Cloning and characterization of the first two genes of the non-oxidative part of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae pentose-phosphate pathway

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作者
Miosga, T [1 ]
Zimmermann, FK [1 ]
机构
[1] TECH UNIV DARMSTADT,INST MIKROBIOL & GENET,D-64287 DARMSTADT,GERMANY
关键词
D-ribulose-5-phosphate; 3-epimerase; D-ribose-5-phosphate ketol-isomerase; pentose-phosphate pathway; Saccharomyces cerevisiae;
D O I
10.1007/s002940050149
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
We have cloned and characterized the two remaining unknown genes of the non-oxidative part of the pentose-phosphate pathway of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encoding the enzymes D-ribulose-5-phosphate 3-epimerase (Rpe1p) and D-ribose-5-phosphate ketol-isomerase (Rki1p). Rpe1p has an unexpected high specific activity of 2148 mUx(mg protein)(-1) in crude extracts. Deletion mutants of RPE1 show no enzyme activity and are unable to grow on D-xylulose. Unexpectedly haploid rki1 deletion mutants are not viable. Functional expression of RKI1 was demonstrated following an increase of gene dosage in the haploid rki1 deletion mutant, which restored viability and specific D-ribose-5-phosphate ketol-isomerase activity. Both enzymes show high similarity to the deduced protein sequences of various open reading frames, expressed sequence tags or cDNAs from different organisms.
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页数:6
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