The nifHDK genes are contiguous with a nifA-like regulatory gene in Rhodobacter capsulatus |
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Authors: | Gabriel Ahombo John C Willison and Paulette M Vignais |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratoire de Biochimie Microbienne (CNRS UA 1130), Département de Recherche Fondamentale, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Grenoble, 85 X, F-38041 Grenoble Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | Summary A 15.2 kb DNA fragment was isolated from Rhodobacter capsulatus (ex. Rhodopseudomonas capsulata), which was able to complement mutations both in a nifA-like regulatory gene and in the nifH gene. Physical mapping of this fragment revealed that the nifA-like gene was adjacent to, and downstream from, the nifHDK operon. Hybridization experiments were carried out using a cloned Klebsiella pneumoniae DNA fragment containing nifA and the flanking portions of nifB and nifL. This fragment failed to hybridize with a 2.15 kb HindIII fragment of R. capsulatus DNA containing the nifA-like gene, but hybridized instead with a 2.6 kb EcoRI fragment adjacent to the nifA-like gene. The homologous region was found to be located within the K. pneumoniae nifB gene. The adjacent 2.6 kb and 2.15 kb fragments also hybridized with each other, indicating the presence of repeated sequences in this region. |
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Keywords: | Rhodobacter capsulatus Nitrogen fixation Regulation nifA-like gene |
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