title: Cloning and characterization of the glutamate 1-semialdehyde aminomutase gene from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli.
abstract: The gene from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli for glutamate 1-semialdehyde (GSA) aminomutase, which is involved in the C5 pathway for synthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), was cloned onto a multicopy plasmid, pUC18, by the complementation of an ALA-deficient mutant (hemL) of Escherichia coli. Subcloning of deletion fragments from the initial 3.5-kb chromosomal fragment allowed the isolation of a 1.7-kb fragment which could complement the hemL mutation. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 1.7-kb DNA fragment revealed an open reading frame (ORF) that is located downstream from a potential promoter sequence and a ribosome-binding site. The ORF encodes a polypeptide of 429 amino acid residues, and the deduced molecular mass of this polypeptide is 45,043 Da. The amino acid sequence shows a high degree of homology to the HemL proteins from other organisms, and a putative binding site for pyridoxal 5'-phosphate is conserved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korbsrisate
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asahara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murooka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D019751:Intramolecular Transferases; D007535:Isomerases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016959:Xanthomonas campestris / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000622:Aminolevulinic Acid; D007535:Isomerases; D019751:Intramolecular Transferases; C061049:glutamate-1-semialdehyde 2,1-aminomutase