MOLECULAR-CLONING OF AN ALCOHOL (BUTANOL) DEHYDROGENASE GENE-CLUSTER FROM CLOSTRIDIUM-ACETOBUTYLICUM ATCC-824

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作者
PETERSEN, DJ [1 ]
WELCH, RW [1 ]
RUDOLPH, FB [1 ]
BENNETT, GN [1 ]
机构
[1] RICE UNIV,DEPT BIOCHEM & CELL BIOL,HOUSTON,TX 77251
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10.1128/jb.173.5.1831-1834.1991
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
In Clostridium acetobutylicum, conversion of butyraldehyde to butanol is enzymatically achieved by butanol dehydrogenase (BDH). A C. acetobutylicum gene that encodes this protein was identified by using an oligonucleotide designed on the basis of the N-terminal amino acid sequence of purified C. acetobutylicum NADH-dependent BDH. Enzyme assays of cell extracts of Escherichia coli harboring the clostridial gene demonstrated 15-fold-higher NADH-dependent BDH activity than untransformed E. coli, as well as an additional NADPH-dependent BDH activity. Kinetic, sequence, and isoelectric focusing analyses suggest that the cloned clostridial DNA contains two or more distinct C. acetobutylicum enzymes with BDH activity.
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页码:1831 / 1834
页数:4
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