title: Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 atrazine catabolism genes trzN, atzB, and atzC are linked on a 160-kilobase region and are functional in Escherichia coli.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Kannika
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sajjaphan
authors.forename: Nir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shapir
authors.forename: Lawrence P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Wackett
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blackmon
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomkins
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sadowsky
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001280:Atrazine