title: Identification of promoters of two dehydrogenase genes in Ketogulonicigenium vulgare DSM 4025 and their strength comparison in K. vulgare and Escherichia coli.
abstract: Promoters of sorbose dehydrogenase gene sdh and sorbosone dehydrogenase gene sndh (Psdh and Psndh) in Ketogulonicigenium vulgare DSM 4025 were identified. The transcription initiation site (TIS) of Psdh was guanine 74 bp upstream of the start codon of sdh and the TIS of Psndh was adenine 113 bp upstream of the first codon of sndh. Comparing Psdh and Psndh, consensus sequences were found, which were TAVCVT (V=A, C or G) and THGAHC (H=A, C or T) for their putative -10 and -35 regions, respectively, and the spans between the 2 regions were 17 bp. Psdh and Psndh promoters may be constitutive in K. vulgare DSM 4025 when cultured in HJ medium. Semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis showed that the Psdh promoter was about 2.5 times stronger than Psndh in strength in K. vulgare DSM 4025. In Escherichia coli, Psdh and Psndh demonstrated strong activity with the former about two times stronger than the latter. DCIP decoloration method and reporter plasmids pSDH or pSNDH may be applied to discover promoters of genes in E. coli and to determine their strength in one step.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Northwest Sci-Tec University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, 712100, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shulin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Weicai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Aiguang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D041902:Rhodobacteraceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002237:Carbohydrate Dehydrogenases; C104557:sorbose dehydrogenase