CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYDROGENASE GENES FROM AZOTOBACTER-CHROOCOCCUM

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TIBELIUS, KH [1 ]
ROBSON, RL [1 ]
YATES, MG [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV SUSSEX, AFRC, NITROGEN FIXAT UNIT, BRIGHTON BN1 9RQ, E SUSSEX, ENGLAND
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MOLECULAR AND GENERAL GENETICS | 1987年 / 206卷 / 02期
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10.1007/BF00333586
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Genomic DNA from Azotobacter chroococcum was shown by DNA hybridization to contain sequences homologous to Rhizobium japonicum H2-uptake (hup) hydrogenase genes carried on the plasmid pHU1. Two recombinant cosmid clones, pACD101 and pACD102, were isolated from a gene library of A. chroococcum by colony hybridization and physically mapped. Each contained approximately 42 kb of insert DNA with approximately 27 kb of overlapping DNA. Further hybridization studies using three fragments from pHU1 (6 kb HindIII, 6.4 kb Bg/II and 5 kb EcoRI) showed that the hup-specific regions of R. japonicum and A. chroococcum are probably highly conserved. Weak homology to the hydrogenase structural genes from Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Hildenborough) was also observed. A 24 kb BamHI fragment from pACD102 subcloned into a broad host-range vector restored hydrogenase activity to several Hup- mutants of A. chroococcum.
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