title: Identification and characterization of the acoD gene encoding a dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase of the Klebsiella pneumoniae acetoin dehydrogenase system.
abstract: The acoD gene, which encodes a dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase component of the acetoin dehydrogenase enzyme system of Klebsiella pneumoniae was isolated and the nucleotide sequence determined. The gene is capable of encoding a protein of 465 amino acid residues with conserved binding domains for NAD and FAD, and two redox-active cysteine residues. The acoD gene product exhibited a Michaelis constant of 170 microM for NAD, while NADP can not be used as a substrate. The purified enzyme appeared to be a dimer of the acoD gene product. It did not associate tightly with the E1 and E2 components of either acetoin dehydrogenase or 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase to form an active multi-enzyme complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Chang-Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Kwei-San, Taiwan.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000094:Acetoin Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D007700:Kinetics; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D009243:NAD; D000094:Acetoin Dehydrogenase; D008058:Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase