title: Two open reading frames adjacent to the Escherichia coli K-12 transketolase (tkt) gene show high similarity to the mannitol phosphotransferase system enzymes from Escherichia coli and various gram-positive bacteria.
abstract: I have subcloned and sequenced the genes cmtB and cmtA of Escherichia coli K-12 which lie adjacent to the tkt gene on the chromosome. The genes cmtB and cmtA could encode a cytoplasmic protein (EIIA) and an integral-membrane protein (EIIBC), respectively, of the bacterial phospho enol pyruvate-dependent carbohydrate phosphotransferase system. High similarity to the Enzymes IIMtl of Escherichia coli K-12 (gene mtlA) and of Staphylococcus carnosus was detected, but the two genes did not complement mannitol-negative E. coli mutants without the use of a heterologous promoter.
authors.affiliation: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für Biotechnologie 1, Germany.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sprenger
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D014174:Transketolase / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D014174:Transketolase; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; C022358:mannitol PTS permease, E coli