title: Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate 8-phosphate synthetase from Escherichia coli.
abstract: The cloning of the gene for Escherichia coli PL-2 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-octonate 8-phosphate synthetase is reported. Positive transformants showed an increase of approximately three-fold in specific activity of the enzyme both in E. coli and in Salmonella typhimurium as host cells. A subclone containing a 1.5-kilobase PvuII fragment overproduced active enzyme. Minicell experiments that allow the detection of plasmid encoded proteins revealed an insert-coded single protein band of 34 kilodaltons.
mesh_terms: D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C020011:2-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphooctonate aldolase; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases