title: Cloning and sequencing of a Synechococcus gene encoding a protein very similar to mammalian aldehyde dehydrogenases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kanamaru
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase