title: Molecular analysis of a tryptophan-2-monooxygenase gene (IaaM) of Agrobacterium vitis.
abstract: Tryptophan-2-monooxygenase genes occur in a number of bacteria and encode the conversion of tryptophan to the plant hormone precursor indole-3-acetamide. The role of these genes in the plant-bacteria interaction is often unclear. However, their function as a virulence determinant is established for Pseudomonas savastanoi and Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Some members of the Agrobacteria, such as Agrobacterium vitis have a limited host range. We have characterized the tryptophan-2-monooxygenase (iaaM) gene of A. vitis strain AG162 and show it is different from other A. vitis strains and related to iaaM of A. rhizogenes. The sequence of AG162 iaaM was deposited in the Genbank database under the accession number AF142716.
authors.affiliation: Botanical Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland. oetiker@ubaclu.unibas.ch
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Oetiker
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C023204:tryptophan 2-monooxygenase