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Alcaligenes eutrophus possesses a second pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1).

S Hein·A Steinbüchel
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Two gene loci, which hybridized with pdhA, the structural gene of the E1 component of the Alcaligenes eutrophus pyruvate dehydrogenase complex [Hein, S. & Steinbüchel, A. (1994) J. Bacteriol. 176, 4394-4408], were identified on two nonrelated A. eutrophus chromosomal BamHI fragments by using a pdhA-specific DNA probe. These data indicated that A. eutrophus possesses, beside PdhA, two additional distinct pyruvate dehydrogenases (E1). A 6.8-kbp genomic BamHI fragment of A. eutrophus was cloned, and sequence analysis of a 3.896-kbp region revealed the structural gene pdhE (2.694 kbp) for a second pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1), which was not clustered with structural genes for other components of 2-oxo acid dehydrogenase complexes. The A. eutrophus pdhE gene product (898 amino acid residues) exhibited significant similarities to the E1 components of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complexes of A. eutrophus, Neisseria meningitidis, Escherichia coli and Azotobacter vinelandii, which are also composed of only one type of subunit. Heterologous expression of pdhE in the aceEF deletion mutant E. coli YYC202 was demonstrated by spectrometric detection of enzyme activities and by phenotypic complementation to acetate prototrophy. These complementation studies indicated that the E1 component of the A. eutrophus pyruvate dehydrogenase complex can be replaced by a functionally active pdhE gene product.

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AlcaligenesAmino Acid SequenceBase SequenceChromosome MappingCloning, MolecularDNA, BacterialEscherichia coliGene DeletionGenes, BacterialGenetic Complementation TestMolecular Sequence DataPyruvate Dehydrogenase ComplexSequence Homology, Amino AcidJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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S Hein, A Steinbüchel. 1996-05-01. Alcaligenes eutrophus possesses a second pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1).. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0674p.x

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