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Journal of Bacteriology, January 2008, p. 747-749, Vol. 190, No. 2
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01430-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of the bchP Gene, Encoding Geranylgeranyl Reductase in Chlorobaculum tepidum{triangledown}

Aline Gomez Maqueo Chew,1,{dagger} Niels-Ulrik Frigaard,2 and Donald A. Bryant1*

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802,1 Copenhagen Biocenter, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark2

Received 4 September 2007/ Accepted 29 October 2007

The Chlorobaculum tepidum genome contains two paralogous genes, CT2256 and CT1232, whose products are members of the FixC dehydrogenase superfamily and have sequence similarity to geranylgeranyl reductases. Each gene was insertionally inactivated, and the resulting mutants were characterized. CT2256 encodes geranylgeranyl reductase (BchP); CT1232 is not involved in bacteriochlorophyll or chlorophyll biosynthesis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing Address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, S-235 Frear Building, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. Phone: (814) 865-1992. Fax: (814) 863-7024. E-mail: dab14{at}psu.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 9 November 2007.

{dagger} Present address: Department of Microbiology, 484 West 12th Ave., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1292.

Journal of Bacteriology, January 2008, p. 747-749, Vol. 190, No. 2
0021-9193/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01430-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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