PMID:6392022
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Boyle, SM, Markham, GD, Hafner, EW, Wright, JM, Tabor, H and Tabor, CW (1984) Expression of the cloned genes encoding the putrescine biosynthetic enzymes and methionine adenosyltransferase of Escherichia coli (speA, speB, speC and metK). Gene 30:129-36 |
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| Abstract |
The speA, speB and speC genes, which code for arginine decarboxylase (ADCase), agmatine ureohydrolase (AUHase) and ornithine decarboxylase (ODCase), respectively, and the metK gene, which encodes methionine adenosyltransferase (MATase), have been cloned. The genes were isolated from hybrid ColE1 plasmids of the Clarke-Carbon collection and were ligated into plasmid pBR322. Escherichia coli strains transformed with the recombinant plasmids exhibit a 7- to 17-fold overproduction of the various enzymes, as estimated from increases in the specific activities of the enzymes assayed in crude extracts. Minicells bearing the pBR322 hybrid plasmids and labeled with radioactive lysine synthesize radiolabeled proteins with Mrs corresponding to those reported for purified ODCase, ADCase and MATase. Restriction enzyme analysis of the plasmids, combined with measurements of specific activities of the enzymes in crude extracts of cells bearing recombinant plasmids, clarified the relative position of speA and speB. The gene order in the 62- to 64-min region is serA speB speA metK speC glc. |
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Carboxy-Lyases/genetics; Chromosome Mapping; Cloning, Molecular; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Genes, Bacterial; Methionine Adenosyltransferase/genetics; Ornithine Decarboxylase/genetics; Plasmids; Putrescine/biosynthesis; Transferases/genetics; Ureohydrolases/genetics |
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