title: Genetic organization and sequence of the Pseudomonas cepacia genes for the alpha and beta subunits of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase.
abstract: The locations of the genes for the alpha and beta subunits of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.3) on a 9.5-kilobase-pair PstI fragment cloned from the Pseudomonas cepacia DBO1 chromosome were determined. This was accomplished through the construction of several subclones into the broad-host-range cloning vectors pRO2317, pRO2320, and pRO2321. The ability of each subclone to complement mutations in protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase (pcaA) was tested in mutant strains derived from P. cepacia, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Pseudomonas putida. These complementation studies also showed that the two subunits were expressed from the same promoter. The nucleotide sequence of the region encoding for protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase was determined. The deduced amino acid sequence matched that determined by N-terminal analysis of regions of the isolated enzyme. Although over 400 nucleotides were sequenced before the start of the genes, no homology to known promoters was found. However, a terminator stem-loop structure was found immediately after the genes. The deduced amino acid sequence showed extensive homology with the previously determined amino acid sequence of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase from another Pseudomonas species.
authors: Cellular and Molecular Biology Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48109-0620.
authors: G J
authors: GJ
authors: Zylstra
authors: R H
authors: RH
authors: Olsen
authors: D P
authors: DP
authors: Ballou
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011520:Protocatechuate-3,4-Dioxygenase / Q000235:genetics*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010105:Oxygenases; D011520:Protocatechuate-3,4-Dioxygenase