title: Cloning, sequencing, and overexpression of mvaA, which encodes Pseudomonas mevalonii 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase.
abstract: We have cloned, determined the primary structure of, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli the gene mvaA, which is the 1,287-base structural gene for the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase [EC 1.1.1.88] of Pseudomonas mevalonii. The amino acid composition of HMG-CoA reductase agreed with that predicted from the nucleotide sequence of mvaA, and DNA-derived sequences were identical to all experimentally determined peptide sequences. Overexpression of mvaA in E. coli yielded quantities of HMG-CoA reductase over 1,500-fold higher than those present in control cultures. Comparison of the primary structure of the P. mevalonii enzyme with the DNA-derived primary structure for a mammalian HMG-CoA reductase revealed two regions of similarity suggestive of functional relatedness. An open reading frame, ORF1, lies on the 3' side of mvaA, and a potential ribosome-binding site for ORF1 overlaps the termination codon of mvaA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Beach
authors.forename: V W
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Rodwell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003062:Codon; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D006903:Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductases