DNA sequence encoding enzymes of clavulanic acid biosynthesis

Abstract

DNA sequences are provided which encode the enzymes required for clavulanic acid synthesis. A process is provided for producing clavulanic acid in a transformant of a non-clavulanate-producing host.

Description

This invention relates to methods for the production of the antibiotic, clavulanic acid.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Clavulanic acid is a broad spectrum beta-lactamase inhibitor and is an important antibiotic for the treatment of infectious diseases. It is produced commercially by the gram-positive mycelial prokaryote Streptomyces clavuligerus , which also produces the β-lactam antibiotics penicillin N, desacetoxy cephalosphorin C and cephamycin C. Until recently, however, the pathway employed for clavulanic acid biosynthesis was much less well understood than the pathways leading to these other antibiotics.

Without knowledge of the pathway for clavulanic acid biosynthesis, it was not possible to isolate the genes coding for the key enzymes and to manipulate these genes to increase antibiotic yield or permit production of the antibiotic in heterologous systems.

One of the earliest enzymes of the pathway to be purified and characterised was clavaminic acid synthase. Two isozymes have now been identified and characterised (Marsh et al., (1992), Biochem., vol. 31, pp. 12648-657).

European Patent Application 0349121 describes a 6.8 kb Bgl II restriction fragment isolated from S. clavuligerus that encodes a portion of the genetic information involved in clavulanic acid synthesis. No further characterization of this fragment was performed nor was the utility of this fragment determined.

Marsh et al (1992, Biochem. vol 31, pp. 12648-657) cloned and sequenced two isozymes of clavaminate synthase cs1 and cs2 separated by 28 kb, however their location relative to the cephamycin and penicillin biosynthetic clusters was not determined. Ward and Hodgson (1993, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. vol 110, pp. 239-242) reported on the occurrence of a biosynthetic gene cluster for clavulanic acid. Aidoo et al (1994, Gene vol 147, pp. 41-46) cloned and sequenced cla the gene encoding a protein (possibly proclavaminic acid amidinohydrolase) involved in clavulanic acid production. They reported that this gene was upstream from and adjacent to an ORF with the identical sequence of cs2. Paradkar and Jensen (1995, J Bacteriol, vol 177, pp. 1307-1314) further analyzed a 6.6 kb Bgl II fragment from S. clavuligerus comprising cs2 and through gene disruption experiments demonstrated its role in clavulanic acid synthesis.

Until the work of the present inventors, the complete complement of genes required for clavulanic acid synthesis had not been identified.

The present inventors have now isolated, cloned and sequenced a 15 kb DNA fragment from S. clavuligerus which encodes 10 ORFs. Within this 15 kb of DNA lies an 11.6 kb Eco RI fragment which codes for eight proteins and enables the production of clavulanic acid by transformants of non-clavulanic-producing organisms. This 11.6 kb fragment includes 8 complete ORFs (ORFs 2 to 9), two of which have been previously characterized (Marsh et al 1992, Paradkar and Jensen 1995). ORF1, which is incomplete, is not involved in clavulanic acid synthesis, ORF4 encodes the CLA protein and ORF5 is cs2, encoding one of the isozymes of clavaminate synthase. The function of the other remaining ORFs within this 11.6 kb fragment or their role in clavulanic acid synthesis is unknown.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An isolated genomic DNA molecule of 15 kb is provided comprising the nucleotide sequence set out in SEQ ID NO:1. This DNA molecule comprises 10 ORFs, eight of which are involved in clavulanic acid synthesis. A process is provided for producing clavulanic acid in a transformant of a non-clavulanate-producing host.

The present invention provides isolated DNA molecules comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, 16, and 19 to 22.

Furthermore, the present invention is directed to DNA molecules comprising the nucleotide sequences that encode the amino acid sequence found in SEQ ID NO's: 4, 5, and 8 to 11.

This invention also embraces DNA molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence of ORFs 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and their associated non-transcribed regions. Such isolated DNA molecules have the nucleotide sequences found in SEQ ID NO's: 15, 16 and 19 to 22.

This invention also embraces DNA molecules comprising the nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO:'s 4, 5, and 8 to 11. These amino acid sequences correspond to the expression products of ORFs 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9 as defined in SEQ ID NO's: 4, 5 and 8 to 11.

This invention is also directed to recombinant vectors that comprise DNA molecules as defined above where hosts that have been transformed with these recombinant vectors.

This invention is also directed to the process for producing clavulanic acid in a non-clavulantic acid producing host that comprises transforming the host with a DNA molecule as defined above and culturing the host under suitable conditions to produce clavulanic acid.

Furthermore, this invention is directed to processes for enhancing clavulanic acid production in a clavulanic acid producing host comprising transforming the host with a DNA molecule as defined above.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The invention, as exemplified by a preferred embodiment, is described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 shows the N terminal amino acid sequence of CLA (amino acid residues 1-25 of SEQ ID NO:6), the potential codon corresponding with this sequence (SEQ ID NO:24) and the nucleotide sequence of a probe (SEQ ID NO:25) directed to the underlined region of the sequence. The nucleotide sequence of the actual sequence is defined in SEQ ID NO:1, specifically nucleotides 5687-5710 of SEQ ID NO:1, 3665-3678 of SEQ ID NO:13, or 34-57 of SEQ ID NO:17.

FIG. 2 shows the location of the open reading frames downstream from pcbC.

FIG. 3 shows a partial restriction map in the region surrounding cla (ORF4), SEQ ID NO:6.

FIG. 4 shows a shuttle vector used for disruption of the cla gene.

FIG. 5 shows a photograph of an agar plate bearing cultures of S. lividans transformants.

FIG. 6 shows a Southern blot of NcoI digests of genomic DNA from five presumptive mutants (lanes 1-5) and from wild-type S. clavuligerus (lane 6). Panel A: membranes probed with cla-specific probe. Panel B: membranes probed with tsr-specific probe.

FIG. 7 shows restriction enzyme maps of S. clavuligerus DNA inserts in cosmids. FIG. 7 (A). Restriction enzyme map of cosmid K6L2. FIG. 7 (B). Partial restriction enzyme map of cosmid K8L2. FIG. 7 (C). Restriction map of cosmids K6L2 and K8L2 indicating location of pcbC gene in relation to cla. FIG. 7 (D). The 2.0 kb NcoI fragment encompassing the cla gene used in generating nested deletions for sequencing. Abbreviations: Ba, BamHI; B,BglII; E,EcoR1; K,KpnI; N, NcoI; S,SalI; and Sm,SmaI.

FIG. 8 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:3) of ORF1.

FIG. 9 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:4) of ORF2.

FIG. 10 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:5) of ORF3.

FIG. 11 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:6) of ORF4.

FIG. 12 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:7) of ORF5.

FIG. 13 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO: 8) of ORF6.

FIG. 14 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO :9) of ORF7.

FIG. 15 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:10) of ORF8.

FIG. 16 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:11) of ORF9.

FIG. 17 shows the deduced amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:12) of ORF10.

FIGS. 18 to 23 . The upper panel shows the results of Southern hybridizations using the probes and gene fragments as set forth in the restriction maps of the lower panel.

FIG. 18 shows the construction of the orf-2 mutant.

FIG. 19 shows the construction of the orf-3 mutant.

FIG. 20 shows the construction of the orf-6 mutant.

FIG. 21 shows the construction of the orf-7 mutant.

FIG. 22 shows the construction of the orf-8 mutant.

FIG. 23 shows the construction of the orf-9 mutant.

FIG. 24 , high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis of clavulanic acid in culture supernatants. Culture supernatants from 96 hour Starch-Asparagine medium-grown cultures of either wild type S. clavuligerus, or one of the gene disruption mutants were analyzed by HPLC. FIG. 24 (A) and (B) show elution profiles of culture supernatants obtained from wild type (FIG. 24 (A) or ORF7 gene disruption mutant (FIG. 24 (B)). During this analysis, Clavulanic acid eluted with a retention time of approximately 10.13 min. FIGS. 24 (C), (D) and (E), show elution profiles of clavulanic acid standard (FIG. 24 (C)) and culture supernatants obtained from wild type (FIG. 24 (D)) and ORF8 disruption mutant (FIG. 24 (E)). During this analysis, clavulanic acid eluted with a retention time of approximately 9.1 min. Differences in retention times are due to the use of different columns between analysis of the samples. Similar HPLC profiles were seen for all of the other disruption mutants, including ORF2, ORF3, ORF6 or ORF9, and indicate that none of the mutants produced clavulanic acid under these culture conditions.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Production of penicillin and cephamycin antibiotics in S. clavuligerus starts with the conversion of lysine to α-aminoadipic acid (Madduri et al., (1989), J. Bacteriol., v. 171, pp. 299-302; (1991), J. Bacteriol., v. 173, pp. 985-988). α-Aminoadipic acid then condenses with cysteine and valine to give δ-(L-α-aminoadipyl)-L cysteinyl-D-valine (ACV) by the action of aminoadipyl cysteinyl-valine synthetase (ACVS). ACV is converted by isopenicillin N synthase (IPNS) to isopenicillin N, and, through a series of reactions, to desacetoxycephalosporin C and ultimately to cephamycin C (Jensen et al., (1984), Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., v. 20, pp 155-160).

The ACVS of S. clavuligerus has been purified and partially characterized by three separate groups, and estimates of its molecular weight vary from 350,000 to 500,000 Da (Jensen et al., (1990) J. Bacteriol., v. 172, pp. 7269-7271; Schwecke et al., (1992), Eur. J. Biochem., v. 205, pp. 687-694; Zhang and Demain, (1990), Biotech Lett., v. 12, pp. 649-654). During their purification, Jensen et al. observed a 32,000 Da protein which co-purified with ACVS despite procedures which should remove small molecular weight components. It has now been found that this protein is not related to ACVS but rather to clavulanic acid biosynthesis. It has been designated CLA.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the present inventors have identified, cloned and sequenced the gene (cla) encoding this protein.

In accordance with a further embodiment of the invention, the inventors have cloned and sequenced a 15 kb stretch of genomic DNA from S. clavuligerus which includes the cla gene. Within this 15 kb sequence, the inventors have identified an 11.6 kb DNA fragment which, when introduced into the non-clavulanate producer S. lividans as described in Example 4, enabled that species to produce clavulanic acid. This indicates that the 11.6 kb fragment contains all the genetic information required for clavulanate production.

As will be understood by those skilled in the art, the identification of the DNA sequence encoding the enzymes required for clavulanate synthesis will permit genetic manipulations to modify or enhance clavulanate production. For example, clavulanate production by S. clavuligerus may be modified by introduction of extra copies of the gene or genes for rate limiting enzymes or by alteration of the regulatory components controlling expression of the genes for the clavulanate pathway.

Heterologous organisms which do not normally produce clavulanate may also be enabled to produce clavulanate by introduction, for example, of the 11.6 kb DNA sequence of the invention by techniques which are well known in the art, as exemplified herein by the production of S. lividans strains capable of clavulanate synthesis. Such heterologous production of clavulanic acid provides a means of producing clavulanic acid free of other contaminating clavams which are produced by S. clavuligerus.

Suitable vectors and hosts will be known to those skilled in the art; suitable vectors include pIJ702, pJOE829 and pIJ922 and suitable hosts include S. lividans, S. parvulus, S. griseofulvus, S. antibioticus and S. lipmanii.

Additionally, the DNA sequences of the invention enable the production of one or more of the enzymes of the clavulanate pathway by expression of the relevant gene or genes in a heterologous expression system.

The DNA sequences coding for one or more of the pathway enzymes may be introduced into suitable vectors and hosts by conventional techniques known to those skilled in the art. Suitable vectors include pUC118/119 and pET-11 and suitable hosts include many organisms, including E. coli strains such as MV1193 and BL21(DE3).

An oligonucleotide probe (SEQ ID NO:25) based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of CLA (amino acid residues 1-25 of SEQ ID NO:6) was constructed as shown in FIG. 1 and was used to isolate the gene coding for the protein from S. clavuligerus, as described in Example 1.

The gene was found to be located in the S. clavuligerus chromosome about 5.7 kb downstream of pcbC, the gene which encodes isopenicillin N synthase. The gene contains a 933 bp open reading frame (ORF), encoding a protein of molecular weight 33,368. The deduced amino acid sequence was compared to database sequences and showed greatest similarity to enzymes associated with arginine metabolism, notably agmatine, ureohydrolase and arginases.

When an internal fragment of the cla gene was labelled and used to probe restriction endonuclease digests of genomic DNA from a variety of other Streptomyces and related species, evidence of homologous sequences was seen only in other clavulanic acid or clavam metabolite producers, including Streptomyces jumonjinensis, Streptomyces lipmanii and Streptomyces antibioticus . No cross reactivity was seen to the β-lactam producing species Nocardia lactamdurans, Streptomyces griseus or Streptomyces cattleya, nor to any of a variety of other Streptomyces species which do not produce β-lactam compounds, including S. fradiae ATCC 19609, S. venezuelae 13s and S. griseofulvus NRRL B-5429.

Disruption of the cla gene, as described in Example 3, led to loss of the ability to synthesise clavulanic acid.

A 15 kb DNA sequence extending downstream from pcbC was cloned and sequenced as described in Example 5. The nucleotide sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO:1. When this (SEQ ID NO:1) sequence information was analysed for percent G+C as a function of codon position (Bibb et al., (1984), Gene, v. 30, pp. 157-166), ten complete ORFs were evident, as shown in FIG. 2 . ORF 4 corresponds to cla. ORF 1,7 & 8 are oriented in the opposite direction to pcbC. ORFs 2-6 and ORF 10 are all oriented in the same direction as pcbC. ORFs 2 and 3, and ORFs 4 and 5 are separated by very short intergenic regions suggesting the possibility of transcriptional and translational coupling. Table 1 summarises the nucleotide sequences and lengths of ORFs 1-10.

TABLE 1
ORF	Start	End	Length	Size of ORF	SEQ ID
#	location (bp)	location (bp)	(bp)	(aa residues)	NO.
1*	1764	109	1656	552	14
2	2257	3978	1722	574	15
3	3981	5522	1542	514	16
4	5695	6636	942	314	17
5	6652	7629	978	326	18
6	7936	9117	1182	394	19
7	9282	10 949	1668	556	20
8*	12 337	11 039	1299	433	21
9*	13 406	12 663	744	248	22
10	13 810	15 036	1227	409	23
*Asterisks denote ORFs which are oriented in the opposite direction.

When the predicted amino acid sequences of proteins encoded by ORFs 1-10 were compared to protein sequence databases, some similarities were noted in addition to the already mentioned similarity between CLA and enzymes of arginine metabolism. ORF 1 (SEQ ID NO's: 3 and 14) showed a low level of similarity to penicillin binding proteins from several different microorganisms which are notable for their resistance to β-lactam compounds.

An EcoRI fragment of the 15 kb DNA sequence, containing 11.6 kb DNA, was cloned into a high copy number shuttle vector and introduced into S. lividans , as described in Example 4. Of seventeen transformants examined, two were able to produce clavulanic acid, indicating that the 11.6 kb fragment contains all the necessary genetic information for clavulanic acid production.

This 11.6 kb fragment encompasses ORF 2 to ORF 9 of the 15 kb DNA sequence.

