title: Cloning of the pyridoxine 5'-phosphate phosphatase gene (pdxP) and vitamin B6 production in pdxP recombinant Sinorhizobium meliloti.
abstract: A novel gene (pdxP) encoding a pyridoxine 5'-phosphate (PNP) phosphatase involved in the last step of pyridoxine biosynthesis was cloned from Sinorhizobium meliloti IFO 14782 on the basis of the peptide sequences of the natural enzyme. The pdxP gene is an open reading frame (708 bp) encoding 235 amino acid residues with a calculated molecular weight of 26,466. From its deduced amino acid sequence, it was predicted that the enzyme belongs to the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily. Transformants of Escherichia coli and S. meliloti by pdxP gene expression plasmids showed stimulated PNP phosphatase activities. When pdxP was overexpressed together with the PNP synthase gene (pdxJ) in S. meliloti, the recombinant strain produced 149 mg/l of pyridoxine, 46% and 16% higher than the host strain and the pdxJ recombinant of S. meliloti respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Microbiology, Nippon Roche Research Center, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8530, Japan. nagahashiyse@chugai-pharm.co.jp
authors.forename: Yoshie
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagahashi
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tazoe
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016962:Sinorhizobium meliloti / Q000235:genetics*; D025101:Vitamin B 6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D025101:Vitamin B 6; C496428:PDXP protein, human; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases