RRC ID 30033
Author Grabau C, Cronan JE Jr.
Title Molecular cloning of the gene (poxB) encoding the pyruvate oxidase of Escherichia coli, a lipid-activated enzyme.
Journal J Bacteriol
Abstract The pyruvate oxidase structural gene (poxB) of Escherichia coli was cloned into derivatives of plasmid pBR322. The gene was first cloned into a cosmid vector by selection for the tetracycline resistance determinant of a closely linked Tn10 insertion (no direct selection for the gene was available). Subsequent subcloning resulted in localization of the gene to a 3.1-kilobase-pair DNA segment. Two of the smaller poxB plasmids were shown to cause the overproduction of oxidase activity (by six- to eightfold), and one of these plasmids was shown to encode a protein having the size and antigenic determinants of pyruvate oxidase. Introduction of poxB plasmids into strains (aceEF) lacking pyruvate dehydrogenase activity relieved the aerobic growth requirement of the strains for exogenous acetate.
Volume 160(3)
Pages 1088-92
Published 1984-12-1
DOI 10.1128/jb.160.3.1088-1092.1984
PMID 6209262
PMC PMC215823
MeSH Alleles Cloning, Molecular* DNA Restriction Enzymes DNA, Recombinant / metabolism Enzyme Activation Epitopes / analysis Escherichia coli / enzymology* Escherichia coli / genetics Escherichia coli / growth & development Genes* Genes, Bacterial* Genetic Vectors Immunoglobulin G Kinetics Lipids / pharmacology Plasmids Pyruvate Oxidase / genetics* Pyruvate Oxidase / metabolism
IF 3.006
Times Cited 43
WOS Category MICROBIOLOGY
Resource
Prokaryotes E. coli ME8429