Contents of Free Adenine in Soybeans from Several Countries |
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Authors: | Takako Yokozawa Hikokichi Oura |
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Institution: | Department of Applied Biochemistry, Research Institute for Wakan-Yaku, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sugitani, Toyama 930–01, Japan |
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Abstract: | Methionine auxotrophic mutants of Methylophilus methylotrophus AS1 expressing a mutant form of dapA (dapA24) encoding a dihydrodipicolinate synthase desensitized from feedback inhibition by L-lysine, and mutated lysE (lysE24) encoding the L-lysine exporter from Corynebacterium glutamicum 2256, produced higher amounts of L-lysine from methanol as sole carbon source than did other amino acid auxotrophic mutants. Especially, the M. methylotrophus 102 strain, carrying both dapA24 and lysE24, produced L-lysine in more than 1.5 times amounts higher than the parent. A single-base substitution was identified in this auxotroph in codon-329 of the open reading frame of metF, encoding 5,10-methylene-tetra-hydrofolate reductase. We constructed a metF disruptant mutant carrying both dapA24 and lysE24, and confirmed increases in L-lysine production. This is the first report to the effect that metF deficient increased L-lysine production in methylotroph. |
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Keywords: | L-lysine production metF methanol Methylophilus methylotrophus |
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