PMID:1317854
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Ta, DT and Vickery, LE (1992) Cloning, sequencing, and overexpression of a [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin gene from Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 267:11120-5 |
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| Abstract |
Escherichia coli contains a soluble, [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin of unknown function (Knoell, H.-E., and Knappe, J. (1974) Eur. J. Biochem. 50, 245-252). Using antiserum to the purified protein to screen E. coli genomic expression libraries, we have cloned a gene (designated fdx) encoding this protein. The DNA sequence of the gene predicts a polypeptide of 110 residues after removal of the initiator methionine (polypeptide M(r) = 12,186, holoprotein M(r) = 12,358). The deduced amino acid sequence is strikingly similar to those of the ferredoxins found in animal mitochondria which function with cytochrome P450 enzymes and to the ferredoxin from Pseudomonas putida which functions with P450cam. The overall sequence identity is approximately 36% when compared with human mitochondrial and P. putida ferredoxins, and the identities include 4 cysteine residues proposed to coordinate the iron cluster. The protein was overproduced approximately 500-fold using an expression plasmid, and the holoprotein was assembled and accumulated in amounts exceeding 30% of the total cell protein. The overexpressed ferredoxin exhibits absorption, circular dichroism, and electron paramagnetic resonance spectra closely resembling those of the animal ferredoxins and P. putida ferredoxin. |
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Amino Acid Sequence; Base Sequence; Circular Dichroism; Cloning, Molecular; DNA/genetics; Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Ferredoxins/genetics; Ferredoxins/isolation & purification; Gene Expression; Genes, Bacterial; Molecular Sequence Data; Pseudomonas putida/metabolism; Restriction Mapping; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid |
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