title: Cloning and identification of the Escherichia coli murB DNA sequence, which encodes UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase.
abstract: The murB gene, which complemented the UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase (EC 1.1.1.158) mutation in Escherichia coli ST5, was cloned from an E. coli chromosomal library. murB was subcloned on a 2.8-kb PvuII fragment into pUC19 and sequenced. A 1,029-bp open reading frame encoded a 342-amino-acid polypeptide of 37,859 Da. A DNA sequence homology search revealed that murB had almost 100% homology with a previously reported unidentified open reading frame, ORFII, at 89.9 min. Physical and genetic mapping results were consistent with this map position, and minicell analyses of murB subclones showed a plasmid-encoded protein of approximately 37,000 Da, which closely matched the calculated size of the murB protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492-7660.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pucci
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Discotto
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Dougherty
mesh_terms: D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D007740:L Forms / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases; C023215:UDP-N-acetylmuramate dehydrogenase