title: Cloning, sequencing, and expression in Escherichia coli of the D-hydantoinase gene from Pseudomonas putida and distribution of homologous genes in other microorganisms.
abstract: Pseudomonas putida DSM 84 produces N-carbamyl-D-amino acids from the corresponding D-5-monosubstituted hydantoins. The gene encoding this D-hydantoinase enzyme was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The nucleotide sequence of the 1.8-kb insert of subclone pGES19 was determined. One open reading frame of 1,104 bp was found and was predicted to encode a polypeptide with a molecular size of 40.5 kDa. Local regions of identity between the predicted amino acid sequence and that of other known amidohydrolases (two other D-hydantoinases, allantionase and dihydroorotase) were found. The D-hydantoinase gene was used as a probe to screen DNA isolated from diverse organisms. Within Pseudomonas strains of rRNA group I, the probe was specific. The probe did not detect D-hydantoinase genes in pseudomonads not in rRNA group I, other bacteria, or plants known to express D-hydantoinase activity.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Ingredients Section, Agriculture Canada, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: LaPointe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Viau
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: LeBlanc
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morin
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015342:DNA Probes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics*; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D017385:Sequence Homology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C020047:dihydropyrimidinase