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Molecular structure of the SWA2 gene encoding an AMY1-related α-amylase from Schwanniomyces occidentalis

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A 2.1-kb DNA fragment containing the SWA2 gene determining an α-amylase from Schwanniomyces occidentalis has been sequenced. It contains an open reading frame of 1521 bp which has the potential to encode a 507 amino-acid protein of Mr 55966. Its deduced aminoacid sequence shows significant similarities to the sequence of other studied α-amylases. These similarities identify a consensus sequence, F(LIV)(ED)NHD, which is shared in addition by most maltases, invertases and glucoamylases.

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  1. Manuel G. Claros

    Present address: Ecole Normale Superieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, F-75230, Paris Cedex 05, France

  2. Dolores Abarca

    Present address: The Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Avenue, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

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  1. Centro de Biologia Molecular (U.A.M./C.S.I.C.), Universidad Autónoma, Cantoblanco, E-28049, Madrid, Spain

    Manuel G. Claros, Dolores Abarca, Maria Fernández-Lobato & Antionio Jiménez

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Claros, M.G., Abarca, D., Fernández-Lobato, M. et al. Molecular structure of the SWA2 gene encoding an AMY1-related α-amylase from Schwanniomyces occidentalis . Curr Genet 24, 75–83 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00324668

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