title: [Expression of xylE gene in Bacillus stearothermophilus].
abstract: Using the gene expression vector pFDC11 for Bacillus stearothermophilus CU21, a recombinant plasmid pFDX1 was constructed, which carries the Pseudomonas-derived xylE gene coding for Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (CatO2ase). CatO2ase activity can be detected from CU21 (pFDX1) cells grown at 48 degrees C. This result indicates that the promoterless xylE gene can be expressed in a thermophilic host under the direction of a promoter from a thermophilic bacterium. By selecting Kmr mutants at elevated growth temperature, a segregant CU21-161 was obtained, the xylE gene expression of which at 55 degrees C and 60 degrees C was much higher than that of the parental strain. A method for CatO2ase assay with suspension of intact cells was also reported in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics, Fudan University, Shanghai.
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: R Q
authors.initials: RQ
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Sheng
mesh_terms: D050557:Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase; D049308:Dioxygenases; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D001411:Geobacillus stearothermophilus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010105:Oxygenases; D049308:Dioxygenases; D050557:Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase