title: Evidence for horizontal gene transfer as origin of putrescine production in Oenococcus oeni RM83.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence of a 17.2-kb chromosomal DNA fragment containing the odc gene encoding ornithine decarboxylase has been determined in the putrescine producer Oenococcus oeni RM83. This DNA fragment contains 13 open reading frames, including genes coding for five transposases and two phage proteins. This description might represent the first evidence of a horizontal gene transfer event as the origin of a biogenic amine biosynthetic locus.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales, CSIC, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marcobal
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de las Rivas
authors.forename: M Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Moreno-Arribas
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muñoz
mesh_terms: D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D011700:Putrescine / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019895:Transposases / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D014764:Viral Proteins; D019895:Transposases; D009955:Ornithine Decarboxylase; D011700:Putrescine