ORF 2 (SEQ ID NO's:4 and 15) shows a high degree of similarity to acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS) enzymes from various sources. AHAS catalyses an essential step in the biosynthesis of branched chain amino acids. Since valine is a precursor of penicillin and cephamycin antibiotics, and valine production is often subject to feedback regulation, it is possible that a deregulated form of AHAS is produced to provide valine during the antibiotic production phase. Alternatively, an AHAS-like activity may be involved in clavulanic acid production. While the presently recognized intermediates in the clavulanic acid biosynthetic pathway do not indicate a role for AHAS, the final step in the biosynthetic pathway, conversion of clavaminic acid to clavulanic acid, requires NADPH, and either pyruvate or α-ketobutyrate as well as other cofactors (Elson et al., (1987), J. Chem. Soc. Chem. Commun., pp. 1739-1740). It is striking that these same substrates and cofactors are required for AHAS activity. Perhaps the conversion of clavaminate to clavulanate actually involves several steps, one of which is catalyzed by an AHAS-like activity. ORFs 3 (SEQ ID NO's:5 and 16) does not show a significant similarity to any proteins in the data bases. ORF 6 (SEQ ID NO's:8 and 19) shows similarity to ornithine acetyltransferase. Ornithine has been suggested to be the immediate precursor of a 5-C fragment of the clavulanic acid skeleton, but the details of the reaction required for the incorporation of ornithine are unknown. ORF 7 (SEQ ID NO's:9 and 20) shows weak similarity to protein XP55 from S. lividans , and a lower level of similarity to oligopeptide binding proteins from various other species. Similarly, ORF 8 (SEQ ID NO:10 and 21) shows weak similarity to several transcription activator proteins, and ORF 9 (SEQ ID NO's:11 and 22) shows weak similarity to ribitol 5 P0 4 dehydrogenase-type enzymes. ORF 10 (SEQ ID NO:12 and 23) shows a high similarity to cytochrome P450 type enzymes from other Streptomyces species.

ORF5 has now been identified as the gene for clavaminate synthase II (Marsh (1993) supra).

When a plasmid isolated from one of the two clavulanic acid-producing transformants was retransformed into S. lividans , about 40-45% of the resulting colonies were able to produce clavulanic acid, as shown in FIG. 5 .

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Bacterial Strains, Vectors and Growth Conditions

Streptomyces clavuligerus NRRL 3585, Stretomyces jumonjinenisis NRRL 5741, Streptomyces lipmanii NRRL 3584, Streptomyces griseus NRRL 3851, Nocardia lactamdurans NRRL 3802 and Streptomyces cattleya NRRL 3841 were provided by the Northern Regional Research Laboratories, Peoria, Ill. Streptomyces antibioticus ATCC 8663 and Streptomyces fradiae ATCC 19609 were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection. Streptomyces lividans strains 1326 and TK24 were provided by D. A. Hopwood (John Innes Institute, Norwich, U.K.), Streptomyces venezuelae 13s and Streptomyces griseofuscus NRRL B-5429 were obtained from L. C. Vining (Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N. S.). Cultures were maintained on either MYM (Stuttard (1982) J. Gen. Microbiol., v. 128, pp. 115-121) or on a modified R5 medium (Hopwood et al. (1985) in “Genetic Manipulation of Streptomyces: a laboratory manual”, John Innes Foundation, U.K.) containing maltose instead of glucose and lacking sucrose (R5-S). Escherichia coli MV1193 (Zoller and Smith (1987) Methods in Enzymology, v. 154, pp. 329-349), used as recipient for all of the cloning and subcloning experiments, was grown in Luria Broth (LB; Sambrook et al. (1989) in “Molecular Cloning: a laboratory manual”, Cold Spring Harbour, N.Y.) or on LB agar (1.5%) plates containing ampicillin (50 μg/mL) or tetracycline (10 μg/mL). The cloning vectors pUC118 and pUC119 (Vieira and Messing (1987) Methods in Enzymology, v. 153, pp. 3-11) were provided by J. Vieira. (Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.). The plasmid vector pJOE829 was generously provided by J. Altenbuchner (University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany). The plasmid pIJ702 was obtained from the American Type Culture Collection. Restriction enzymes were purchased from Boehringer Mannheim, and used according to the manufacturers' specifications.

Separation of CLA from ACVS

CLA was previously characterized as a 32,000 Da molecular weight protein present in preparations of highly purified ACVS (Jensen et al. (1990), supra). The small size of CLA suggested that its co-purification with ACVS resulted from a physical association between the two proteins.

ACVS and CLA were resolved by applying a 0.2 ml sample of purified ACVS containing CLA onto a Superose 6 HR 10/30 (Pharmacia), which was equilibrated and eluted in 0.1 M MOPS buffer, pH 7.5 containing 0.05 M KCl, 1 mM dithiothreitol, and 20% glycerol, at a flow rate of 0.25 ml/min.

Comparison of the CLA retention time with those of molecular weight standards indicated that the native molecular weight of CLA was in excess of 270 kDa. The difference in molecular weight between native and denatured forms of CLA suggests that the native protein exists as an oligomer of eight identical subunits.

Isolation of Gene (cla) for CLA

N-terminal amino acid sequence information for CLA was obtained by electrophoretically transferring the protein from SDS polyacrylamide gels onto Immobilon membranes (Millipore Ltd.,) and submitting the material to the Protein Microsequencing Laboratory (University of Victoria,) for analysis. Information obtained for 25 amino acids at the N-terminus (amino acid residues 1-25 of SEQ ID NO:6) was used to prepare a 24 mer oligonucleotide probe (SEQ ID NO:25) with 8-fold degeneracy to the amino acid sequence underlined in FIG. 1 . The amino acids in brackets indicate ambiguities in the N terminal sequence. The actual DNA sequence from the cloned fragment is indicated in SEQ ID No:1.

The probe was designed as an 8-fold degenerate mixture of oligonucleotides to take into consideration the biased codon usage of streptomyces (Wright and Bibb (1992), Gene, v. 113, pp. 55-65).). End-labelled probe was then used to screen a cosmid library of S. clavuligerus genomic DNA fragments.

A library of S. clavuligerus genomic DNA fragments (15-22 kb size fractionated fragments) was constructed as previously described (Doran et al. (1990), J. Bacteriol, v. 172, pp. 4909-4918). Using the cosmid vector pLAFR3. A collection of 1084 isolated E. coli colonies contained recombinant cosmids was screened for the presence of cla using the 24-mer mixed oligonucleotide probe ( FIG. 1 ) which had been end-labelled with [γ- 32 P]dATP and polynucleotide kinase (Boehringer Mannheim). Colony hybridization and subsequent washing was performed as described by Sambrook et al., (1989), at 55° C. with a final wash in 0.2×SSC (IX SSC, 0.15M NaCl and 0.015M sodium citrate) and 0.1% SDS.

Five colonies which gave strong hybridization signals were isolated from the panel of 1084 clones, and restriction analysis showed that the positive clones contained overlapping fragments of DNA. Two clones, K6L2 and K8L2, with sequences that spanned about 40 kb of the S. clavuligerus genome, were chosen for further analysis. Clone K8L2 contained about 22 kb of S. clavuligerus genomic DNA and included a portion of cla and all of the pcbC gene which encodes IPNS in the penicillin/cephamycin biosynthetic pathway. A restriction map of K6L2 is shown in FIG. 7 . Within the approximately 27 kb of DNA contained in K6L2, the oligonucleotide probe hybridized to a 2.0 kb NcoI fragment which was subsequently found to contain the entire cla gene. Hybridization studies, restriction mapping and DNA sequence analysis revealed that cla was situated 5.67 kb downstream of the pcbC gene of S. clavuligerus (FIG. 7 ).

DNA Sequencing and Analysis

Ordered sets of deletions were generated (Henikoff, 1984) extending across the cla region of the 2.0 kb NcoI fragment (FIG. 7 (C)). The deletion generated fragments were sequenced in both orientations by the dideoxynucleotide chain termination method of (Sanger et al. (1977), P.N.A.S., v. 74, pp. 5463-5467) using Sequenase (version 2.0) DNA polymerase (United States Biochemical Corporation). Areas of compression in the sequence band pattern were relieved by carrying out reactions using 7-deaza-dGTP in place of dGTP. The nested deletion fragments resided either in pUC118 or pUC119, and were sequenced using the commercially available universal primers.

The nucleotide sequence data were analyzed for the presence of restriction sites, open reading frames (ORFs) and codon usage by the PC-Gene programme (Intelligenetics Corp.). Similarly searches were accomplished with the FASTA program searching the GenPept database (release number 71) available through GenBank (Pearson and Lipman (1988), P.N.A.S., v. 85, pp. 2444-2448).

An ORF at 939 bp with a potential ribosome site 9 bp from the GTG start codon was found which encoded a putative protein with a molecular weight of 33,368 Da. This value is in close agreement to the molecular weight estimated for CLA by SDS-PAGE (Jensen et al., 1990). The analysis of percent G+C as a function of codon position (FRAME analysis), using the algorithm of Bibb et al., (1984), indicated the presence of a typical streptomycete ORF (data not shown) with a G+C content of 70%. Computer aided data base searches for sequences similar to cla revealed a high degree of similarity to agmatine ureohydrolase (40.5% identity over 291 amino acids) and somewhat lower similarity to arginases (29.6% identity over 135 amino acids to arginases from yeast and rat). The S. clavuligerus CLA sequence was aligned with the E. coli AUH sequence by the FASTA program described above. The AUH sequence had previously been aligned with the three ARG sequences (Szumanski & Boyle (1990), J. Bacteriol., v. 172, pp. 538-547). Identical matches in two or more sequences are indicated with upper case letters.

Example 2

DNA Hybridization

Genomic DNA preparations from various Streptomyces species were isolated as described by Hopwood et al. (1985). For interspecies DNA hybridization analysis, 2.0 μg amounts of genomic DNA preparations were digested with NcoI for 16 h, and electrophoresed in 1.0% agarose gels. The separated DNA fragments were then transferred onto nylon membranes (Hybond-N, Amersham) and hybridized with a cla specific probe prepared by labelling an internal 459 bp SalI fragment ( FIG. 1 ) with [α 32 P]DAPT by nick translation. Hybridization was done as described by Sambrook et al., (1989). Hybridization membranes were washed twice for 30 min in 2×SSC; 0.1% SDS and once for 30 min in 0.1×SSC; 0.1% SDS at 65° C.

Sequences Homologous to cla in Other Streptomycetes

Three of six producers of β-lactam antibiotics, S. clavuligerus, s. lipmanii and S. jumonjinesis showed positive hybridization signals whereas S. cattleya, S. griseus, and N. lactamdurans did not (data not shown). None of the nonproducing strains examined, S. venezuelae, S. lividans, S. fradiae, S. antibioticus and S. griseofuscus gave any signal. All of the streptomycetes that gave positive signals were producers of clam-type metabolites (Elson et al., 1987).

Example 3

Disruption of the Genomic cla Gene

A 2.0 kb NcoI fragment that contained the entire cla gene was digested at its unique KpnI site and the ends made blunt by treatment with the Klenow fragment of E. coli DNA polymerase I. A thiostrepton resistance gene (tsr), isolated as a 1085 bp BclI fragment from pIJ702 and cloned into the BamHI site of pUC118 was excised as a SmaI/XbaI fragment and the ends made blunt as above and ligated into the KpnI site of cla. The ligation mixture was introduced into E. coli MV1193 and the transformants screened for the presence of the tsr gene by colony hybridization (Sambrook et al., 1989).

Replacement of the chromosomal cla gene by a copy disrupted by the insertion of tsr, at an internal KpnI site, was achieved by double recombination. Successful gene replacement was apparent when the 2.0 kb NcoI fragment which carries cla in the wild type organism was replaced by a 3.0 kb NcoI fragment due to the insertion of the 1.0 kb tsr gene in the mutants. Four of the five mutants tested showed the expected increase in the size of the NcoI fragments, and the larger NcoI fragments also hybridized with a tsr specific probe. The fifth mutant was apparently a spontaneous theostrepton resistant mutant.

Antibiotic Assay

The agar diffusion assay was used for determining both penicillin/cephamycin and clavulanic acid production. S. clavuligerus strains to be assayed were grown in 10 ml. amounts of Trypticase Soy Broth (TSB; Baltimore Biological Laboratories) medium with 1.0% starch for 48 h. The cultures were washed twice with 10.3% sucrose and once with MM (Jensen et al. (1982), J. Antibiot., v. 35, pp. 483-490) and the mycelium resuspended in 10.0 mL of MM. Two milliliters of washed cell suspension was inoculated into 100 mL of MM and incubated at 28° C. for 48 h. The cultures were harvested by centrifugation, and the supernatants were assayed for both penicillin/cephamycin and clavulanic acid using bioassay procedures described previously (Jensen et al. (1982), supra).

All of the resulting colonies with disrupted cla genes grew equally well on minimal medium and complex media and produced as much penicillin and cephamycin as did the wild-type, but produced no clavulanic acid (data not shown). HPLC analysis of cell supernatants confirmed the inability of the disrupted cla mutants to synthesize any clavulanic acid (data not shown).

Example 4

Protoplast Formation and Transformation

E. coli competent cell preparation and transformation were as described by Sambrook et al., (1989). Protoplasts of S. clavuligerus were, prepared, transformed and regenerated as described by Bailey et al. (1984), Bio/Technology, v. 2, pp. 808-811, with the following modifications. Dextrin and arginine in the regeneration medium were replaced by starch and sodium glutamate respectively. Protoplasts were heat shocked at 43° C. for 5 min prior to the addition of DNA. Standard procedures were used for protoplasting and transformation of S. lividans (Hopwood et al. (1985)).

The 11.6 kb EcoR1 fragment from K6L2 ( FIG. 7 ) was cloned into the EcoR1 site of pCAT-119. pCAT-119 is derivative of pUC119 which was prepared by insertionally inactivating the ampicillin resistance gene of pUC119 by the insertion of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (Jensen et al. (1989), Genetics & Molec. Biol. of Ind. Microorg., pp. 239-245 Ed. Hershberger, Amer. Soc. Microbiol). The PCAT-119 plasmid carrying the 11.6 kb fragment was then digested with PstI and ligated to the Streptomyces plasmid pIJ702, which had also been digested with PstI. The resulting bifunctional plasmid carrying the 11.6 kb insert was capable of replicating in either E. coli (with selection for chloramphenicol resistance) or in S. lividans (with selection for thiostrepton resistance). The ligation mixture was transformed to E. coli. Plasmid DNA was isolated from several of the chloramphenicol resistant transformants and analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis to ensure that the proper plasmid construct was obtained. This isolated plasmid material from E. coli was then transformed into S. lividans as described by Hopwood and transformants were selected by plating onto R2YE medium containing thiostrepton at a concentration of 50 μg/ml.

