title: Identification of the Rhizobium meliloti alcohol dehydrogenase gene (adhA) and heterologous expression in Alcaligenes eutrophus.
abstract: A screen for Rhizobium meliloti genes which improve the growth of Alcaligenes eutrophus on sucrose identified the first alcohol dehydrogenase gene (adhA) isolated from the Rhizobiaceae. R. meliloti adhA is constitutively expressed in A. eutrophus and has alcohol dehydrogenase activity. R. meliloti adhA mutants retain some alcohol dehydrogenase activity.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016962:Sinorhizobium meliloti / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase