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The chromosomal gene(s) for cephalosporinase production of Citrobacter freundii GN346 has been cloned into vector plasmid pMK1, initially as a 7.3 kb EcoRI fragment. From the substrate profile and the response to anti-GN346 CSase serum of the enzyme produced, it was confirmed that the hybrid plasmid (pTY71) carries the relevant chromosomal cephalosporinase gene from C. freundii GN346. A restriction endonuclease cleavage map of cloned EcoRI fragments was constructed, and the structural gene of the cephalosporinase could be limited in the 1.5 kb BamHI fragment. The cloned gene(s) was expressed at an extremely low level in Escherichia coli. Furthermore, its expression was constitutive in E. coli, although inducible in its own cytoplasm.
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Yamamoto, T., Murayama, S.Y. & Sawai, T. Cloning and expression of the gene(s) for cephalosporinase production of Citrobacter freundii . Mol Gen Genet 190, 85–91 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330328
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