Thiostrepton resistant S. lividans transformants carrying the bifunctional plasmid with the 11.6 kb insert were patched onto MYM agar plates and allowed to incubate for 48 h at 28° C. before they were overlayered with molten soft nutrient agar containing penicillin G at a concentration of 1 μg/ml and inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus N-2 as indicator organism (Jensen, 1982). ( S. aureus N-2 was obtained form the Department of Microbiology Culture Collection, University of Alberta. Any organism which produces a β-lactamase sensitive to clavulanic acid may be used as indicator organism.) Zones of inhibition which appeared around the S. lividans colonies upon incubation overnight at 30° C. were evidence of clavulanic acid production. Clavulanic acid-producing colonies were found amongst these initial S. lividans transformants at a frequency of about 12%. When plasmid DNA was isolated from one of these clavulanic acid-producing transformants and re-introduced into S. lividans , the frequency of clavulanic acid production in these 2nd round transformants was about 40-45%. FIG. 5 shows a photograph of an agar plate bearing 2nd. round transformants. Zones of inhibition are seen as clear areas in the agar; these appear on the photograph as dark circular areas.

Example 5

Sequencing of 15 kb DNA Fragment

Ordered sets of deletions were generated as described in Example 1 using fragments of the DNA insert from the cosmid clone K6L2 ( FIG. 7 ) and subcloned into the E. coli plasmids pUCI118 and pUC119. Overlapping fragments were chosen which extended from the end of the pcbC gene downstream for a distance of about 15 kb ending at the BglII site. The deletion generated fragments were sequenced in both orientations as described in Example 1. The sequence is shown in SEQ ID NO:1.

Example 6

Gene Disruption of the ORFs Contained within the 12 kb Fragment

Gene disruption experiments were conducted on the various open reading frames (ORF) to determine if a particular ORF was involved in clavulanic acid production or not. In order to determine the role of the various ORFs in clavulanic acid biosynthesis, mutants disrupted in one of the ORFs were constructed by a gene replacement procedure based on that described in Paradkar and Jensen ( Journal of Bacteriology, March 1995, Vol. 177, no. 5, pages 1307 to 1314).

In all cases, either an apramycin-resistance gene cassette (apr), or a neomycin resistance gene cassette (neo) was used to disrupt the genes encoded within the 12-kb DNA fragment. Before use, unless otherwise indicated, the apr-cassette was modified by adding NcoI restriction sites to both ends. This modification of the apr-cassette has been described in Paradkar and Jensen ( Journal of Bacteriology, March 1995, Vol. 177, no. 5, pages 1307 to 1314). Since four NcoI sites are present within the 12 kb fragment and present within ORFs 3, 5, 6, and 8, respectively, insertion of the apr-cassette within the NcoI sites created a series of plasmids (called pCATL2) with disruptions in ORFs 3, 5, 6, or 8. The plasmids containing these fragments are referred to as pCATL2orf3, pCATL2orf5, pCATL2orf6, and pCATL2orf8, respectively. The construction of pCATL2orf5 has been previously disclosed (Paradkar and Jensen, Journal of Bacteriology, March 1995, Vol. 177, no. 5, pages 1307 to 1314). From each of these plasmids, a smaller fragment carrying only the disrupted gene and some flanking sequence (see details below) was subcloned and finally inserted into the Streptomyces vector pIJ486 (obtained from David A Hopwood, John Innes Institute) for transformation into S. clavuligerus. All routine manipulations involved in subcloning were done in Escherichia coli using standard cloning vectors, such as pUC119, pBluescript SK+etc. Since ORF2, ORF7 and ORF9 do not contain NcoI sites, the disruptions of these ORFs were done in a slightly different manner. The preparation of ORF2, ORF3, ORF6, ORF7, ORF8 and ORF9 disruption mutants are described in more detail below.

Construction of the Insertional Mutants

1. ORF2 Mutant

NotI-NcoI linker oligonucleotides were added to both ends of the apr gene cassette, and then this modified apr gene fragment was inserted into the NotI site within ORF2 carried on a 2.1-kb EcoRI-BglII fragment. Subsequently, the EcoRI-BglII fragment carrying the disrupted ORF2 was inserted into pIJ486.

Genomic DNA isolated from the wild type (wt) and from an ORF2 mutant was digested with EcoRI and NcoI, and then probed with a 2.1-kb EcoRI-BglII fragment (FIG. 18 ). The 2.7 kb hybridizing fragment present in the wild type has been replaced with a 1.8 kb fragment in the mutant. A 0.85 kb fragment is also expected to hybridize to the probe in the mutant, but owing to the conditions of electrophoresis under which the gel was that smaller fragment was not retained on the gel. The sizes of the remaining hybridizing fragments are consistent with the replacement of the wild type ORF2 with the apr-disrupted ORF2.

2. ORF3 Mutant

The apr cassette (with NcoI sites on each end) was inserted into the NcoI site within ORF3 carried on a 4 kb EcoRI-KpnI fragment. The fragment carrying the disrupted ORF3 was then subcloned into pIJ486.

Genomic DNA from the wild type (wt) and from an ORF3 mutant was digested separately with BglII, and with KpnI, and probed with a 0.6-kb BglII-NcoI fragment (FIG. 19 ). In the BglII digests, the 6.5 kb hybridizing fragment present in the wild type has been replaced with 8 kb fragment in the mutant, while in the KpnI digests, the 5.8 kb fragment has been replaced with a 4.5 kb fragment. The sizes of these hybridizing fragments are consistent with the replacement of the wild type ORF3 with the apr-disrupted ORF3.

3. ORF6 Mutant

An 8-kb BglII fragment carrying the disrupted ORF6 was subcloned from pCATL2orf6 into pIJ486.

Genomic DNA from the wild type (wt) and from an ORF6 mutant was digested with BglII, and probed with a 1.6-kb NruI fragment (FIG. 20 ). The 6.5 kb hybridizing fragment present in the wild type has been replaced with an 8 kb fragment in the mutant. The sizes of these hybridizing fragments are consistent with the replacement of the wild type ORF6 with the apr-disrupted ORF6.

4. ORF7 Mutant

The NruI site from the polylinker of the plasmid vector pSL1180 (Pharmacia) was eliminated by digesting with enzymes flanking the NruI site and religating the resulting plasmid. A 1.9 kb BglII-NcoI fragment of S. clavuligerus DNA encompassing the ORF7 gene was then cloned into the modified pSL1180 plasmid vector. The neomycin resistance cassette was removed from pFDNEO-S (Denis, F., and R. Brzezinski. 1991. An improved aminoglycoside resistance gene cassette for use in Gram-negative bacteria and Streptomyces. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 81:261-264), made blunt-ended by treatment with the Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase, and then introduced into the NruI site of the cloned ORF7 gene. The Streptomyces plasmid pJOE829 (Aidoo et al., 1994, Gene 147: 1-46.) was ligated to the vector carrying the disrupted ORF7 gene to allow the creation of a shuttle vector. This gene disruption construct was then used to generate an ORF7 mutant using a gene replacement procedure based on that described in Paradkar and Jensen ( Journal of Bacteriology, 1995, 177:1307-1314.)

Putative ORF7 disruptant mutants were selected on the basis of their neomycin resistant, hygromycin sensitive phenotype. The identity of the mutants was confirmed by Southern analysis. Genomic DNA from the wild type (wt) and the orf7 mutant was digested with ApaI, and probed with a 1.9 kb NcoI+BglII fragment (FIG. 21 ). Both the wt and the orf7 mutant gave two hybridizing ApaI bands. The mutant ( FIG. 21 lane 3) gave a 1 kb and a 2.8 kb band whereas the wt ( FIG. 21 lane 2) gave a 1 kb and a 1.8 kb band. The sizes of the hybridizing fragments are consistent with the replacement of the wild type orf7 with the neo-disrupted orf7.

5. ORF8 Mutant

A 2.9 kb BglII-EcoRI fragment carrying the disrupted ORF8 was subcloned from pCATL2orf8 into pIJ486.

Genomic DNA from the wild type (wt) and from an ORF8 mutant was digested with BglII, and also with both BglII and KpnI, and probed with a 1.3 kb BglII-NcoI fragment (FIG. 22 ). In the BglII digests, the 1.9 kb hybridizing fragment present in the wild type has been replaced with a 3.4 kb fragment in the mutant, while in the BglII/KpnI digests, the 1.9-kb fragment has been replaced with a 1.3 kb fragment. The sizes of these hybridizing fragments are consistent with the replacement of the wild type ORF8 with the apr-disrupted ORF8.

6. ORF9 Mutant

The apr gene cassette was first cloned as an EcoRI-PstI fragment into the E. coli vector Pbluescript, and re-isolated as an EcoRV-SmaI fragment. This fragment was then inserted into the MscI site present in ORF9 contained within a 2.4 kb BglII fragment. Subsequently, the 4 kb fragment carrying the disrupted ORF9 was inserted into pIJ486.

Genomic DNA from the wild type (wt) and an ORF9 mutant was digested with BglII, and with both BglII and EcoRI, and probed with a 0.6-kb BglII-SstI fragment (FIG. 23 ). In the BglII digests, the 2.4 kb hybridizing fragment present in the wild type has been replaced with a 3.9 kb fragment in the mutant, while in the BglII-EcoRI digests, the 1-kb fragment has been replaced with a 0.6 kb fragment. In BglII-EcoRI digests of the ORF9 mutant genomic DNA another 3.3-kb EcoRI-BglII fragment might have been expected to hybridize to the probe, but failure to see this fragment can be attributed to the fact that the probe has only approximately 50 bp of sequence homologous to the expected fragment. Since the post-hybridization washes were carried out under stringent conditions this small amount of homology might not be sufficient to give a hybridizing band. Nevertheless, the sizes of other hybridizing fragments are consistent with the replacement of the wild type ORF9 with the apr disrupted ORF9.

The Effect of Mutations within the ORF's of the 12kb Fragment on Clavulanic Acid Synthesis

1. Bioassay

The bioassay used to monitor clavulanic acid production in the gene disruption mutants has already been described above in Example 3 under the heading Antibiotic assay. The results are summarized in Table II below:

	TABLE II
	Strain	No Penicillin	Penicillin G (1 μ/ml)
	wild type	0	mm	28	mm
	ORF2	0	mm	0	mm
	ORF3	0	mm	0	mm
	ORF6	0	mm	0	mm
	ORF7	0	mm	0	mm
	ORF8	0	mm	0	mm
	ORF9	0	mm	0	mm

If a zone of inhibition is obtained in the presence of penicillin but not in the absence thereof or if the size of the zones in the presence of penicillin is greater than the zones without penicillin, it is indicative of a β-lactamase inhibitory activity of clavulanic acid. The bioassay thus showed that transformants containing mutants with insertion in any one of the ORF2, ORF3, ORF6, ORF7, ORF8 or ORF9 failed to produce β-lactamase inhibitory activity of clavulanic acid, thus indicating that each of these ORFs are involved in the production of clavulanic acid.

2. HPLC Analysis

The amount of clavulanic acid produced by each transformant was also quantitated in each sample by HPLC. This assay was done to confirm the presence or absence of clavulanic acid production, within the cultured supernatants produced from each gene disruption mutant.

Culture Conditions for the Growth of Wild Type and the Mutants for Clavulanic Acid Production

Spores of transformants containing insertional mutations within either ORF2, ORF3, ORF6, ORF8 or ORF9 were first inoculated into 20 mL Trypticase Soy Broth containing 1% starch, and the culture was grown shaking for 48 hours at 28° C. which served as a seed culture. Seed cultures were then used at 1% inoculum to inoculate 20 ml Starch Asparagine medium the composition of which has been described earlier (Paradkar and Jensen (1995), J Bacteriol Vol. 177, pp. 1307-1314), and the culture was grown in the same conditions as the seed culture. For ORF7 cultures, spores were inoculated into 25 ml Trypticase Soy broth containing 1% maltose to produce the seed culture, which was used at 2% inoculum to inoculate 25 ml Starch Asparagine medium as outlined above. Supernatants (0.1 mL) were obtained from 96 hour cultures, and derivatized with 25 μL of imidazole reagent. Subsequently, a 50 μL aliquot of the derivatized sample was analyzed by HPLC.

The high pressure liquid chromatography assay was conducted as described in Foulstone and Reading (1982, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 22:753-762).

Analysis was performed with a model M-45 pump, model 712 WISP automated sample injector, and model 480 variable-wavelength UV detector, all from Millipore Waters (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada). Samples (100 μl) were mixed with imidazole reagent (25 μl) and incubated at room temperature for 15 min to form imidazole-derivatized clavulanic acid. Derivatized samples (50 μl) were analyzed on a reverse-phase column (μBondapak-C18) with an isocratic buffer system consisting of 0.1 M KH 2 PO 4 -6% methanol, PH 3.2 (adjusted with H 3 PO 4 ).

The HPLC chromatograms of culture supernatants from transformants containing an insertional mutation within ORF2, ORF3, ORF6, ORF7, ORF8 or ORF9 and of the wild type were obtained. An example of these results is illustrated in FIG. 24 , which represents HPLC profiles of wild type (FIG. 24 (A) wild type control for ORF7, or FIG. 24 (D), wild type control for ORF8) and ORF7 (FIG. 24 (B), or the ORF8 ( FIG. 24 (E)) insertion mutants. As can be seen from FIG. 24 , clavulanic acid was detected in the supernatant of the wild type as a peak, at a retention time of approximately 10.13 minutes (FIG. 24 (B)) or 9.1 minutes (FIG. 24 (C)). An authentic sample of clavulanic acid, obtained just prior to the analysis of the ORF8 data also gave a retention time of approximately 9.1 minutes (FIG. 24 (C)). The amount of clavulanic acid produced by the wild type was determined by integrating the clavulanic acid peak in the wild type supernatant. No clavulanic acid was detected in the supernatants of any of the insertion mutants.

All citations are incorporated herein by reference. The present invention is not limited to the features of the embodiments described herein, but includes all variations and modifications within the scope of the claims.

