Effect of cysteine desulfhydrase gene disruption on L-cysteine overproduction in Escherichia coli

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作者
Awano, N [1 ]
Wada, M [1 ]
Kohdoh, A [1 ]
Oikawa, T [1 ]
Takagi, H [1 ]
Nakamori, S [1 ]
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[1] Fukui Prefectural Univ, Dept Biosci, Matsuoka, Fukui 9101195, Japan
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10.1007/s00253-003-1262-2
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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In Escherichia coli, the enzyme called cysteine desulfhydrase (CD), which is responsible for L-cysteine degradation, was investigated by native-PAGE and CD activity staining of crude cell extracts. Analyses with gene-disrupted mutants showed that CD activity resulted from two enzymes: tryptophanase (TNase) encoded by tnaA and cystathionine P-lyase (CBL) encoded by metC. It was also found that TNase synthesis was induced by the presence Of L-Cysteine. The tnaA and metC mutants transformed with the plasmid containing the gene for feedback-insensitive serine acetyltransferase exhibited higher L-Cysteine productivity than the wild-type strain carrying the same plasmid. These results indicated that TNase and CBL did act on L-Cysteine degradation in E. coli cells.
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