Thiamin biosynthesis in prokaryotes
| Autor: | Hsiu-Ju Chiu, Jason J. Reddick, Jun Xi, Nino Campobasso, Van Loon Ap, Diana M. Downs, Fred W. McLafferty, Cynthia Kinsland, Sean V. Taylor, Steven E. Ealick, Tadhg P. Begley |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Salmonella typhimurium
Pyrimidine Gene Expression Biology Biochemistry Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound Biosynthesis Escherichia coli Genetics Thiamine Thiazole Molecular Biology Gene Cloning Kinase food and beverages General Medicine Molecular biology In vitro Prokaryotic Cells chemistry Pyrimidine metabolism human activities Bacillus subtilis |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Microbiology. 171:293-300 |
| ISSN: | 1432-072X 0302-8933 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s002030050713 |
| Popis: | Twelve genes involved in thiamin biosynthesis in prokaryotes have been identified and overexpressed. Of these, six are required for the thiazole biosynthesis (thiFSGH, thil, and dxs), one is involved in the pyrimidine biosynthesis (thiC), one is required for the linking of the thiazole and the pyrimidine (thiE), and four are kinase genes (thiD, thiM, thiL, and pdxK). The specific reactions catalyzed by ThiEF, Dxs, ThiDM, ThiL, and PdxK have been reconstituted in vitro and ThiS thiocarboxylate has been identified as the sulfur source. The X-ray structures of thiamin phosphate synthase and 5-hydroxyethyl-4-methylthiazole kinase have been completed. The genes coding for the thiamin transport system (thiBPQ) have also been identified. Remaining problems include the cloning and characterization of thiK (thiamin kinase) and the gene(s) involved in the regulation of thiamin biosynthesis. The specific reactions catalyzed by ThiC (pyrimidine formation), and ThiGH and ThiI (thiazole formation) have not yet been identified. |
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