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atggtcccgg ggcaggatca 11880cccacagcgg gtcgtccagc acctcacagg tgcgcacgga ccgctccagg ctgtgccggg 11940gggactggag gctccaggtg taggccgcgt ccacctggta gcccgccagt tgggcggcga 12000cctggtgcgg ggcctcgtgc cggaccgaca gcagcaggtc cagcgaggcc gccgcgtcct 12060ccaccacctc gtcgagcagg ggttccgtgg agaccagcga cagcacctcc ggggcgtcca 12120cggcctcgga gccatggccg aagatatgcg tccgcgcggc caggtcgacc tggtggaaga 12180accgccgccc ggcgacgagg atgcgggagc ccgcggtggt cagccgggcc gtgtggcggc 12240tgcgcagggt cagcgggagg ccgacgatcc ggtccagccg gtcgagtctg cgctccacgg 12300tgccgtgccg gacacccgtc cgccgggcca cttccatgag gtctccgcag tgtcccaccg 12360cgtccagtaa agacagatcg catcggctga caccagcaga cgtcggttct gacccgagag 12420acaatgtcgg ttcccttttc cgtcaaggac tgtaccgctg aattgtccga agtggctctt 12480gaattgcttc ggaatcgatc ctaggcagcg ccgctcttcg gattctcctc gccgggaagc 12540ggaacgcgcc cggccggatg gcgggcgcgc tccgggcgcc gtcccgggaa cgggggacgg 12600ggcacggcac ggccggccac ccggtccggg cgcgcggcgt ggacctggtc ggcggacggg 12660tgtcagacct ggtcggtggg gcgtatgaag atctcgtgga 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cggggagttc ccggggaatg 13560gtgaataccg cggcgctctc cgatggtctt cggaggacac ccggggattc accgggaatc 13620agcggccgga gttctccccg tccacggcag acgctatcag cgtcgcattc cccggtgaat 13680tcccttcggt ggaccgggtt atgactgttt ccgccgggtt atgcgcgccg ccccggcgga 13740ccggccaccc gcccgggggc tgcggcagat tgggcgccac gacatggcgc gagcagcgat 13800cggcggtgga tgatgaacga ggcagcgcct cagtccgacc aggtggcacc ggcgtatccg 13860atgcaccggg tctgcccggt cgacccgccg ccgcaactgg ccgggctgcg gtcccagaag 13920gccgcgagcc gggtgacgct gtgggacggc agccaggtgt ggctggtgac ctcgcacgcc 13980ggggcccggg ccgtcctggg cgaccgccgc ttcaccgcgg tgacgagcgc gcccggcttc 14040ccgatgctga cccgcacctc ccaactggtg cgcgccaacc cggagtcggc gtcgttcatc 14100cgcatggacg acccgcagca ctcccggctg cgctcgatgc tcacccggga cttcctggcc 14160cgccgcgccg aggcgctgcg ccccgcggtg cgggagctgc tggacgagat cctgggcggg 14220ctggtgaagg gggagcggcc ggtcgacctg gtcgccggac tgacgatccc ggtgccctcg 14280cgggtcatca ccctgctctt cggcgccggt gacgaccgcc gggagttcat cgaggaccgc 14340agcgcggtcc tcatcgaccg cggctacacc ccggagcagg tcgccaaggc ccgggacgaa 14400ctcgacggct atctgcggga gctggtcgag gagcggatcg agaacccggg caccgacctg 14460atcagccggc tcgtcatcga ccaggtgcgg ccggggcatc tgcgggtcga ggagatggtc 14520ccgatgtgcc ggctgctgct ggtggccggt cacggcacca ccaccagcca ggcgagcctg 14580agcctgctca gcctgctcac cgacccggag ctggccgggc gcctcaccga ggacccggcc 14640ctgctgccca aggcggtcga ggagctgctg cgcttccact ccatcgtgca gaacgggctg 14700gcccgtgccg cggtggagga cgtccagctc gacgatgtgc tcatccgggc gggcgagggc 14760gtggtgctgt cgctgtcggc gggcaaccgg gacgagacgg tcttccccga cccggaccgg 14820gtggacgtgg accgcgacgc ccgccgccat ctcgccttcg gccacggcat gcaccagtgc 14880ctgggccagt ggctggcccg ggtggagctg gaggagatcc tcgccgcggt gctgcgctgg 14940atgcccggtg cccggctcgc ggtgcccttc gaggagctgg acttccgtca tgaggtgtcc 15000agttacggcc tcggcgccct cccggtgacc tggtgagcgg cgtggagcgg ctgaccgtcg 15060tcctcgacgc gtcggcctgc tgcgcgatgg ggcgctgcgc ggccacggcc cccgagatct 15120 2 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial SequencePRIMER 2tacgcccaga tccccacctt catg 24 3 552 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 3Met Thr His Ser Asp Asn Tyr Gly Asp Asp Pro Pro Gln Gly Arg Arg 1 5 10 15Arg Ser Arg Gly Arg Ala Ala Thr Ala Val Val Ala Gly Leu Ala Val 20 25 30Thr Val Gly Leu Gly Tyr Trp Gly Tyr Thr Ser Leu Val Ala Asp Glu 35 40 45Lys Asp Ser Gly Asp Pro Glu Val Glu Ala Ala Ala Gly Gln Phe Asp 50 55 60Thr Phe Leu Gly Ala Trp Glu Lys Gly Asp Ala Pro Thr Ala Ala Gly 65 70 75 80Leu Thr Asp Thr Pro Asp Asn Ala Glu Ser Leu Ile Lys Ser Val Met 85 90 95Thr Asn Leu Lys Pro Thr Lys Thr Glu Ile Thr Ala Lys Thr Gly Glu 100 105 110Lys Asn Pro Glu Gly Glu Val Glu Ile Pro Phe Thr Val Arg Met Thr 115 120 125Leu Pro Gly Ala Gly Glu Tyr Ala Trp Asp Ser Thr Ala Lys Val Val 130 135 140Gly Gly Gly Lys Glu Trp Lys Val Ala Phe Asn Thr Glu Met Ile His145 150 155 160Pro Gln Met Val Pro Gly Gln Thr Leu Ala Leu Lys Ser Arg Glu Arg 165 170 175Ala Asp Ile Leu Asp Ala Asn Gly Asn Val Leu Gln Ala Ala Ser Ile 180 185 190Ile Gly Ala Val Asp Pro Arg Thr Gly Lys Gly Ser Ala Gly Leu Gln 195 200 205Ser Arg Tyr Asp Lys Gln Leu Thr Gly Gly Ser Gly Ala Ala Arg Ser 210 215 220Val Val Ile Leu Asp Arg Glu Ser Gly Gln Val Val Lys Lys Leu Thr225 230 235 240Gly Leu Lys Asp Thr Glu Gly Lys Pro Val Lys Thr Thr Ile Asp Pro 245 250 255Arg Val Gln Ser Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Leu Glu Gly Ser Lys Lys Asn 260 265 270Ala Ala Ile Val Ala Val Asp Pro Ala Thr Gly Asn Ile Leu Ala Ala 275 280 285Ala Asn Val Pro Ser Gly Met Asn Arg Ala Leu Glu Gly Arg Tyr Pro 290 295 300Pro Gly Ser Thr Phe Lys Val Val Thr Thr Ala Ala Leu Leu Gln Gln305 310 315 320Gly Met Asn Pro Glu Glu Arg Ala Asp Cys Pro Lys Phe Ala His Val 325 330 335Asn Gly Gln Ser Phe Glu Asn Gln Asp Gln Phe Thr Leu Pro Ala Gly 340 345 350Ser Thr Phe Arg Asp Ser Phe Ala His Ser Cys Asn Thr Phe Phe Val 355 360 365Asn Ser Arg Ser Lys Leu Ser Glu Ser Ser Leu Lys Gln Ala Ala Glu 370 375 380Ala Phe Gly Ile Gly Gly Thr Trp Asp Val Gly Ala Ser Thr Phe Asp385 390 395 400Gly Ser Val Pro Val Ser Asn Ser Glu Asn Asp Lys Ala Ala Ser Thr 405 410 415Ile Gly Gln Ala Arg Val Glu Ala Ser Pro Leu Val Met Ala Ser Ile 420 425 430Ala Ala Thr Val Lys Gln Gly Glu Phe Lys Gln Pro Val Leu Val Pro 435 440 445Asp Ala Val Lys Lys Pro His Gln Ala Pro Arg Met Ala Pro Gly Ile 450 455 460Val Asp Ser Leu Arg Ser Met Met Arg Ser Thr Val Thr Asp Gly Ala465 470 475 480Gly Asp Ala Leu Arg Gly Leu Gly Gly Gln Pro His Ala Lys Thr Gly 485 490 495Thr Ala Glu Phe Gly Thr Glu Lys Pro Pro Lys Thr His Ala Trp Met 500 505 510Ile Gly Tyr Gln Gly Asp Arg Asn Ile Ala Trp Ser Val Leu Leu Glu 515 520 525Asp Gly Gly Ser Gly Gly Ala Asp Ala Gly Pro Val Ala Ala Lys Phe 530 535 540Leu Ser Asn Leu Ala Ala Gly Glx545 550 4 574 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 4Met Ser Arg Val Ser Thr Ala Pro Ser Gly Lys Pro Thr Ala Ala His 1 5 10 15Ala Leu Leu Ser Arg Leu Arg Asp His Gly Val Gly Lys Val Phe Gly 20 25 30Val Val Gly Arg Glu Ala Ala Ser Ile Leu Phe Asp Glu Val Glu Gly 35 40 45Ile Asp Phe Val Leu Thr Arg His Glu Phe Thr Ala Gly Val Ala Ala 50 55 60Asp Val Leu Ala Arg Ile Thr Gly Arg Pro Gln Ala Cys Trp Ala Thr 65 70 75 80Leu Gly Pro Gly Met Thr Asn Leu Ser Thr Gly Ile Ala Thr Ser Val 85 90 95Leu Asp Arg Ser Pro Val Ile Ala Leu Ala Ala Gln Ser Glu Ser His 100 105 110Asp Ile Phe Pro Asn Asp Thr His Gln Cys Leu Asp Ser Val Ala Ile 115 120 125Val Ala Pro Met Ser Lys Tyr Ala Val Glu Leu Gln Arg Pro His Glu 130 135 140Ile Thr Asp Leu Val Asp Ser Ala Val Asn Ala Ala Met Thr Glu Pro145 150 155 160Val Gly Pro Ser Phe Ile Ser Leu Pro Val Asp Leu Leu Gly Ser Ser 165 170 175Glu Gly Ile Asp Thr Thr Val Pro Asn Pro Pro Ala Asn Thr Pro Ala 180 185 190Lys Pro Val Gly Val Val Ala Asp Gly Trp Gln Lys Ala Ala Asp Gln 195 200 205Ala Ala Ala Leu Leu Ala Glu Ala Lys His Pro Val Leu Val Val Gly 210 215 220Ala Ala Ala Ile Arg Ser Gly Ala Val Pro Ala Ile Arg Ala Leu Ala225 230 235 240Glu Arg Leu Asn Ile Pro Val Ile Thr Thr Tyr Ile Ala Lys Gly Val 245 250 255Leu Pro Val Gly His Glu Leu Asn Tyr Gly Ala Val Thr Gly Tyr Met 260 265 270Asp Gly Ile Leu Asn Phe Pro Ala Leu Gln Thr Met Phe Ala Pro Val 275 280 285Asp Leu Val Leu Thr Val Gly Tyr Asp Tyr Ala Glu Asp Leu Arg Pro 290 295 300Ser Met Trp Gln Lys Gly Ile Glu Lys Lys Thr Val Arg Ile Ser Pro305 310 315 320Thr Val Asn Pro Ile Pro Arg Val Tyr Arg Pro Asp Val Asp Val Val 325 330 335Thr Asp Val Leu Ala Phe Val Glu His Phe Glu Thr Ala Thr Ala Ser 340 345 350Phe Gly Ala Lys Gln Arg His Asp Ile Glu Pro Leu Arg Ala Arg Ile 355 360 365Ala Glu Phe Leu Ala Asp Pro Glu Thr Tyr Glu Asp Gly Met Arg Val 370 375 380His Gln Val Ile Asp Ser Met Asn Thr Val Met Glu Glu Ala Ala Glu385 390 395 400Pro Gly Glu Gly Thr Ile Val Ser Asp Ile Gly Phe Phe Arg His Tyr 405 410 415Gly Val Leu Phe Ala Arg Ala Asp Gln Pro Phe Gly Phe Leu Thr Ser 420 425 430Ala Gly Cys Ser Ser Phe Gly Tyr Gly Ile Pro Ala Ala Ile Gly Ala 435 440 445Gln Met Ala Arg Pro Asp Gln Pro Thr Phe Leu Ile Ala Gly Asp Gly 450 455 460Gly Phe His Ser Asn Ser Ser Asp Leu Glu Thr Ile Ala Arg Leu Asn465 470 475 480Leu Pro Ile Val Thr Val Val Val Asn Asn Asp Thr Asn Gly Leu Ile 485 490 495Glu Leu Tyr Gln Asn Ile Gly His His Arg Ser His Asp Pro Ala Val 500 505 510Lys Phe Gly Gly Val Asp Phe Val Ala Leu Ala Glu Ala Asn Gly Val 515 520 525Asp Ala Thr Arg Ala Thr Asn Arg Glu Glu Leu Leu Ala Ala Leu Arg 530 535 540Lys Gly Ala Glu Leu Gly Arg Pro Phe Leu Ile Glu Val Pro Val Asn545 550 555 560Tyr Asp Phe Gln Pro Gly Gly Phe Gly Ala Leu Ser Ile Glx 565 570 5 514 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 5Met Gly Ala Pro Val Leu Pro Ala Ala Phe Gly Phe Leu Ala Ser Ala 1 5 10 15Arg Thr Gly Gly Gly Arg Ala Pro Gly Pro Val Phe Ala Thr Arg Gly 20 25 30Ser His Thr Asp Ile Asp Thr Pro Gln Gly Glu Arg Ser Leu Ala Ala 35 40 45Thr Leu Val His Ala Pro Ser Val Ala Pro Asp Arg Ala Val Ala Arg 50 55 60Ser Leu Thr Gly Ala Pro Thr Thr Ala Val Leu Ala Gly Glu Ile Tyr 65 70 75 80Asn Arg Asp Glu Leu Leu Ser Val Leu Pro Ala Gly Pro Ala Pro Glu 85 90 95Gly Asp Ala Glu Leu Val Leu Arg Leu Leu Glu Arg Tyr Asp Leu His 100 105 110Ala Phe Arg Leu Val Asn Gly Arg Phe Ala Thr Val Val Arg Thr Gly 115 120 125Asp Arg Val Leu Leu Ala Thr Asp His Ala Gly Ser Val Pro Leu Tyr 130 135 140Thr Cys Val Ala Pro Gly Glu Val Arg Ala Ser Thr Glu Ala Lys Ala145 150 155 160Leu Ala Ala His Arg Asp Pro Lys Gly Phe Pro Leu Ala Asp Ala Arg 165 170 175Arg Val Ala Gly Leu Thr Gly Val Tyr Gln Val Pro Ala Gly Ala Val 180 185 190Met Asp Ile Asp Leu Gly Ser Gly Thr Ala Val Thr His Arg Thr Trp 195 200 205Thr Pro Gly Leu Ser Arg Arg Ile Leu Pro Glu Gly Glu Ala Val Ala 210 215 220Ala Val Arg Ala Ala Leu Glu Lys Ala Val Ala Gln Arg Val Thr Pro225 230 235 240Gly Asp Thr Pro Leu Val Val Leu Ser Gly Gly Ile Asp Ser Ser Gly 245 250 255Val Ala Ala Cys Ala His Arg Ala Ala Gly Glu Leu Asp Thr Val Ser 260 265 270Met Gly Thr Asp Thr Ser Asn Glu Phe Arg Glu Ala Arg Ala Val Val 275 280 285Asp His Leu Arg Thr Arg His Arg Glu Ile Thr Ile Pro Thr Thr Glu 290 295 300Leu Leu Ala Gln Leu Pro Tyr Ala Val Trp Ala Ser Glu Ser Val Asp305 310 315 320Pro Asp Ile Ile Glu Tyr Leu Leu Pro Leu Thr Ala Leu Tyr Arg Ala 325 330 335Leu Asp Gly Pro Glu Arg Arg Ile Leu Thr Gly Tyr Gly Ala Asp Ile 340 345 350Pro Leu Gly Gly Met His Arg Glu Asp Arg Leu Pro Ala Leu Asp Thr 355 360 365Val Leu Ala His Asp Met Ala Thr Phe Asp Gly Leu Asn Glu Met Ser 370 375 380Pro Val Leu Ser Thr Leu Ala Gly His Trp Thr Thr His Pro Tyr Trp385 390 395 400Asp Arg Glu Val Leu Asp Leu Leu Val Ser Leu Glu Ala Gly Leu Lys 405 410 415Arg Arg His Gly Arg Asp Lys Trp Val Leu Arg Ala Ala Met Ala Asp 420 425 430Ala Leu Pro Ala Glu Thr Val Asn Arg Pro Lys Leu Gly Val His Glu 435 440 445Gly Ser Gly Thr Thr Ser Ser Phe Ser Arg Leu Leu Leu Asp His Gly 450 455 460Val Ala Glu Asp Arg Val His Glu Ala Lys Arg Gln Val Val Arg Glu465 470 475 480Leu Phe Asp Leu Thr Val Gly Gly Gly Arg His Pro Ser Glu Val Asp 485 490 495Thr Asp Asp Val Val Arg Ser Val Ala Asp Arg Thr Ala Arg Gly Ala 500 505 510Ala Glx 6 314 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 6Val Glu Arg Ile Asp Ser His Val Ser Pro Arg Tyr Ala Gln Ile Pro 1 5 10 15Thr Phe Met Arg Leu Pro His Asp Pro Gln Pro Arg Gly Tyr Asp Val 20 25 30Val Val Ile Gly Ala Pro Tyr Asp Gly Gly Thr Ser Tyr Arg Pro Gly 35 40 45Ala Arg Phe Gly Pro Gln Ala Ile Arg Ser Glu Ser Gly Leu Ile His 50 55 60Gly Val Gly Ile Asp Arg Gly Pro Gly Thr Phe Asp Leu Ile Asn Cys 65 70 75 80Val Asp Ala Gly Asp Ile Asn Leu Thr Pro Phe Asp Met Asn Ile Ala 85 90 95Ile Asp Thr Ala Gln Ser His Leu Ser Gly Leu Leu Lys Ala Asn Ala 100 105 110Ala Phe Leu Met Ile Gly Gly Asp His Ser Leu Thr Val Ala Ala Leu 115 120 125Arg Ala Val Ala Glu Gln His Gly Pro Leu Ala Val Val His Leu Asp 130 135 140Ala His Ser Asp Thr Asn Pro Ala Phe Tyr Gly Gly Arg Tyr His His145 150 155 160Gly Thr Pro Phe Arg His Gly Ile Asp Glu Lys Leu Ile Asp Pro Ala 165 170 175Ala Met Val Gln Ile Gly Ile Arg Gly His Asn Pro Lys Pro Asp Ser 180 185 190Leu Asp Tyr Ala Arg Gly His Gly Val Arg Val Val Thr Ala Asp Glu 195 200 205Phe Gly Glu Leu Gly Val Gly Gly Thr Ala Asp Leu Ile Arg Glu Lys 210 215 220Val Gly Gln Arg Pro Val Tyr Val Ser Val Asp Ile Asp Val Val Asp225 230 235 240Pro Ala Phe Ala Pro Gly Thr Gly Thr Pro Ala Pro Gly Gly Leu Leu 245 250 255Ser Arg Glu Val Leu Ala Leu Leu Arg Cys Val Gly Asp Leu Lys Pro 260 265 270Val Gly Phe Asp Val Met Glu Val Ser Pro Leu Tyr Asp His Gly Gly 275 280 285Ile Thr Ser Ile Leu Ala Thr Glu Ile Gly Ala Glu Leu Leu Tyr Gln 290 295 300Tyr Ala Arg Ala His Arg Thr Gln Leu Glx305 310 7 326 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 7Met Ala Ser Pro Ile Val Asp Cys Thr Pro Tyr Arg Asp Glu Leu Leu 1 5 10 15Ala Leu Ala Ser Glu Leu Pro Glu Val Pro Arg Ala Asp Leu His Gly 20 25 30Phe Leu Asp Glu Ala Lys Thr Leu Ala Ala Arg Leu Pro Glu Gly Leu 35 40 45Ala Ala Ala Leu Asp Thr Phe Asn Ala Val Gly Ser Glu Asp Gly Tyr 50 55 60Leu Leu Leu Arg Gly Leu Pro Val Asp Asp Ser Glu Leu Pro Glu Thr 65 70 75 80Pro Thr Ser Thr Pro Ala Pro Leu Asp Arg Lys Arg Leu Val Met Glu 85 90 95Ala Met Leu Ala Leu Ala Gly Arg Arg Leu Gly Leu His Thr Gly Tyr 100 105 110Gln Glu Leu Arg Ser Gly Thr Val Tyr His Asp Val Tyr Pro Ser Pro 115 120 125Gly Ala His Tyr Leu Ser Ser Glu Thr Ser Glu Thr Leu Leu Glu Phe 130 135 140His Thr Glu Met Ala Tyr His Ile Leu Gln Pro Asn Tyr Val Met Leu145 150 155 160Ala Cys Ser Arg Ala Asp His Glu Asn Arg Ala Glu Thr Leu Val Gly 165 170 175Ser Val Arg Lys Ala Leu Pro Leu Leu Asp Glu Lys Thr Arg Ala Arg 180 185 190Leu Phe Asp Arg Lys Val Pro Cys Cys Val Asp Val Ala Phe Arg Gly 195 200 205Gly Val Asp Asp Pro Gly Ala Ile Ala Asn Val Lys Pro Leu Tyr Gly 210 215 220Asp Ala Asn Asp Pro Phe Leu Gly Tyr Asp Arg Glu Leu Leu Ala Pro225 230 235 240Glu Asp Pro Ala Asp Lys Glu Ala Val Ala His Leu Ser Gln Ala Leu 245 250 255Asp Asp Val Thr Val Gly Val Lys Leu Val Pro Gly Asp Val Leu Ile 260 265 270Ile Asp Asn Phe Arg Thr Thr His Ala Arg Thr Pro Phe Ser Pro Arg 275 280 285Trp Asp Gly Lys Asp Arg Trp Leu His Arg Val Tyr Ile Arg Thr Asp 290 295 300Arg Asn Gly Gln Leu Ser Gly Gly Glu Arg Ala Gly Asp Thr Ile Ser305 310 315 320Phe Ser Pro Arg Arg Glx 325 8 394 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 8Met Ser Asp Ser Thr Pro Lys Thr Pro Arg Gly Phe Val Val His Thr 1 5 10 15Ala Pro Val Gly Leu Ala Asp Asp Gly Arg Asp Asp Phe Thr Val Leu 20 25 30Ala Ser Thr Ala Pro Ala Thr Val Ser Ala Val Phe Thr Arg Ser Arg 35 40 45Phe Ala Gly Pro Ser Val Val Leu Cys Arg Glu Ala Val Ala Asp Gly 50 55 60Gln Ala Arg Gly Val Val Val Leu Ala Arg Asn Ala Asn Val Ala Thr 65 70 75 80Gly Leu Glu Gly Glu Glu Asn Ala Arg Glu Val Arg Glu Ala Val Ala 85 90 95Arg Ala Leu Gly Leu Pro Glu Gly Glu Met Leu Ile Ala Ser Thr Gly 100 105 110Val Ile Gly Arg Gln Tyr Pro Met Glu Ser Ile Arg Glu His Leu Lys 115 120 125Thr Leu Glu Trp Pro Ala Gly Glu Gly Gly Phe Asp Arg Ala Ala Arg 130 135 140Ala Ile Met Thr Thr Asp Thr Arg Pro Lys Glu Val Arg Val Ser Val145 150 155 160Gly Gly Ala Thr Leu Val Gly Ile Ala Lys Gly Val Gly Met Leu Glu 165 170 175Pro Asp Met Ala Thr Leu Leu Thr Phe Phe Ala Thr Asp Ala Arg Leu 180 185 190Asp Pro Ala Glu Gln Asp Arg Leu Phe Arg Arg Val Met Asp Arg Thr 195 200 205Phe Asn Ala Val Ser Ile Asp Thr Asp Thr Ser Thr Ser Asp Thr Ala 210 215 220Val Leu Phe Ala Asn Gly Leu Ala Gly Glu Val Asp Ala Gly Glu Phe225 230 235 240Glu Glu Ala Leu His Thr Ala Ala Leu Ala Leu Val Lys Asp Ile Ala 245 250 255Ser Asp Gly Glu Gly Ala Ala Lys Leu Ile Glu Val Gln Val Thr Gly 260 265 270Ala Arg Asp Asp Ala Gln Ala Lys Arg Val Gly Lys Thr Val Val Asn 275 280 285Ser Pro Leu Val Lys Thr Ala Val His Gly Cys Asp Pro Asn Trp Gly 290 295 300Arg Val Ala Met Ala Ile Gly Lys Cys Ser Asp Asp Thr Asp Ile Asp305 310 315 320Gln Glu Arg Val Thr Ile Arg Phe Gly Glu Val Glu Val Tyr Pro Pro 325 330 335Lys Ala Arg Gly Asp Gln Ala Asp Asp Ala Leu Arg Ala Ala Val Ala 340 345 350Glu His Leu Arg Gly Asp Glu Val Val Ile Gly Ile Asp Leu Ala Ile 355 360 365Ala Asp Gly Ala Phe Thr Val Tyr Gly Cys Asp Leu Thr Glu Gly Tyr 370 375 380Val Arg Leu Asn Ser Glu Tyr Thr Thr Glx385 390 9 556 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 9Met Glu Thr Thr Arg Ser Thr Thr Ala Asp Glu Gly Phe Asp Ala Gly 1 5 10 15Val Arg Gly Val Val Ala Pro Thr Asp Ala Pro Gly Gly Thr Leu Arg 20 25 30Leu Val Arg Thr Asp Asp Phe Asp Ser Leu Asp Pro Gly Asn Thr Tyr 35 40 45Tyr Ala Tyr Thr Trp Asn Phe Leu Arg Leu Ile Gly Arg Thr Leu Val 50 55 60Thr Phe Asp Thr Ala Pro Gly Lys Ala Gly Gln Arg Leu Val Pro Asp 65 70 75 80Leu Ala Glu Ser Leu Gly Glu Ser Ser Glu Asp Gly Arg Val Trp Thr 85 90 95Tyr Arg Leu Arg Glu Gly Leu Arg Tyr Glu Asp Gly Thr Pro Val Val 100 105 110Ser Ala Asp Ile Lys His Ala Ile Ala Arg Ser Asn Tyr Gly Thr Asp 115 120 125Val Leu Gly Ala Gly Pro Thr Tyr Phe Arg His Leu Leu Gly Thr Glu 130 135 140Tyr Gly Gly Pro Trp Arg Glu Pro Asp Ala Asp Gly Pro Val Thr Leu145 150 155 160Glu Thr Pro Asp Glu Arg Thr Leu Val Phe Arg Leu Arg Glu Pro Phe 165 170 175Ala Gly Met Asp Leu Leu Ala Thr Met Pro Ser Thr Thr Pro Val Pro 180 185 190Arg Asp Arg Asp Thr Gly Ala Glu Tyr Arg Leu Arg Pro Val Ala Thr 195 200 205Gly Pro Tyr Arg Ile Val Ser Tyr Thr Arg Gly Glu Leu Ala Val Leu 210 215 220Glu Pro Asn Pro His Trp Asp Pro Glu Thr Asp Pro Val Arg Val Gln225 230 235 240Arg Ala Ser Arg Ile Glu Val His Leu Gly Lys Asp Pro His Glu Val 245 250 255Asp Arg Met Leu Leu Ala Gly Glu Ala His Val Asp Leu Ala Gly Phe 260 265 270Gly Val Gln Pro Ala Ala Gln Glu Arg Ile Leu Ala Glu Pro Glu Leu 275 280 285Arg Ala His Ala Asp Asn Pro Leu Thr Gly Phe Thr Trp Ile Tyr Cys 290 295 300Leu Ser Ser Arg Ile Ala Pro Phe Asp Asn Val His Cys Arg Arg Ala305 310 315 320Val Gln Phe Ala Thr Asp Lys Ala Ala Met Gln Glu Ala Tyr Gly Gly 325 330 335Ala Val Gly Gly Asp Ile Ala Thr Thr Leu Leu Pro Pro Thr Leu Asp 340 345 350Gly Tyr Lys His Phe Asp Arg Tyr Pro Val Gly Pro Glu Gly Thr Gly 355 360 365Asp Leu Glu Ala Ala Arg Ala Glu Leu Lys Leu Ala Gly Met Pro Asp 370 375 380Gly Phe Arg Thr Arg Ile Ala Ala Arg Lys Asp Arg Leu Lys Glu Tyr385 390 395 400Arg Ala Ala Glu Ala Leu Ala Ala Gly Leu Ala Arg Val Gly Ile Glu 405 410 415Ala Glu Val Leu Asp Phe Pro Ser Gly Asp Tyr Phe Asp Arg Tyr Gly 420 425 430Gly Cys Pro Glu Tyr Leu Arg Glu His Gly Ile Gly Ile Ile Met Phe 435 440 445Gly Trp Gly Ala Asp Phe Pro Asp Gly Tyr Gly Phe Leu Gln Gln Ile 450 455 460Thr Asp Gly Arg Ala Ile Lys Glu Arg Gly Asn Gln Asn Met Gly Glu465 470 475 480Leu Asp Asp Pro Glu Ile Asn Ala Leu Leu Asp Glu Gly Ala Gln Cys 485 490 495Ala Asp Pro Ala Arg Arg Ala Glu Ile Trp His Arg Ile Asp Gln Leu 500 505 510Thr Met Asp His Ala Val Ile Val Pro Tyr Leu Tyr Pro Arg Ser Leu 515 520 525Leu Tyr Arg His Pro Asp Thr Arg Asn Ala Phe Val Thr Gly Ser Phe 530 535 540Gly Met Tyr Asp Tyr Val Ala Leu Gly Ala Lys Glx545 550 555 10 433 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 10Met Glu Val Ala Arg Arg Thr Gly Val Arg His Gly Thr Val Glu Arg 1 5 10 15Arg Leu Asp Arg Leu Asp Arg Ile Val Gly Leu Pro Leu Thr Leu Arg 20 25 30Ser Arg His Thr Ala Arg Leu Thr Thr Ala Gly Ser Arg Ile Leu Val 35 40 45Ala Gly Arg Arg Phe Phe His Gln Val Asp Leu Ala Ala Arg Thr His 50 55 60Ile Phe Gly His Gly Ser Glu Ala Val Asp Ala Pro Glu Val Leu Ser 65 70 75 80Leu Val Ser Thr Glu Pro Leu Leu Asp Glu Val Val Glu Asp Ala Ala 85 90 95Ala Ser Leu Asp Leu Leu Leu Ser Val Arg His Glu Ala Pro His Gln 100 105 110Val Ala Ala Gln Leu Ala Gly Tyr Gln Val Asp Ala Ala Tyr Thr Trp 115 120 125Ser Leu Gln Ser Pro Arg His Ser Leu Glu Arg Ser Val Arg Thr Cys 130 135 140Glu Val Leu Asp Asp Pro Leu Trp Val Ile Leu Pro Arg Asp His Pro145 150 155 160Leu Ala Ala Arg Arg Glu Val Ser Leu Ala Asp Leu Arg Asp Glu Thr 165 170 175Trp Val Ser Glu Thr Gly Pro Gly Ser Glu Ile Leu Val Thr Arg Val 180 185 190Phe Gln Leu Ala Gly Leu Thr Ala Pro Thr Arg Leu His Ile Thr Gly 195 200 205Ala Ser Val Ala Arg Gly Ile Leu Arg Arg Gly Asp Ala Ile Gly Leu 210 215 220Gly Ser Pro Thr His Pro Ala Val Gln Asp Pro Ser Leu Val Arg Arg225 230 235 240Ser Leu Ala Glu Arg Pro Arg Arg Thr Thr Ser Leu Leu Val Asp Pro 245 250 255Thr Ile Val Pro Arg Ala Leu Ala Gly Arg Leu Ala Leu Leu Ile Ala 260 265 270Glu Val Gln Leu Arg Arg Phe Ala Glu His His Arg Asp Leu Leu Asp 275 280 285Glu Pro Trp Trp Ala Gln Trp Tyr Ala Glu Arg Thr Gly Ala Asp Ala 290 295 300Arg Arg Phe Gly Ala Gly Pro Asp Gln Gly Ser Val Pro Gly Gln Ala305 310 315 320Glu Gly Arg Lys Leu Asp Val Asp Asp Leu His Leu Leu Gln Ala Val 325 330 335Ala Arg His Gly Ser Ile Asn Arg Ala Ala Ala Val Leu Ser Ile Ser 340 345 350Gln Ser Ala Leu Thr Arg Arg Ile His Arg Leu Glu Gln Ser Leu Gly 355 360 365Ala Arg Leu Leu Leu Arg Ser Pro Arg Gly Thr Ser Leu Thr Gly Pro 370 375 380Thr Arg Gln Phe Leu Arg Gln Leu Ala Leu Tyr Glu Ala Glu Phe Arg385 390 395 400Glu Ala Ala Leu Ala Cys Arg Ser Val Glu Arg Pro Leu Ala Gln Gly 405 410 415His Trp Pro Ile Arg Arg Gly Val Ala Ala Gly Ala Arg Met Ser Gly 420 425 430Glx 11 248 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 11Met Pro Ser Ala Leu Gln Gly Lys Val Ala Leu Ile Thr Gly Ala Ser 1 5 10 15Ser Gly Ile Gly Glu Ala Thr Ala Arg Ala Leu Ala Ala Glu Gly Ala 20 25 30Ala Val Ala Ile Ala Ala Arg Arg Val Glu Lys Leu Arg Ala Leu Gly 35 40 45Asp Glu Leu Thr Ala Ala Gly Ala Lys Val His Val Leu Glu Leu Asp 50 55 60Val Ala Asp Arg Gln Gly Val Asp Ala Ala Val Ala Ser Thr Val Glu 65 70 75 80Ala Leu Gly Gly Leu Asp Ile Leu Val Asn Asn Ala Gly Ile Met Leu 85 90 95Leu Gly Pro Val Glu Asp Ala Asp Thr Thr Asp Trp Thr Arg Met Ile 100 105 110Asp Thr Asn Leu Leu Gly Leu Met Tyr Met Thr Arg Ala Ala Leu Pro 115 120 125His Leu Leu Arg Ser Lys Gly Thr Val Val Gln Met Ser Ser Ile Ala 130 135 140Gly Arg Val Asn Val Arg Asn Ala Ala Val Tyr Gln Ala Thr Lys Phe145 150 155 160Gly Val Asn Ala Phe Ser Glu Thr Leu Arg Gln Glu Val Thr Glu Arg 165 170 175Gly Val Arg Val Val Val Ile Glu Pro Gly Thr Thr Asp Thr Glu Leu 180 185 190Arg Gly His Ile Thr His Thr Ala Thr Lys Glu Met Tyr Glu Gln Arg 195 200 205Ile Ser Gln Ile Arg Lys Leu Gln Ala Gln Asp Ile Ala Glu Ala Val 210 215 220Arg Tyr Ala Val Thr Ala Pro His His Ala Thr Val His Glu Ile Phe225 230 235 240Ile Arg Pro Thr Asp Gln Val Glx 245 12 409 PRT Streptomyces clavuligerus 12Met Met Asn Glu Ala Ala Pro Gln Ser Asp Gln Val Ala Pro Ala Tyr 1 5 10 15Pro Met His Arg Val Cys Pro Val Asp Pro Pro Pro Gln Leu Ala Gly 20 25 30Leu Arg Ser Gln Lys Ala Ala Ser Arg Val Thr Leu Trp Asp Gly Ser 35 40 45Gln Val Trp Leu Val Thr Ser His Ala Gly Ala Arg Ala Val Leu Gly 50 55 60Asp Arg Arg Phe Thr Ala Val 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3720gtcatcggag ccccctacga cgggggcacc agctaccgtc ccggcgcccg gttcggcccc 3780caggccatcc gcagtgagtc gggcctcatc cacggtgtcg gcatcgaccg gggccccggc 3840acgttcgacc tgatcaactg tgtcgacgcc ggggacatca atctgacgcc gttcgacatg 3900aacatcgcga tcgacacggc gcagagccat ctgtcgggcc tgctgaaggc caacgccgcc 3960tttctgatga tcggcggcga ccactcgctg acggtggccg ccctgcgcgc ggtcgcggag 4020cagcacggcc cgctcgccgt ggtgcacctg gacgcgcact ccgacaccaa cccggccttc 4080tacgggggcc ggtaccacca cggcaccccc ttccggcacg ggatcgacga gaagctgatc 4140gacccggcgg cgatggtcca gatcggcatc cggggccaca acccgaagcc ggactcgctc 4200gactacgccc ggggccacgg cgtccgggtg gtcacggcgg acgagttcgg cgagctgggg 4260gtgggcggga ccgccgacct catccgcgag aaggtcggcc agcggcccgt gtacgtctcg 4320gtcgacatcg acgtggtcga ccccgccttc gcccccggta cgggcacgcc cgcgccgggc 4380gggctcctct cgcgcgaggt gctggcgctg ctgcgctgcg tgggtgacct gaagccggtc 4440ggcttcgacg tgatggaggt gtcacccctc tacgaccacg gcgggatcac ttcgatcctg 4500gccacggaga tcggtgcgga actgctctac cagtacgccc gagcccacag aacccagttg 4560tgaaggagac atcgtgtcat ggcctctccg atagttgact gcaccccgta ccgcgacgag 4620ctgctcgcgc tcgcctccga gcttcccgag gtgccgcgcg cggacctcca tggcttcctc 4680gacgaggcga agacgctggc cgcccgtctc ccggaggggc tggccgccgc tctcgacacc 4740ttcaacgccg tgggcagcga ggacggttat ctgctgctgc gcgggctgcc cgtcgacgac 4800agcgagctgc ccgagacgcc gacctccacc ccggccccgc tggaccgcaa gcggctggtg 4860atggaggcca tgctcgcgct ggccggccgc cggctcggtc tgcacacggg gtaccaggag 4920ctgcgctcgg gcacggtcta ccacgacgtg tacccgtcgc ccggcgcgca ctacctgtcc 4980tcggagacct ccgagacgct gctggagttc cacacggaga tggcgtacca catcctccag 5040ccgaactacg tcatgctggc ctgctcccgc gcggaccacg agaaccgggc ggagacgctg 5100gtcggctcgg tccgcaaggc gctgcccctg ctggacgaga agacccgggc ccgtctcttc 5160gaccgcaagg tgccctgctg cgtggacgtg gccttccgcg gcggggtcga cgacccgggc 5220gcgatcgcca acgtcaagcc gctctacggg gacgcgaacg acccgttcct cgggtacgac 5280cgcgagctgc tggcgccgga ggaccccgcg gacaaggagg ccgtcgccca tctgtcccag 5340gcgctcgacg atgtgaccgt cggggtgaag ctcgtccccg gtgacgtcct catcatcgac 5400aacttccgca ccacgcacgc gcggacgccg ttctcgcccc gctgggacgg gaaggaccgc 5460tggctgcacc gcgtctacat ccgcaccgac cgcaatggac agctctccgg cggcgagcgc 5520gcgggcgaca ccatctcgtt ctcgccgcgc cgctgagccc ggctccccga ggccctgggc 5580cccggcgccg gaaccggctc ccggtcctgc cccctcaccc gccgcgcggg tgagggggca 5640ggcccctttg tgccgggtgc cgtgcgtcct gcgagggtgc cggggcgggg gggacggcgg 5700aggtgcccgg cggccgggtg ccgtgcgccg cccgtgggtg ctgtacagca ctccgtgtgc 5760cgtgcgccac cccgtgcata aatttgccac tctatgggaa ataatgcaga gtgcgacggg 5820tgaggccgtc gccgtgccct ttccgtgaca ggagacgctg acatgtccga cagcacaccg 5880aagacgcccc ggggattcgt ggtgcacacg gcgccggtgg gcctggccga cgacggccgc 5940cacgacttca ccgtcctcgc ctccaccgcc ccggccaccg tgagcgccgt cttcacccgc 6000tcccgcttcg ccgggccgag cgtcgtgctg tgccgggagg cggtggccga cgggcaggcg 6060cgcggtgtgg tggtgctggc ccgcaacgcg aatgtcgcga ccggcctgga gggcgaggag 6120aacgcgcgcg aggtgcgcga ggccgtcgcc cgggccctcg ggctgccgga gggcgagatg 6180ctgatcgcct ccaccggggt gatcggccgg cagtacccga tggagagcat ccgggagcac 6240ctcaagacgc tggagtggcc cgccggggag ggcggcttcg accgcgcggc ccgcgccatc 6300atgacgaccg acacccggcc caaggaggtc cgggtcagcg tcggcggggc gaccctcgtg 6360ggcatcgcca agggcgtcgg catgctggag cccgacatgg cgacgctgct gaccttcttc 6420gccacggacg cccggctgga cccggccgag caggaccgcc tcttccgccg ggtcatggac 6480cgcaccttca acgcggtcag catcgacacc gacacctcca ccagcgacac ggcggtgctg 6540ttcgccaacg gcctggcggg cgaggtcgac gccggggagt tcgaggaggc gctgcacacg 6600gcggcgctgg ccctggtcaa ggacatcgcg agcgacggcg agggcgcggc caagctgatc 6660gaggtccagg tcaccggcgc ccgcgacgac gcccaggcca agcgggtcgg caagaccgtc 6720gtcaactccc cgttggtgaa gaccgccgtg cacggctgcg accccaactg gggccgggtc 6780gccatggcga tcggcaagtg ctcggacgac accgacatcg accaggagcg ggtgacgatc 6840cgcttcggcg aggtcgaggt ctatccgccg aaggcccggg gcgaccaggc cgacgacgcg 6900ctgcgggccg ccgtcgcgga gcatctgcgg ggcgacgagg tggtcatcgg gatcgacctc 6960gccatcgcgg acggggcctt caccgtctac ggctgcgacc tcaccgaggg ctatgtccgg 7020ctgaactcgg agtacaccac ctgatccccg gacagggaac gggccgccgc cccgttccct 7080gtccgctccc gtcccgtgtg gttataccga ccgttccccg gctatgcgca cgggacggag 7140cggcccccgc cgggccccgc ccggccgcac gatgaggggc gatgcaaggt gacgagggca 7200ggagggacat ggagaccact cggtcgacga ccgcggacga gggcttcgac gccggggtac 7260ggggagtggt cgcgccgacc gacgccccgg gcgggacgct gcggctggtc cgcacggacg 7320acttcgactc gctcgacccc ggcaacacgt actacgccta cacctggaac ttcctccggc 7380tcatcggccg gacgctggtc accttcgaca ccgcgccggg caaggcgggc cagcggctcg 7440tgcccgacct cgccgagtcg ctgggcgagt cctccgagga cggccgggtc tggacctacc 7500ggctgcgcga gggcctgcgc tacgaggacg gcacgccggt cgtctcggcc gacatcaagc 7560acgccatcgc ccgcagcaac tacggcaccg atgtcctggg cgccggtccg acctacttcc 7620gccacctcct gggcaccgag tacggcggcc cctggcggga gccggacgcc gacggaccgg 7680tgacgctgga gaccccggac gagcggacgc tggtcttccg gctgcgggag ccgttcgcgg 7740ggatggatct gctggcgacc atgccgtcca ccacccccgt gccgcgcgac cgggacaccg 7800gcgccgagta ccggctgcgg cccgtggcga ccggcccgta ccggatcgtc tcgtacaccc 7860ggggcgagct ggccgtcctg gagcccaatc cgcactggga ccccgagacc gacccggtgc 7920gcgtccagcg cgcctcccgg atcgaggtgc acctcggcaa ggacccgcac gaggtggacc 7980gcatgctgct ggcgggcgag gcccatgtgg acctcgcggg cttcggtgtg cagcccgcgg 8040cccaggagcg catcctcgcc gagccggagc tgcgcgcgca cgcggacaac ccgctgaccg 8100gcttcacctg gatctactgc ctgtcgagcc ggatcgcccc gttcgacaat gtgcactgcc 8160ggcgggccgt gcagttcgcc accgacaaag cggccatgca ggaggcgtac ggcggcgcgg 8220tgggcggcga catcgcgacc accctgctgc ccccgaccct cgacggctac aagcacttcg 8280accgctaccc ggtcggcccc gagggcaccg gcgacctgga ggccgcccgc gccgagctga 8340agctggccgg gatgcccgac ggcttccgca ccaggatcgc cgcccgcaag gaccggctca 8400aggagtaccg ggccgccgag gcgctggccg ccgggctcgc ccgggtcggc atcgaggcgg 8460aggtgctgga cttcccgtcg ggcgactact tcgaccgcta cggcggctgc ccggagtatc 8520tgcgcgagca cgggatcggg atcatcatgt tcggctgggg cgccgacttc cccgacggat 8580acggcttcct ccagcagatc accgacgggc gcgcgatcaa ggagcgcggc aaccagaaca 8640tgggcgagct ggacgacccg gagatcaacg cgctgctgga cgagggggcg cagtgcgccg 8700acccggcgcg gcgcgcggag atctggcacc gcatcgacca gctcacgatg gaccacgcgg 8760tcatcgttcc gtatctgtac ccgcggtccc tgctctaccg gcacccggac acccgcaacg 8820ccttcgtcac cggctccttc gggatgtacg actacgtggc gctcggcgcg aagtgagcac 8880ggggtccggc cccgggaccg tatgtcccgg ggccggaccc cgcccgttcc ccgcccggtc 8940cggtccggac ccggtcgcgg cccgctcagc cggacatccg ggccccggcc gcgaccccgc 9000gccggatcgg ccagtggccc tgcgccaggg gccgttccac gctgcggcag gcgagagcgg 9060cctcgcggaa ctccgcctcg tacagcgcga gctggcgcag gaactgccgg gtcgggccgg 9120tcaggctggt cccccgcggg ctgcgcagca gcagccgggc gccgagggac tgctccagcc 9180ggtgaatccg gcgggtgagc gccgactggc tgatcgacag caccgccgcg gcccggttga 9240tgctgccgtg ccgggccacg gcctggagca gatggagatc gtccacatcc agtttgcggc 9300cctcggcctg gccgggcacg gagccctggt cgggtcccgc cccgaagcgg cgggcgtccg 9360cgccggtgcg ctccgcgtac cactgcgccc accagggctc gtccagcagg tcgcggtggt 9420gttcggcgaa gcgccggagc tggacctcgg cgatcagcgc ggccagccgt cccgccagcg 9480cccggggcac gatggtgggg tcgacgagca gactcgtggt gcggcgcggg cgctccgcca 9540gggagcggcg caccagcgag gggtcctgca ccgccgggtg ggtgggcgag ccgagaccta 9600tcgcgtcccc gcggcgcagg atgccccggg caaccgatgc ccccgtgatg tggagccggg 9660tgggcgcggt gagcccggcc agctggaaga cacgtgtcac caggatctcc gagccgggtc 9720ccgtctcgga cacccaggtc tcgtcccgca gatcggcgag cgagacctcc cgccgggcgg 9780ccagcggatg gtcccggggc aggatcaccc acagcgggtc gtccagcacc tcacaggtgc 9840gcacggaccg ctccaggctg tgccgggggg actggaggct ccaggtgtag gccgcgtcca 9900cctggtagcc cgccagttgg gcggcgacct ggtgcggggc ctcgtgccgg accgacagca 9960gcaggtccag cgaggccgcc gcgtcctcca ccacctcgtc gagcaggggt tccgtggaga 10020ccagcgacag cacctccggg gcgtccacgg cctcggagcc atggccgaag atatgcgtcc 10080gcgcggccag gtcgacctgg tggaagaacc gccgcccggc gacgaggatg cgggagcccg 10140cggtggtcag ccgggccgtg tggcggctgc gcagggtcag cgggaggccg acgatccggt 10200ccagccggtc gagtctgcgc tccacggtgc cgtgccggac acccgtccgc cgggccactt 10260ccatgaggtc tccgcagtgt cccaccgcgt ccagtaaaga cagatcgcat cggctgacac 10320cagcagacgt cggttctgac ccgagagaca atgtcggttc ccttttccgt caaggactgt 10380accgctgaat tgtccgaagt ggctcttgaa ttgcttcgga atcgatccta ggcagcgccg 10440ctcttcggat tctcctcgcc gggaagcgga acgcgcccgg ccggatggcg ggcgcgctcc 10500gggcgccgtc ccgggaacgg gggacggggc acggcacggc cggccacccg gtccgggcgc 10560gcggcgtgga cctggtcggc ggacgggtgt cagacctggt cggtggggcg tatgaagatc 10620tcgtggacgg tcgcgtggtg cggcgcggtc acggcgtagc ggaccgcctc cgcgatgtcc 10680tgggcctgga gcttgcggat ctggctgatc cgctgctcgt acatctcctt ggtggcggtg 10740tgggtgatgt ggccgcgcag ctccgtgtcg gtggtgcccg gctcgatgac gacgacccgc 10800accccgcgct cggtgacctc ctggcgcagc gtctcgctga acgcgttcac accgaacttc 10860gtggcctggt agacggccgc gttgcggacg ttcacccggc ccgcgatcga ggacatctgc 10920accacggtgc ccttgctgcg cagcagatgg ggaagggccg cccgggtcat gtacatcagg 10980cccaggagat tggtgtcgat catccgggtc cagtcggtgg tgtcggcgtc ctccaccggg 11040ccgagcagca tgatcccggc gttgttgacg aggatgtcga ggccgcccag cgcctcgacg 11100gtggaggcga cggcggcgtc caccccctgc cggtcggcga cgtcgagttc gaggacatgg 11160accttcgccc cggcggcggt cagctcgtca cccagggcgc gcagcttctc gacccggcgc 11220gcggcgatgg ccacggcggc gccctcggcg gccagggcgc gggccgtggc ctcgccgatg 11280cccgagctcg cgcccgtgat gagcgcgact ttcccctgga gtgcggatgg catcatttcc 11340tccacatggt gctgcgatcg tggtgagcgt atgaagaagg ggtgagacct gccgtgccgg 11400ggcgggttcc gtacgccgga ccgttgcggt gggcacggcc gaccgggtac ggatggccgc 11460agttccccgg ggagttcccg gggaatggtg aataccgcgg cgctctccga tggtcttcgg 11520aggacacccg gggattcacc gggaatcagc ggccggagtt ctccccgtcc acggcagacg 11580ctatcagcgt cgcattcccc ggtg 11604 14 1656 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 14tcagccggcc gcgaggttgc tgaggaactt cgcggcgacg gggcccgcgt cggcgccgcc 60cgacccgccg tcctccagca ggaccgacca ggcgatgttc cggtcgccct ggtagccgat 120catccaggcg tgcgtcttcg gcggcttctc ggtgccgaac tcggcggtac cggtcttggc 180gtgcggctgt ccgccgaggc cccgcagggc gtcgccggcg ccgtcggtga cggtcgaacg 240catcatggaa cgcagcgagt cgacgatgcc cggggccatc cggggggcct ggtgcggctt 300cttgaccgcg tcgggcacca gcacgggctg cttgaactcg ccctgcttga cggtggcggc 360gatggaggcc atcaccaggg gcgacgcctc gaccctggcc tgtccgatgg tggacgcggc 420cttgtcgttc tcgctgttgg agacggggac gctgccgtcg aaggtggagg cgccgacgtc 480ccaggtgccg ccgatgccga aggcttcggc ggcctgcttc aggctggact cggagagctt 540gctgcgggag ttgacgaaga acgtgttgca ggagtgggcg aagctgtccc ggaaggtcga 600gcccgcgggc agcgtgaact ggtcctggtt ctcgaagctc tggccgttga catgggcgaa 660cttcgggcag tcggcccgct cctccgggtt catcccctgc tggagcaggg ccgcggtggt 720gaccaccttg aaggtggagc cgggcgggta gcggccctcc agcgcgcggt tcatgccgga 780gggcacgttc gcggcggcca ggatgttgcc ggtggcgggg tcgacggcga cgatcgccgc 840gttcttcttc gagccctcca gggccgccgc ggcggcggac tggacccgcg ggtcgatggt 900ggtcttcacc ggcttgccct cggtgtcctt gaggccggtg agcttcttga ccacctggcc 960ggactcacgg tccaggatca cgaccgagcg cgccgcgccg gagccgccgg tgagctgctt 1020gtcgtagcgg gactggaggc ccgccgagcc cttgccggtc ctggggtcga ccgcgccgat 1080gatggaggcg gcctggagga cattgccgtt ggcgtcgagg atgtccgcgc gctcccgcga 1140cttgagggcg agggtctgcc ccggaaccat ctgcggatgg atcatctcgg tgttgaacgc 1200gaccttccac tccttgccgc cgccgacgac cttcgcggtg gagtcccagg cgtactcccc 1260ggccccgggg agggtcattc tgacggtgaa cggtatctcc acctcgccct cggggttctt 1320ctccccggtc ttggcggtga tctccgtctt cgtcggcttg aggttggtca tgacggattt 1380gatcagcgac tcggcgttgt ccggggtgtc cgtcagcccg gcggccgtcg gggcgtcgcc 1440cttctcccag gcgccgagga aggtgtcgaa ctgtccggcc gccgcctcca cctcggggtc 1500gcccgaatcc ttctcgtcgg caaccaggct ggtgtaaccc caatagccga gccccaccgt 1560cacggccagc ccggcgacca ccgcggtggc cgcccggcca cgggagcggc gcctgccctg 1620cggcgggtca tcgccatagt tgtcggaatg cgtcat 1656 15 1722 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 15atgtcccgtg tatcgaccgc ccccagcggc aagcctaccg ccgctcacgc cctcctgtca 60cggttgcgtg atcacggtgt ggggaaggtg tttggggttg tcggccgaga ggccgcgtcg 120attctcttcg acgaggtcga ggggatcgac ttcgttctga cccgccacga gttcaccgcg 180ggtgtcgccg ctgatgtcct cgcgcggatc accggtcgcc cccaggcgtg ctgggccacc 240ctgggccccg gtatgaccaa cctctccacc ggtatcgcca cgtccgtcct ggaccgctcg 300ccggtcatcg cgctcgccgc gcagtcggag tcgcacgaca tcttcccgaa cgacacccac 360cagtgcctgg actcggtggc gatcgtcgcc ccgatgtcca agtacgccgt ggagctccag 420cggccccacg agatcaccga cctcgtcgac tccgccgtga acgcggccat gaccgagccg 480gtcgggccct ccttcatctc cctcccggtg gacctgctcg gctcctccga gggcatcgac 540accaccgtcc ccaacccgcc ggcgaacacc ccggcgaaac cggtcggcgt cgtcgccgac 600ggctggcaga aggccgccga ccaggccgcc gccctgctcg ccgaggccaa gcacccggtg 660ctcgtcgtcg gagcggccgc gatccgctcg ggcgccgtcc cggcgatccg cgccctggcc 720gagcgcctga acatcccggt catcacgacc tacatcgcca agggtgtcct gccggtcggc 780cacgagctga actacggcgc cgtcaccggc tacatggacg gcatcctcaa cttcccggcg 840ctccagacca tgttcgcccc ggtggacctc gtcctcaccg tcggctacga ctacgccgag 900gacctgcgcc cgtccatgtg gcagaagggc atcgagaaga agaccgtccg tatctccccg 960acggtcaacc cgatcccccg ggtctaccgg cccgacgtcg acgtcgtcac cgacgtcctc 1020gccttcgtgg agcacttcga gaccgcgacc gcctccttcg gggccaagca gcgccacgac 1080atcgagccgc tgcgcgcccg gatcgcggag ttcctggccg acccggagac ctacgaggac 1140ggcatgcgcg tccaccaggt catcgactcc atgaacaccg tcatggagga ggccgccgag 1200cccggcgagg gcacgatcgt ctccgacatc ggcttcttcc gtcactacgg tgtgctcttc 1260gcccgcgccg accagccctt cggcttcctc acctcggcgg gctgctccag cttcggctac 1320ggcatccccg ccgccatcgg cgcccagatg gcccgcccgg accagccgac cttcctcatc 1380gcgggtgacg gcggcttcca ctccaacagc tccgacctgg agaccatcgc ccggctcaac 1440ctgccgatcg tgaccgtcgt cgtcaacaac gacaccaacg gcctgatcga gctgtaccag 1500aacatcggtc accaccgcag ccacgacccg gcggtcaagt tcggcggcgt cgacttcgtc 1560gcgctcgccg aggccaacgg tgtcgacgcc acccgcgcca ccaaccgcga ggagctgctc 1620gcggccctgc gcaagggtgc cgagctgggt cgtccgttcc tcatcgaggt cccggtcaac 1680tacgacttcc agccgggcgg cttcggcgcc ctgagcatct ga 1722 16 1542 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 16atgggggcac cggttcttcc ggctgccttc gggttcctgg cctccgcccg aacgggcggg 60ggccgggccc ccggcccggt cttcgcgacc cggggcagcc acaccgacat cgacacgccc 120cagggggagc gctcgctcgc ggcgaccctg gtgcacgccc cctcggtcgc gcccgaccgc 180gcggtggcgc gctccctcac cggcgcgccc accaccgcgg tgctcgccgg tgagatctac 240aaccgggacg aactcctctc cgtgctgccc gccggacccg cgccggaggg ggacgcggag 300ctggtcctgc ggctgctgga acgctatgac ctgcatgcct tccggctggt gaacgggcgc 360ttcgcgaccg tggtgcggac cggggaccgg gtcctgctcg ccaccgacca cgccggttcg 420gtgccgctgt acacctgtgt ggcgccgggc gaggtccggg cgtccaccga ggccaaggcg 480ctcgccgcgc accgcgaccc gaagggcttc ccgctcgcgg acgcccgccg ggtcgccggt 540ctgaccggtg tctaccaggt gcccgcgggc gccgtgatgg acatcgacct cggctcgggc 600accgccgtca cccaccgcac ctggaccccg ggcctctccc gccgcatcct gccggagggc 660gaggccgtcg cggccgtgcg ggccgcgctg gagaaggccg tcgcccagcg ggtcaccccc 720ggcgacaccc cgttggtggt gctctccggc ggaatcgact cctccggggt cgcggcctgt 780gcgcaccggg cggccgggga actggacacg gtgtccatgg gcaccgacac gtccaacgag 840ttccgcgagg cccgggcggt cgtcgaccat ctgcgcaccc ggcaccggga gatcaccatc 900ccgaccaccg agctgctggc gcagctcccg tacgcggtgt gggcctccga gtcggtggac 960ccggacatca tcgagtacct gctccccctg acagcgctct accgggcgct cgacgggccg 1020gagcgccgca tcctcaccgg gtacggcgcg gacatccccc tcgggggcat gcaccgcgag 1080gaccggctgc ccgcgctgga caccgttctc gcgcacgaca tggccacctt cgacgggctg 1140aacgagatgt ccccggtgct gtccacgctg gcggggcact ggaccaccca cccgtactgg 1200gaccgggagg tcctcgatct gctggtctcg ctggaggccg ggctcaagcg gcggcacggc 1260cgggacaagt gggtgctgcg cgccgcgatg gccgacgccc tcccggcgga gaccgtcaac 1320cggcccaagc tgggcgtcca cgagggctcg ggcaccacgt cctcgttctc ccggctgctg 1380ctggaccacg gtgtcgccga ggaccgcgtc cacgaggcga agcggcaggt ggtgcgcgag 1440ctgttcgatc tcacggtcgg gggcggacgg cacccctccg aggtggacac cgacgatgtg 1500gtgcgctccg tggccgaccg gaccgcgcgg ggggcggcct ag 1542 17 942 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 17gtggagcgca tcgactcgca cgtttcaccc cgctacgcac agatccccac cttcatgcgc 60ctgccgcacg atccccagcc ccgcggctat gacgtggtgg tcatcggagc cccctacgac 120gggggcacca gctaccgtcc cggcgcccgg ttcggccccc aggccatccg cagtgagtcg 180ggcctcatcc acggtgtcgg catcgaccgg ggccccggca cgttcgacct gatcaactgt 240gtcgacgccg gggacatcaa tctgacgccg ttcgacatga acatcgcgat cgacacggcg 300cagagccatc tgtcgggcct gctgaaggcc aacgccgcct ttctgatgat cggcggcgac 360cactcgctga cggtggccgc cctgcgcgcg gtcgcggagc agcacggccc gctcgccgtg 420gtgcacctgg acgcgcactc cgacaccaac ccggccttct acgggggccg gtaccaccac 480ggcaccccct tccggcacgg gatcgacgag aagctgatcg acccggcggc gatggtccag 540atcggcatcc ggggccacaa cccgaagccg gactcgctcg actacgcccg gggccacggc 600gtccgggtgg tcacggcgga cgagttcggc gagctggggg tgggcgggac cgccgacctc 660atccgcgaga aggtcggcca gcggcccgtg tacgtctcgg tcgacatcga cgtggtcgac 720cccgccttcg cccccggtac gggcacgccc gcgccgggcg ggctcctctc gcgcgaggtg 780ctggcgctgc tgcgctgcgt gggtgacctg aagccggtcg gcttcgacgt gatggaggtg 840tcacccctct acgaccacgg cgggatcact tcgatcctgg ccacggagat cggtgcggaa 900ctgctctacc agtacgcccg agcccacaga acccagttgt ga 942 18 978 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 18atggcctctc cgatagttga ctgcaccccg taccgcgacg agctgctcgc gctcgcctcc 60gagcttcccg aggtgccgcg cgcggacctc catggcttcc tcgacgaggc gaagacgctg 120gccgcccgtc tcccggaggg gctggccgcc gctctcgaca ccttcaacgc cgtgggcagc 180gaggacggtt atctgctgct gcgcgggctg cccgtcgacg acagcgagct gcccgagacg 240ccgacctcca ccccggcccc gctggaccgc aagcggctgg tgatggaggc catgctcgcg 300ctggccggcc gccggctcgg tctgcacacg gggtaccagg agctgcgctc gggcacggtc 360taccacgacg tgtacccgtc gcccggcgcg cactacctgt cctcggagac ctccgagacg 420ctgctggagt tccacacgga gatggcgtac cacatcctcc agccgaacta cgtcatgctg 480gcctgctccc gcgcggacca cgagaaccgg gcggagacgc tggtcggctc ggtccgcaag 540gcgctgcccc tgctggacga gaagacccgg gcccgtctct tcgaccgcaa ggtgccctgc 600tgcgtggacg tggccttccg cggcggggtc gacgacccgg gcgcgatcgc caacgtcaag 660ccgctctacg gggacgcgaa cgacccgttc ctcgggtacg accgcgagct gctggcgccg 720gaggaccccg cggacaagga ggccgtcgcc catctgtccc aggcgctcga cgatgtgacc 780gtcggggtga agctcgtccc cggtgacgtc ctcatcatcg acaacttccg caccacgcac 840gcgcggacgc cgttctcgcc ccgctgggac gggaaggacc gctggctgca ccgcgtctac 900atccgcaccg accgcaatgg acagctctcc ggcggcgagc gcgcgggcga caccatctcg 960ttctcgccgc gccgctga 978 19 1182 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 19atgtccgaca gcacaccgaa gacgccccgg ggattcgtgg tgcacacggc gccggtgggc 60ctggccgacg acggccgcga cgacttcacc gtcctcgcct ccaccgcccc ggccaccgtg 120agcgccgtct tcacccgctc ccgcttcgcc gggccgagcg tcgtgctgtg ccgggaggcg 180gtggccgacg ggcaggcgcg cggtgtggtg gtgctggccc gcaacgcgaa tgtcgcgacc 240ggcctggagg gcgaggagaa cgcgcgcgag gtgcgcgagg ccgtcgcccg ggccctcggg 300ctgccggagg gcgagatgct gatcgcctcc accggggtga tcggccggca gtacccgatg 360gagagcatcc gggagcacct caagacgctg gagtggcccg ccggggaggg cggcttcgac 420cgcgcggccc gcgccatcat gacgaccgac acccggccca aggaggtccg ggtcagcgtc 480ggcggggcga ccctcgtggg catcgccaag ggcgtcggca tgctggagcc cgacatggcg 540acgctgctga ccttcttcgc cacggacgcc cggctggacc cggccgagca ggaccgcctc 600ttccgccggg tcatggaccg caccttcaac gcggtcagca tcgacaccga cacctccacc 660agcgacacgg cggtgctgtt cgccaacggc ctggcgggcg aggtcgacgc cggggagttc 720gaggaggcgc tgcacacggc ggcgctggcc ctggtcaagg acatcgcgag cgacggcgag 780ggcgcggcca agctgatcga ggtccaggtc accggcgccc gcgacgacgc ccaggccaag 840cgggtcggca agaccgtcgt caactccccg ttggtgaaga ccgccgtgca cggctgcgac 900cccaactggg gccgggtcgc catggcgatc ggcaagtgct cggacgacac cgacatcgac 960caggagcggg tgacgatccg cttcggcgag gtcgaggtct atccgccgaa ggcccggggc 1020gaccaggccg acgacgcgct gcgggccgcc gtcgcggagc atctgcgggg cgacgaggtg 1080gtcatcggga tcgacctcgc catcgcggac ggggccttca ccgtctacgg ctgcgacctc 1140accgagggct atgtccggct gaactcggag tacaccacct ga 1182 20 1668 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 20atggagacca ctcggtcgac gaccgcggac gagggcttcg acgccggggt acggggagtg 60gtcgcgccga ccgacgcccc gggcgggacg ctgcggctgg tccgcacgga cgacttcgac 120tcgctcgacc ccggcaacac gtactacgcc tacacctgga acttcctccg gctcatcggc 180cggacgctgg tcaccttcga caccgcgccg ggcaaggcgg gccagcggct cgtgcccgac 240ctcgccgagt cgctgggcga gtcctccgag gacggccggg tctggaccta ccggctgcgc 300gagggcctgc gctacgagga cggcacgccg gtcgtctcgg ccgacatcaa gcacgccatc 360gcccgcagca actacggcac cgatgtcctg ggcgccggtc cgacctactt ccgccacctc 420ctgggcaccg agtacggcgg cccctggcgg gagccggacg ccgacggacc ggtgacgctg 480gagaccccgg acgagcggac gctggtcttc cggctgcggg agccgttcgc ggggatggat 540ctgctggcga ccatgccgtc caccaccccc gtgccgcgcg accgggacac cggcgccgag 600taccggctgc ggcccgtggc gaccggcccg taccggatcg tctcgtacac ccggggcgag 660ctggccgtcc tggagcccaa tccgcactgg gaccccgaga ccgacccggt gcgcgtccag 720cgcgcctccc ggatcgaggt gcacctcggc aaggacccgc acgaggtgga ccgcatgctg 780ctggcgggcg aggcccatgt ggacctcgcg ggcttcggtg tgcagcccgc ggcccaggag 840cgcatcctcg ccgagccgga gctgcgcgcg cacgcggaca acccgctgac cggcttcacc 900tggatctact gcctgtcgag ccggatcgcc ccgttcgaca atgtgcactg ccggcgggcc 960gtgcagttcg ccaccgacaa agcggccatg caggaggcgt acggcggcgc ggtgggcggc 1020gacatcgcga ccaccctgct gcccccgacc ctcgacggct acaagcactt cgaccgctac 1080ccggtcggcc ccgagggcac cggcgacctg gaggccgccc gcgccgagct gaagctggcc 1140gggatgcccg acggcttccg caccaggatc gccgcccgca aggaccggct caaggagtac 1200cgggccgccg aggcgctggc cgccgggctc gcccgggtcg gcatcgaggc ggaggtgctg 1260gacttcccgt cgggcgacta cttcgaccgc tacggcggct gcccggagta tctgcgcgag 1320cacgggatcg ggatcatcat gttcggctgg ggcgccgact tccccgacgg atacggcttc 1380ctccagcaga tcaccgacgg gcgcgcgatc aaggagcgcg gcaaccagaa catgggcgag 1440ctggacgacc cggagatcaa cgcgctgctg gacgaggggg cgcagtgcgc cgacccggcg 1500cggcgcgcgg agatctggca ccgcatcgac cagctcacga tggaccacgc ggtcatcgtt 1560ccgtatctgt acccgcggtc cctgctctac cggcacccgg acacccgcaa cgccttcgtc 1620accggctcct tcgggatgta cgactacgtg gcgctcggcg cgaagtga 1668 21 1299 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 21tcagccggac atccgggccc cggccgcgac cccgcgccgg atcggccagt ggccctgcgc 60caggggccgt tccacgctgc ggcaggcgag agcggcctcg cggaactccg cctcgtacag 120cgcgagctgg cgcaggaact gccgggtcgg gccggtcagg ctggtccccc gcgggctgcg 180cagcagcagc cgggcgccga gggactgctc cagccggtga atccggcggg tgagcgccga 240ctggctgatc gacagcaccg ccgcggcccg gttgatgctg ccgtgccggg ccacggcctg 300gagcagatgg agatcgtcca catccagttt gcggccctcg gcctggccgg gcacggagcc 360ctggtcgggt cccgccccga agcggcgggc gtccgcgccg gtgcgctccg cgtaccactg 420cgcccaccag ggctcgtcca gcaggtcgcg gtggtgttcg gcgaagcgcc ggagctggac 480ctcggcgatc agcgcggcca gccgtcccgc cagcgcccgg ggcacgatgg tggggtcgac 540gagcagactc gtggtgcggc gcgggcgctc cgccagggag cggcgcacca gcgaggggtc 600ctgcaccgcc gggtgggtgg gcgagccgag acctatcgcg tccccgcggc gcaggatgcc 660ccgggcaacc gatgcccccg tgatgtggag ccgggtgggc gcggtgagcc cggccagctg 720gaagacacgt gtcaccagga tctccgagcc gggtcccgtc tcggacaccc aggtctcgtc 780ccgcagatcg gcgagcgaga cctcccgccg ggcggccagc ggatggtccc ggggcaggat 840cacccacagc gggtcgtcca gcacctcaca ggtgcgcacg gaccgctcca ggctgtgccg 900gggggactgg aggctccagg tgtaggccgc gtccacctgg tagcccgcca gttgggcggc 960gacctggtgc ggggcctcgt gccggaccga cagcagcagg tccagcgagg ccgccgcgtc 1020ctccaccacc tcgtcgagca ggggttccgt ggagaccagc gacagcacct ccggggcgtc 1080cacggcctcg gagccatggc cgaagatatg cgtccgcgcg gccaggtcga cctggtggaa 1140gaaccgccgc ccggcgacga ggatgcggga gcccgcggtg gtcagccggg ccgtgtggcg 1200gctgcgcagg gtcagcggga ggccgacgat ccggtccagc cggtcgagtc tgcgctccac 1260ggtgccgtgc cggacacccg tccgccgggc cacttccat 1299 22 744 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 22tcagacctgg tcggtggggc gtatgaagat ctcgtggacg gtcgcgtggt gcggcgcggt 60cacggcgtag cggaccgcct ccgcgatgtc ctgggcctgg agcttgcgga tctggctgat 120ccgctgctcg tacatctcct tggtggcggt gtgggtgatg tggccgcgca gctccgtgtc 180ggtggtgccc ggctcgatga cgacgacccg caccccgcgc tcggtgacct cctggcgcag 240cgtctcgctg aacgcgttca caccgaactt cgtggcctgg tagacggccg cgttgcggac 300gttcacccgg cccgcgatcg aggacatctg caccacggtg cccttgctgc gcagcagatg 360gggaagggcc gcccgggtca tgtacatcag gcccaggaga ttggtgtcga tcatccgggt 420ccagtcggtg gtgtcggcgt cctccaccgg gccgagcagc atgatcccgg cgttgttgac 480gaggatgtcg aggccgccca gcgcctcgac ggtggaggcg acggcggcgt ccaccccctg 540ccggtcggcg acgtcgagtt cgaggacatg gaccttcgcc ccggcggcgg tcagctcgtc 600acccagggcg cgcagcttct cgacccggcg cgcggcgatg gccacggcgg cgccctcggc 660ggccagggcg cgggccgtgg cctcgccgat gcccgagctc gcgcccgtga tgagcgcgac 720tttcccctgg agtgcggatg gcat 744 23 1227 DNA Streptomyces clavuligerus 23atgatgaacg aggcagcgcc tcagtccgac caggtggcac cggcgtatcc gatgcaccgg 60gtctgcccgg tcgacccgcc gccgcaactg gccgggctgc ggtcccagaa ggccgcgagc 120cgggtgacgc tgtgggacgg cagccaggtg tggctggtga cctcgcacgc cggggcccgg 180gccgtcctgg gcgaccgccg cttcaccgcg gtgacgagcg cgcccggctt cccgatgctg 240acccgcacct cccaactggt gcgcgccaac ccggagtcgg cgtcgttcat ccgcatggac 300gacccgcagc actcccggct gcgctcgatg ctcacccggg acttcctggc ccgccgcgcc 360gaggcgctgc gccccgcggt gcgggagctg ctggacgaga tcctgggcgg gctggtgaag 420ggggagcggc cggtcgacct ggtcgccgga ctgacgatcc cggtgccctc gcgggtcatc 480accctgctct tcggcgccgg tgacgaccgc cgggagttca tcgaggaccg cagcgcggtc 540ctcatcgacc gcggctacac cccggagcag gtcgccaagg cccgggacga actcgacggc 600tatctgcggg agctggtcga ggagcggatc gagaacccgg gcaccgacct gatcagccgg 660ctcgtcatcg accaggtgcg gccggggcat ctgcgggtcg aggagatggt cccgatgtgc 720cggctgctgc tggtggccgg tcacggcacc accaccagcc aggcgagcct gagcctgctc 780agcctgctca ccgacccgga gctggccggg cgcctcaccg aggacccggc cctgctgccc 840aaggcggtcg aggagctgct gcgcttccac tccatcgtgc agaacgggct ggcccgtgcc 900gcggtggagg acgtccagct cgacgatgtg ctcatccggg cgggcgaggg cgtggtgctg 960tcgctgtcgg cgggcaaccg ggacgagacg gtcttccccg acccggaccg ggtggacgtg 1020gaccgcgacg cccgccgcca tctcgccttc ggccacggca tgcaccagtg cctgggccag 1080tggctggccc gggtggagct ggaggagatc ctcgccgcgg tgctgcgctg gatgcccggt 1140gcccggctcg cggtgccctt cgaggagctg gacttccgtc atgaggtgtc cagttacggc 1200ctcggcgccc tcccggtgac ctggtga 1227 24 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial SequencePRIMER 24taygcncara thccnacntt yatg 24 25 24 DNA Artificial Sequence Description of Artificial SequencePRIMER 25tacgcscaga tcccsacstt catg 24

