title: Cloning of the Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, encoding a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, by complementation of a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, which encodes a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, has been cloned and characterized. A DNA fragment encoding the putative alcohol dehydrogenase domain of the AdhE protein was cloned by screening an L. lactis genomic library in a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli and selecting for the ability to grow anaerobically. Further analysis of the clone obtained allowed the cloning of the entire adhE gene sequence. Analysis of adhE expression in L. lactis during anaerobiosis showed induction at the transcriptional level, especially in medium containing glucose. Constructed mutant strains produced reduced amounts of ethanol under anaerobic conditions. With the L. lactis gene as a probe, adhE homologs were found in other industrially relevant lactic acid bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnological Institute, Hørsholm, Denmark. arnau@biobase.dk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnau
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vrang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Israelsen
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005285:Fermentation / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D015698:Genomic Library; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; C068383:adhE protein, E coli; D000445:Aldehyde Oxidoreductases