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Journal of Bacteriology, October 1999, p. 6197-6199, Vol. 181, No. 19
0021-9193/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Characterization of the Phthalate Permease OphD from Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17616dagger

Hung-Kuang Chang and Gerben J. Zylstra*

Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8520

Received 24 May 1999/Accepted 15 July 1999

The ophD gene, encoding a permease for phthalate transport, was cloned from Burkholderia cepacia ATCC 17616. Expression of the gene in Escherichia coli results in the ability to transport phthalate rapidly into the cell. Uptake inhibition experiments show that 4-hydroxyphthalate, 4-chlorophthalate, 4-methylphthalate, and cinchomeronate compete for the phthalate permease. An ophD knockout mutant of 17616 grows slightly more slowly on phthalate but is still able to take up phthalate at rates equivalent to that of the wild-type strain. This means that 17616 must have a second phthalate-inducible phthalate uptake system.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment, Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Rd., Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8520. Phone: (732) 932-8165, ext. 320. Fax: (732) 932-0312. E-mail: zylstra{at}aesop.rutgers.edu.

dagger Center for Environmental BioInorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) publication 4.

Journal of Bacteriology, October 1999, p. 6197-6199, Vol. 181, No. 19
0021-9193/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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