title: Isolation of ftsI and murE genes involved in peptidoglycan synthesis from Corynebacterium glutamicum.
abstract: Corynebacterium glutamicum is known to excrete large amounts of L-glutamic acid upon treatment by penicillin. However, the mechanism of L-glutamate overproduction by penicillin treatment is still unknown. A 5.3-kb HindIII fragment was isolated by directly introducing the C. glutamicum (Brevibacterium lactofermentum) ATCC 13869 gene library into the temperature-sensitive Escherichia coli murE mutant and selecting temperature resistant clones. Two open reading frames (ORFs) were found in this fragment: (1) murE, encoding UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:meso-diaminopimelate ligase, and (2)ftsI, encoding septum-peptidoglycan synthetase, one of the targets of penicillin (penicillin-binding protein 3). Both ORFs were involved in peptidoglycan synthesis. Proteins were synthesized from the C. glutamicum murE and ftsI genes, 55 kDa and 73 kDa respectively, in an in vitro protein synthesis system, using E. coli S30 extracts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Wijayarathna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006602:Hexosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000235:genetics*; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D009154:Mutation; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010453:Peptide Synthases / Q000235:genetics*; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D046928:Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C478704:FtsI protein, E coli; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010457:Peptidoglycan; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D046928:Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase; D010453:Peptide Synthases; C049145:UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase