title: Molecular analysis of the Corynebacterium glutamicum gdh gene encoding glutamate dehydrogenase.
abstract: The Corynebacterium glutamicum gdh gene encoding NADP-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) has been isolated by complementation of the Escherichia coli gdh mutant PA340. The gdh gene was subcloned into the E. coli/C. glutamicum shuttle vector pEK0 and introduced into C. glutamicum. Recombinant strains showed approximately eightfold higher specific GDH activity (15U mg protein-1) relative to the wild type (1.8U mg protein-1). Physiological studies with wild-type and recombinant C. glutamicum strains revealed no indication of significant regulation of gdh expression. The DNA sequence of 2082 bp, including the gdh gene, 5'-, and 3'-flanking regions, was determined. The structural gene consists of 1344 bp and codes for a polypeptide of 448 amino acid residues (Mr 49,152) showing up to 53.6% identity with reported amino acid sequences of glutamate dehydrogenases from other organisms. Northern blot hybridization revealed a 1.65kb mRNA transcript, indicating that the gdh gene of C. glutamicum is monocistronic. Transcription occurred from a G residue located 284 bp upstream of the AUG considered to be the translational initiation codon.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biotechnologie 1 des Forschungszentrums Jülich GmbH, Germany.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Börmann
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Eikmanns
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahm
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005969:Glutamate Dehydrogenase