title: Ubiquinone biosynthesis. Cloning of the genes coding for chorismate pyruvate-lyase and 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyl transferase from Escherichia coli.
abstract: Chorismate pyruvate-lyase activity was detected in extracts of Escherichia coli. 4-Hydroxybenzoate was identified as the product of the enzymatic reaction by chemical derivatization and GC-MS analysis. The ubiC gene, coding for the chorismate pyruvate-lyase, was cloned and sequenced. The molecular weight of the gene product was calculated as 18,776 Da and confirmed by expression of the protein in E. coli minicells. The ubiA gene, coding for the 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyl transferase, was identified by sequence homology and complementation of a ubiA- strain. It is located directly downstream of ubiC in a typical operon structure.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Universität Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siebert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bechthold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Melzer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: May
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Severin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Heide
mesh_terms: D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014166:Transferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D014451:Ubiquinone; D014166:Transferases; D019883:Alkyl and Aryl Transferases; C021386:4-hydroxybenzoate polyprenyltransferase; D007652:Oxo-Acid-Lyases; C075960:chorismate pyruvate lyase