Cloning and characterization of the genes encoding the malolactic enzyme and the malate permease of Leuconostoc oenos
| Autor: | C Labarre, Charles Diviès, J.-F. Cavin, Jean Guzzo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Labarre, Cécile |
| Rok vydání: | 1996 |
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Bacterial Malolactic enzyme Leuconostoc oenos Molecular Sequence Data Restriction Mapping Malates Biological Transport Active Organic Anion Transporters Saccharomyces cerevisiae Biology Polymerase Chain Reaction Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Malate dehydrogenase Open Reading Frames Bacterial Proteins Malate Dehydrogenase Gene cluster [SDV.BBM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry Molecular Biology Escherichia coli Leuconostoc Amino Acid Sequence Cloning Molecular Malate transport DNA Primers Genomic organization Base Sequence Sequence Homology Amino Acid Ecology Lactococcus lactis Nucleic acid sequence Membrane Transport Proteins biology.organism_classification Molecular biology malate permease Molecular Weight Open reading frame Biochemistry Genes Bacterial Research Article Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62:1274-1282 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5336 0099-2240 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/aem.62.4.1274-1282.1996 |
| Popis: | Using degenerated primers from conserved regions of the protein sequences of malic enzymes, we amplified a 324-bp DNA fragment by PCR from Leuconostoc oenos and used this fragment as a probe for screening a Leuconostoc oenos genomic bank. Of the 2,990 clones in the genomic bank examined, 7 with overlapping fragments were isolated by performing colony hybridization experiments. Sequencing 3,453 bp from overlapping fragments revealed two open reading frames that were 1,623 and 942 nucleotides long and were followed by a putative terminator structure. The first deduced protein (molecular weight, 59,118) is very similar (level of similarity, 66%) to the malolactic enzyme of Lactococcus lactis; as in several malic enzymes, highly conserved protein regions are present. The synthesis of a protein with an apparent molecular mass of 60 kDa was highlighted by the results of labelling experiments performed with Escherichia coli minicells. The gene was expressed in E. coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae and conferred "malolactic activity" to these species. The second open reading frame encodes a putative 34,190-Da protein which has the characteristics of a carrier protein and may have 10 membrane-spanning segments organized around a central hydrophilic core. Energy-dependent L-[14C]malate transport was observed with E. coli dicarboxylic acid transport-deficient mutants carrying the malate permease-expressing vector. Our results suggest that in Leuconostoc oenos the genes that encode the malolactic enzyme and a malate carrier protein are organized in a cluster. |
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