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J Bacteriol. 1985 April; 162(1): 367-373

Cloning and expression of the transhydrogenase gene of Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT

Based on the rationale that Escherichia coli cells harboring plasmids containing the pnt gene would contain elevated levels of enzyme, we have isolated three clones bearing the transhydrogenase gene from the Clarke and Carbon colony bank. The three plasmids were subjected to restriction endonuclease analysis. A 10.4-kilobase restriction fragment which overlapped all three plasmids was cloned into the PstI site of plasmid pUC13. Examination of several deletion derivatives of the resulting plasmid and subsequent treatment with exonuclease BAL 31 revealed that enhanced transhydrogenase expression was localized within a 3.05-kilobase segment. This segment was located at 35.4 min in the E. coli genome. Plasmid pDC21 conferred on its host 70-fold overproduction of transhydrogenase. The protein products of plasmids carrying the pnt gene were examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of membranes from cells containing the plasmids. Two polypeptides of molecular weights 50,000 and 47,000 were coded by the 3.05-kilobase fragment of pDC11. Both polypeptides were required for expression of transhydrogenase activity.

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