title: Molecular cloning, sequence analysis and functional characterization of the gene kdsA, encoding 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate-8-phosphate synthase of Chlamydia psittaci 6BC.
abstract: The kdsA gene encoding 3-deoxy-D-manno-2-octulosonate-8-phosphate (Kdo-8-P) synthase of Chlamydia psittaci 6BC was cloned by complementing the temperature-sensitive kdsA mutant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium AG701i50. The sequence analysis of a recombinant DNA fragment revealed an open reading frame of 807 nucleotides which codes for a polypeptide of 269 amino acids with a high degree of similarity to known KdsA proteins. In addition, alignments of Kdo-8-P synthases with bacterial and fungal 3-deoxy-D-arabino-2-heptulosonate-7-phosphate (Dha-7-P) synthases suggested that both classes of enzymes are structurally related and may belong to a family of 2-keto-3-deoxy-aldonic acid synthases. The chlamydial protein was overexpressed and functionally characterized in vitro to synthesize Kdo-8-P from D-arabinose 5-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate. A chlamydial DNA region upstream of the gene exhibiting similarities to the consensus sequence of sigma 70 promoters of Escherichia coli was responsible for the heterologous expression of kdsA.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemical Microbiology, Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and Biosciences, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brabetz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brade
mesh_terms: D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013400:Sugar Acids / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D013400:Sugar Acids; C002532:2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate; C020011:2-dehydro-3-deoxyphosphooctonate aldolase; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases