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Abstract

A gene called (lipoprotein-like) has been isolated from a genomic library of expressed in . Clones carrying the gene were selected by the ability of the colonies to give visible haloes of starch hydrolysis. The cloned fragment contains an open reading frame (ORF) of 1509 bp encoding a protein of 56 kDa. The protein contains a typical N-terminal signal sequence, a putative transmembrane anchor domain and a leucine zipper at the C-terminus. The expression of this protein in causes cell lysis, only the N-terminal domain of the LpIA protein being responsible for this phenotype. The mechanism of cell lysis is similar to that previously suggested for the expression in of the lipoproteins encoded by the genes and . The protein is modified with palmitic acid when secreted in , confirming that it is a typical lipoprotein.

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