title: Cloning and characterization of the Alcaligenes eutrophus 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex.
abstract: Nucleotide sequence analysis of a 3.3-kb genomic EcoRI fragment and of relevant subfragments of a genomic 13.2-kb SmaI fragment of Alcaligenes eutrophus, which were identified by using a dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase-specific DNA probe, revealed the structural genes of the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex in a 7.5-kb genomic region. The genes odhA (2850 bp), odhB (1248 bp), and odhL (1422 bp), encoding 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (E1), dihydrolipoamide succinyltransferase (E2), and dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase (E3), respectively, occur co-linearly in one gene cluster downstream of a putative -35/-10 promoter in the order odhA, odhB, and odhL. In comparison to other bacteria, the occurrence of genes for two E3 components for the pyruvate as well as for the 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complexes is unique. Heterologous expression of the A. eutrophus odh genes in E. coli XL1-Blue and in the kgdA mutant Pseudomonas putida JS347 was demonstrated by the occurrence of protein bands in electropherograms, by spectrometric detection of enzyme activities, and by phenotypic complementation, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Steinbüchel
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D016958:Pseudomonas putida / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex