OmniGene Bioproducts and its predecessor companies, OmniGene and BioTechnica
International, have published numerous articles on proprietary Bacillus
and Streptomyces vector systems and extracellular Bacillus
protease deletions.
Van
Arsdell SW, Perkins JB, Yocum RR, Luan L, Howitt CL, Chatterjee, NP, and
Pero J.
Removing a bottleneck in the Bacillus subtilis biotin pathway: bioA utilizes
lysine rather than S-adenosylmethionine as the amino donor in the KAPA-to-DAPA
reaction. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2005. 91:75-83.
Perkins JB, Sloma, A, Hermann,
T, Theriault, K, Zachgo, E, Erdenberger, T, Hannett, N, Chatterjee, NP,
Williams II, V, Rufo, Jr., GA, Hatch, R, and Pero J.
Genetic engineering of Bacillus subtilis for the commercial production
of riboflavin. J. Industrial Microbiology. 1999. 22:8–18.
Perkins
JB, Bower S, Howitt CL, Yocum RR, Pero J.
Identification and characterization of transcripts from the biotin biosynthetic
operon of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 1996 Nov;178(21):6361-5.
Yocum
RR, Perkins JB, Howitt CL, Pero J.
Cloning and characterization of the metE gene encoding S-adenosylmethionine
synthetase from Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 1996 Aug;178(15):4604-10.
Bower
S, Perkins JB, Yocum RR, Howitt CL, Rahaim P, Pero J.
Cloning, sequencing, and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis biotin
biosynthetic operon. J. Bacteriol. 1996 Jul;178(14):4122-30.
Bower
S, Perkins J, Yocum RR, Serror P, Sorokin A, Rahaim P, Howitt CL, Prasad
N, Ehrlich SD, Pero J.
Cloning and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis birA gene encoding
a repressor of the biotin operon. J. Bacteriol. 1995 May;177(9):2572-5.
Robbins
PW, Overbye K, Albright C, Benfield B, Pero J.
Cloning and high-level expression of chitinase-encoding gene of Streptomyces
plicatus. Gene. 1992 Feb 1;111(1):69-76.
Sloma
A, Rufo GA Jr, Theriault KA, Dwyer M, Wilson SW, Pero J.
Cloning and characterization of the gene for an additional extracellular
serine protease of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 1991 Nov;173(21):6889-95.
Perkins JB, Guterman SK, Howitt CL, Williams VE 2nd, Pero J.
Streptomyces genes involved in biosynthesis of the peptide antibiotic
valinomycin. J. Bacteriol. 1990 Jun;172(6):3108-16.
Sloma
A, Rufo GA Jr, Rudolph CF, Sullivan BJ, Theriault KA, Pero J.
Bacillopeptidase F of Bacillus subtilis: purification of the protein and
cloning of the gene. J. Bacteriol. 1990 Mar;172(3):1470-7. Erratum in:
J. Bacteriol 1990 Sep;172(9):5520-1.
Sloma
A, Rudolph CF, Rufo GA Jr, Sullivan BJ, Theriault KA, Ally D, Pero J.
Gene encoding a novel extracellular metalloprotease in Bacillus subtilis.
J. Bacteriol. 1990 Feb;172(2):1024-9.
Rufo
GA Jr, Sullivan BJ, Sloma A, Pero J.
Isolation and characterization of a novel extracellular metalloprotease
from Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 1990 Feb;172(2):1019-23.
Sloma
A, Ally A, Ally D, Pero J.
Gene encoding a minor extracellular protease in Bacillus subtilis. J.
Bacteriol. 1988 Dec;170(12):5557-63.
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