MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE CORYNEBACTERIUM-GLUTAMICUM GDH GENE ENCODING GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF THE CORYNEBACTERIUM-GLUTAMICUM GDH GENE ENCODING GLUTAMATE-DEHYDROGENASE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01474.x
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发表时间:
1992-02-01
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
SAHM, H
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作者:
BORMANN, ER;EIKMANNS, BJ;SAHM, H
The Corynebacterium glutamicum gdh gene encoding NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) has been isolated by complementation of the Escherichia coli gdh mutant PA340. The gdh gene was subcloned into the E. coli/C. glutamicum shuttle vector pEKO and introduced into C. glutamicum. Recombinant strains showed approximately eightfold higher specific GDH activity (15U mg protein-1) relative to the wild type (1.8U mg protein-1). Physiological studies with wild-type and recombinant C. glutamicum strains revealed no indication of significant regulation of gdh expression. The DNA sequence of 2082bp, including the gdh gene, 5'-, and 3'-flanking regions, was determined. The structural gene consists of 1344bp and codes for a polypeptide of 448 amino acid residues (M(r) 49152) showing up to 53.6% identity with reported amino acid sequences of glutamate dehydrogenases from other organisms. Northern blot hybridization revealed a 1.65kb mRNA transcript, indicating that the gdh gene of C. glutamicum is monocistronic. Transcription occurred from a G residue located 284bp upstream of the AUG considered to be the translational initiation codon.