Cloning and sequencing of a Synechococcus gene encoding a protein very similar to mammalian aldehyde dehydrogenases.
We report cloning and sequencing of a gene encoding a putative aldehyde dehydrogenase in Synechococcus sp. PCC7942. It was found that this phototrophic microorganism has a protein very similar to mammalian class-3 aldehyde dehydrogenases. A mutant strain lacking this gene was hypersensitive in growth to an aromatic aldehyde.
Kashiwagi
S
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Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Japan.
Irie
J
J
Kanamaru
K
K
Mizuno
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T
D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase