THE RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI PMI GENE ENCODES A NEW TYPE OF PHOSPHOMANNOSE ISOMERASE

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作者
SCHMIDT, M [1 ]
ARNOLD, W [1 ]
NIEMANN, A [1 ]
KLEICKMANN, A [1 ]
PUHLER, A [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BIELEFELD, FAK BIOL, LEHRSTUHL GENET, W-4800 BIELEFELD 1, GERMANY
关键词
RECOMBINANT DNA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE-LAMBDA; PMI MUTANT; XANTHOMONAS COMPLEMENTATION; GENE DISRUPTION;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(92)90029-O
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Interspecific complementation of a Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris phosphomannose isomerase (PMI) mutant was used to isolate a cosmid from a genomic library of Rhizobium meliloti 2011 carrying the pmi gene of this strain. Subcloning experiments localized the coding region to a 2.0-kb SalI-ClaI fragment. Nucleotide sequence analysis of this fragment indicated the presence of two open reading frames (ORFs), coding for 18- and 43-kDa polypeptides. The analysis of the gene function by gene disruption experiments showed that ORF2 codes for pmi. A comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence with the corresponding sequences of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli PMIs revealed no significant homology, indicating that the isolated gene encodes a new type of PMI. The construction of a pmi-deficient mutant of R. meliloti using the sacB-sacR cassette technique showed that the loss of PMI activity does not affect the symbiotic properties of this strain.
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