Claims

1. An isolated DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:15, 16, 19, 20, 21, and 22.

2. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 1 consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:15.

3. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 1 consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:16.

4. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 1 consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:19.

5. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 1 consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:20.

6. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 1 consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:21.

7. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 1 consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:22.

8. An isolated DNA molecule consisting of a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11.

9. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 8 consisting of the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4.

10. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 8 consisting of the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5.

11. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 8 consisting of the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:8.

12. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 8 consisting of the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:9.

13. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 8 consisting of the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:10.

14. The isolated DNA molecule of claim 8 consisting of the nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:11.

15. An isolated DNA molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15 and 16, and excluding other reading frames.

16. An isolated DNA molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19, 20, 21 and 22, and excluding other reading frames.

17. A recombinant vector comprising at least one of the isolated DNA molecules of claim 1.

18. A recombinant vector comprising at least one of the isolated DNA molecules of claim 8.

19. A host cell transformed with a recombinant vector in accordance with claim 17.

20. A host cell in accordance with claim 19 which is a Streptomycete.

21. A host cell in accordance with claim 20 which is a S. lividans.

22. A host cell in transformed with a recombinant vector in accordance with claim 18.

23. A host cell in accordance with claim 22 which is a Streptomycete.

24. A host cell in accordance with claim 23 which is a S. lividans.

25. An isolated DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 2257-5522 of SEQ ID NO:1.

26. An isolated DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 7936-13406 of SEQ ID NO:1.

27. The isolated DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 1765-5694 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

28. The isolated DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 7630-13809 of SEQ ID NO: 1.

29. The isolated DNA molecule consisting of the nucleotide sequence of nucleotides 2257-13406 of SEQ ID NO: 1.