5 g / l . after the precipitate , dissolved in d 2 o + hcl , had been investigated by 1 h nmr and 13 c nmr , it was identified against a reference substance ( m . p . schubert , j . biol . chem . 121 , 539 - 548 ( 1937 ) as being 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 - dicarboxylic acid . for this experiment , 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 ( r )- dicarboxylic acid was synthesized from l - cysteine and pyruvate using the method of schubert ( m . p . schubert , j . biol . chem . 121 , 539 - 548 ( 1937 )). an overnight culture of e . coli w3110 in lb medium was inoculated into 20 ml of sm1 medium ( see example 3 ) which was supplemented with 10 g / l of glucose , 10 % lb medium , 5 mg / l vitamin b1 , 15 mg / l tetracycline and in each case appropriate quantities of l - cysteine or 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 ( r )- dicarboxylic acid . following a 7 - hour incubation at 37 ° c ., no further growth was found in the l - cysteine - containing medium at concentrations of 1 mm and above , whereas growth could be observed in the medium containing 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 ( r )- dicarboxylic acid up to a concentration of 50 mm . it was not possible to incubate for longer periods because of the ready oxidizability of the cysteine . consequently , l - cysteine is markedly more toxic for e . coli than is 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 ( r )- dicarboxylic acid . 2 - methylthiazolidine - 2 , 4 ( r )- dicarboxylic acid is therefore much more suitable for obtaining l - cysteine by means of fermentative methods even if , in this case , a chemical step is still required in order to liberate the l - cysteine . n - acetyl - l - serine is formed from o - acetyl - l - serine by spontaneous rearrangement . this o - acetyl - l - serine is the immediate precursor of l - cysteine in the bacterial biosynthetic pathway . consequently , the end product of such a fermentation is n - acetyl - l - serine when incorporation of sulfur into o - acetyl - l - serine is either inadequate or absent . when there is no sulfur supply , the genes according to the invention also increase the yield of this fermentation product . the fermentation described in example 3 was carried out without feeding thiosulfate . the constructs employed , which were intended to demonstrate the efficacy of the genes they contained , in particular of orf306 , were pacyc184 / cysex and pacyc184 / cysex - gapdh - orf306 . as the results in table 3 show , the genes according to the invention , in particular orf306 , markedly increase the yield of n - acetyl - l - serine in the fermentation . table 3______________________________________yields of n - acetyl - l - serine after 24 h of fermentationconstruct n - acetyl - l - serine ( g / l ) ______________________________________pacyc184 / cysex 7 . 6pacyc184 / cysex - gapdh - orf306 15 . 9______________________________________ yields of n - acetyl - l - serine of more than 30 g / l can be achieved when more strongly feedback - resistant cyse alleles ( for example cysexiv , cysexi and cysexxii from de 19539952 ) are used in combination with the genes according to the invention . while several embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described , it is to be understood that many changes and modifications may be made thereunto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims . __________________________________________________________________________ # sequence listing - 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# 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - phe asn lys lys ile met ser his ser thr ar - # g pro ala val met ser # 175 - leu val ile trp ser ala leu ile pro ile il - # e pro phe phe val ala # 190 - ser leu ile leu asp gly ser ala thr met il - # e his ser leu val thr # 205 - ile asp met thr thr ile leu ser leu met ty - # r leu ala phe val ala # 220 - thr ile val gly tyr gly ile trp gly thr le - # u leu gly arg tyr glu225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - thr trp arg val ala pro leu ser leu leu va - # l pro val val gly leu # 255 - ala ser ala ala leu leu leu asp glu arg le - # u thr gly leu gln phe # 270 - leu gly ala val leu ile met thr gly leu ty - # r ile asn val phe gly # 285 - leu arg trp arg lys ala val lys val gly se - # r # 295 - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 4 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 266 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : prt & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 4 - met leu ala gly leu arg phe met leu val al - # a phe pro ala ile phe # 15 - phe val ala arg pro lys val pro leu asn le - # u leu leu gly tyr gly # 30 - leu thr ile ser phe ala gln phe ala phe le - # u phe cys ala ile asn # 45 - phe gly met pro ala gly leu ala ser leu va - # l leu gln ala gln ala # 60 - phe phe thr ile met leu gly ala phe thr ph - # e gly glu arg leu his # 80 - gly lys gln leu ala gly ile ala leu ala il - # e phe gly val leu val # 95 - leu ile glu asp ser leu asn gly gln his va - # l ala met leu gly phe # 110 - met leu thr leu ala ala ala phe ser trp al - # a cys gly asn ile phe # 125 - asn lys lys ile met ser his ser thr arg pr - # o ala val met ser leu # 140 - val ile trp ser ala leu ile pro ile ile pr - # o phe phe val ala ser145 1 - # 50 1 - # 55 1 -# 60 - leu ile leu asp gly ser ala thr met ile hi - # s ser leu val thr ile # 175 - asp met thr thr ile leu ser leu met tyr le - # u ala phe val ala thr # 190 - ile val gly tyr gly ile trp gly thr leu le - # u gly arg tyr glu thr # 205 - trp arg val ala pro leu ser leu leu val pr - # o val val gly leu ala # 220 - ser ala ala leu leu leu asp glu arg leu th - # r gly leu gln phe leu225 2 - # 30 2 - # 35 2 -# 40 - gly ala val leu ile met thr gly leu tyr il - # e asn val phe gly leu # 255 - arg trp arg lys ala val lys val gly ser # 265 - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 5 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 38 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 5 # 38 ctgg cgcatcgctt cggcgttg - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 6 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 38 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 6 # 38 gggg tatccgggag cggtattg - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 7 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 35 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 7 # 35 gcgg cggcgcaacc atcag - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 8 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 38 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 8 # 38 acac tcaggctgta ctggcgac - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 9 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 35 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 9 # 35 gcga ctaacgaatc aactg - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 10 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 36 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 10 # 36 tgta gtttgttctg gccccg - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 11 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 33 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 11 # 33 agtc agtcgcgtaa tgc - & lt ; 210 & gt ; seq id no 12 & lt ; 211 & gt ; length : 43 & lt ; 212 & gt ; type : dna & lt ; 213 & gt ; organism : escherichia coli - & lt ; 400 & gt ; sequence : 12 # 43 tcat atgttccacc agctatttgt tag__________________________________________________________________________