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  • Kimura, M.; Kamakura, T.; Tao, Q.Z.; Kaneko, I.; Yamaguchi, I.
    Cloning of the blasticidin S deaminase from Aspergillus terreus and its use as a selectable marker for Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Pyricularia oryzae (1994), Mol. Gen. Genet., 242, 121-129.
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Activating Compound

Activating Compound Comment Organism Structure
IPTG inducer Aspergillus terreus

Application

Application Comment Organism
molecular biology BSD gene will be useful as a new dominant selectable marker for eukaryotes, first sucessful transformation with a drug resistance gene originating from a eukaryote by selecting for detoxification of the drug Aspergillus terreus

Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
bsd overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL 21 Aspergillus terreus
bsr gene employed as marker gene for Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Nicotiana tabacum, Rhizopus niveus and cultured mammalian cells Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
PCR amplification of the BSD gene, cloned from cDNA and expressed in Escherichia coli, also transformed into Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Pyricularia oryzae, P. oryzae could not be transformed with bsr, but with BSD Aspergillus terreus

KM Value [mM]

KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
0.021
-
blasticidin S
-
Aspergillus terreus

Molecular Weight [Da]

Molecular Weight [Da] Molecular Weight Maximum [Da] Comment Organism
13470
-
calculated from amino acid sequence Aspergillus terreus

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
blasticidin S + H2O Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
-
deaminohydroxyblasticidin S + NH3
-
?
blasticidin S + H2O Aspergillus terreus
-
deaminohydroxyblasticidin S + NH3
-
?

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Aspergillus terreus
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S-712 (ATCC 28865)
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Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria)
-
-
-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
blasticidin S + H2O
-
Bacillus sp. (in: Bacteria) deaminohydroxyblasticidin S + NH3
-
?
blasticidin S + H2O
-
Aspergillus terreus deaminohydroxyblasticidin S + NH3
-
?

Subunits

Subunits Comment Organism
dimer
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Aspergillus terreus