CLONING AND SEQUENCING SHOW THAT 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE HYDROXYLASE (POBA) IS REQUIRED FOR UPTAKE OF 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE IN RHIZOBIUM-LEGUMINOSARUM

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作者
WONG, CM [1 ]
DILWORTH, MJ [1 ]
GLENN, AR [1 ]
机构
[1] MURDOCH UNIV, SCH BIOL & ENVIRONM SCI, NITROGEN FIXAT RES GRP, MURDOCH, WA 6150, AUSTRALIA
来源
MICROBIOLOGY-SGM | 1994年 / 140卷
关键词
RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; AROMATIC SUBSTRATE UPTAKE; 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE; SEQUENCE OF POBA;
D O I
10.1099/00221287-140-10-2775
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae MNF300 and R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii WU95 unable to accumulate 4-hydroxybenzoate lack 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase. The capacity of these mutants to take up and grow on 4-hydroxybenzoate was restored by a 2.0 kb EcoRI-PstI DNA fragment. This contained only one ORF which had over 60% DNA sequence similarity with the structural gene for 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase (pobA) from Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter. Reported effects of metabolic inhibitors and substrate analogues on the apparent uptake of 4-hydroxybenzoate have now been shown to be due to their direct effect on 4-hydroxybenzoate hydroxylase. We propose that uptake of 4-hydroxybenzoate is via a metabolic 'drag' mechanism dependent on the activity of the pobA gene product.
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页码:2775 / 2786
页数:12
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