Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 atrazine catabolism genes trzN, atzB, and atzC are linked on a 160-kilobase region and are functional in Escherichia coli.
Arthrobacter aurescens strain TC1 metabolizes atrazine to cyanuric acid via TrzN, AtzB, and AtzC. The complete sequence of a 160-kb bacterial artificial chromosome clone indicated that trzN, atzB, and atzC are linked on the A. aurescens genome. TrzN, AtzB, and AtzC were shown to be functional in Escherichia coli. Hybridization studies localized trzN, atzB, and atzC to a 380-kb plasmid in A. aurescens strain TC1.
Sajjaphan
Kannika
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Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, Center for Microbial and Plant Genomics, 439 Borlaug Hall, 1991 Upper Buford Cir., University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA.
Shapir
Nir
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Wackett
Lawrence P
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Palmer
Michael
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Blackmon
Barbara
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Tomkins
Jeff
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Sadowsky
Michael J
MJ
D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000235:genetics*; D001280:Atrazine / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids
D001280:Atrazine