title: Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent histidine decarboxylase. Nucleotide sequence of the hdc gene and the corresponding amino acid sequence.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of a 1.3-kilobase NaeI fragment from Morganella morganii AM-15 that contains the gene for histidine decarboxylase has been determined. The gene was initially identified among total chromosomal digests using a mixed sequence oligonucleotide probe corresponding to amino acids 11-16 of histidine decarboxylase and then cloned on a 5.5-kilobase PstI fragment. The structural gene contains 1131 nucleotides and encodes 377 amino acids with the sequence: (sequence: in text). The independently determined NH2-terminal sequence of this enzyme (Tanase, S., Guirard, B. M., and Snell, E. E. (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 6738-6746) and the amino acid sequences of two tryptic peptides reported in the accompanying paper (Hayashi, H., Tanase, S., and Snell, E. E. (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 11003-11009) are localized in the sequence presented here; the lysine that binds pyridoxal phosphate is situated at residue 232, whereas the serine that binds the adduct formed between pyridoxal phosphate and the inhibitor alpha-fluoromethylhistidine is positioned at residue 322.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases / Q000235:genetics*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D005796:Genes; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011511:Proteus / Q000201:enzymology*; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012694:Serine; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; C024388:CTGCAG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D002262:Carboxy-Lyases; D006640:Histidine Decarboxylase