title: Nucleotide sequence of the lysA gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum and possible mechanisms for modulation of its expression.
abstract: Sequence analysis localized the lysA gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum strain AS019 within a 1.35 kb open reading frame, potentially encoding a 445 amino acid product. Immediately downstream from this gene we found a potential rho-independent transcription terminator, while the 5' flanking region (300 bp) harbors unusual topological and structural features, located in the vicinity of a potential ribosome binding site. Within this upstream region, enzymatic and genetic analyses indicated the occurrence of a promoter responsible for significant, although weak, expression of the encoded enzymatic activity. The same significant expression level was observed with a plasmid harboring an additional 0.5 kb of genomic information upstream from lysA, while its full expression apparently requires 2 kb of additional genomic information located immediately upstream from the cloned gene. The upstream sequence requirement apparently associated with the full expression of the lysA gene of C. glutamicum shows some similarity with the Escherichia coli system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sicard
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sinskey
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D003360:Cosmids; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; C079912:LysA protein, Bacteria; C020031:diaminopimelic acid decarboxylase