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A murC gene from coryneform bacteria.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10091329     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The upstream flanking region of the ftsQ and ftsZ genes of Brevibacterium flavum MJ233, which belongs to the coryneform bacteria, was amplified by the inverse polymerase chain reaction method and cloned in Escherichia coli. Complementation analysis of E. coli mutant with a defective cell-wall synthesis mechanism with the cloned fragment and its DNA sequencing indicated the presence of the murC gene, encoding UDP-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase involved in peptidoglycan synthesis, just upstream from the ftsQ gene. The B. flavum murC gene could encode a protein of 486 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular mass of 51 198 Da. A 50-kDa protein was synthesized by the B. flavum murC gene in an in vitro transcription/translation system using E. coli S30 lysate. These results indicate that the genes responsible for cell-wall synthesis and cell division are located as a cluster in B. flavum similar to the E. coli mra region.
Authors:
M Wachi; C D Wijayarathna; H Teraoka; K Nagai
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Applied microbiology and biotechnology     Volume:  51     ISSN:  0175-7598     ISO Abbreviation:  Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol.     Publication Date:  1999 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-04-30     Completed Date:  1999-04-30     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8406612     Medline TA:  Appl Microbiol Biotechnol     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  223-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan. mwachi@bio.titech.ac.jp
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Bank Name/Acc. No.:
GENBANK/AB015023
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Brevibacterium / enzymology,  genetics*
Cloning, Molecular
DNA, Bacterial
Escherichia coli / genetics,  metabolism
Genes, Bacterial*
Genetic Complementation Test
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Peptide Synthases / chemistry,  genetics*,  metabolism*
Peptidoglycan / biosynthesis
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA, Bacterial; 0/Peptidoglycan; EC 6.3.2.-/Peptide Synthases; EC 6.3.2.8/UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-alanine synthetase

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