title: Complementation of Methylobacterium organophilum mutants affected in pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthesis genes pqqE and pqqF by cloned Escherichia coli chromosomal DNA.
abstract: The hybrid plasmid pBGT3, a derivative of pLA2917 containing a 7.8-kb fragment of Escherichia coli DNA, was found to complement pqqE and pqqF mutants of Methylobacterium organophilum, both impaired in PQQ biosynthesis. The cloned fragment of E. coli DNA did not hybridize with DNA fragments containing pqqE or pqqF previously cloned from M. organophilum. Yet, in M. organophilum mutants, expression of pqqE and pqqF genes from E. coli resulted in a PQQ production estimated at 9-16% of the production observed in M. organophilum wild-type. The growth rate in methanol medium of the complemented M. organophilum mutants was about 60% of that of the wild-type.
authors.affiliation: Département de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turlin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biville
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gasser
mesh_terms: D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003067:Coenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003360:Cosmids; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006088:Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D045542:PQQ Cofactor; D015363:Quinolones / Q000378:metabolism*; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D003067:Coenzymes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015363:Quinolones; D045542:PQQ Cofactor