Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of the homoserine kinase (thrB) gene from Brevibacterium lactofermentum |
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Authors: | Luis M. Mateos, Gustavo del Real, Alfredo Aguilar Juá n F. Martí n |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departmento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de León, León, Spain |
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Abstract: | Summary Five DNA fragments carrying the thrB gene (homoserine kinase E.C. 2.7.1.39) of Brevibacterium lactofermentum were cloned by complementation of Escherichia coli thrB mutants using pBR322 as vector. All the cloned fragments contained a common 3.1 kb DNA sequence. The cloned fragments hybridized among themselves and with a 9 kb BamHI fragment of the chromosomal DNA of B. lactofermentum but not with the DNA of E. coli. None of the cloned fragments were able to complement thrA and thrC mutations of E. coli. Plasmids pULTH2, pULTH8 and pULTH11 had the cloned DNA fragments in the same orientation and were very stable. On the contrary, plasmid pULTH18 was very unstable and showed the DNA inserted in the opposite direction. E. coli minicells transformed with plasmids pULTH8 or pULTH11 (both carrying the common 3.1 kb fragment) synthesize a protein with an Mr of 30,000 that is similar in size to the homoserine kinase of E. coli.Abbreviations SSC 0.15 M NaCl, 0.015 M sodium citrate - SDS sodium dodecyl sulphate - TSB tripticase soy broth - m-DAP meso-diaminopimelic acid - Smr, Cpr, Kmr, Amr, Apr, Tcr, MA15r resistance to streptomycin, cephalotin, kanamycin, amykacin, ampicillin, tetracycline and microcin A 15, respectively |
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Keywords: | Amino acids Threonine Homoserine kinase Brevibacterium lactofermentum thrB |
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