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2496759

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
The plasmid pSCR1 containing the gene for mandelate racemase (EC 5.1.2.2) from Pseudomonas putida (ATCC 12633) allows Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 15692) to grow on (R)-mandelate as its sole carbon source [Ransom, S. C., Gerlt, J. A., Powers, V. M., & Kenyon, G. L. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 540]; the chromosome of the P. aeruginosa host apparently does not contain the gene for mandelate racemase but does contain genes for the remaining enzymes in the mandelate pathway and enables growth on (S)-mandelate as carbon source. However, in the presence of alpha-phenylglycidate, an active-site-directed irreversible inhibitor (affinity label) of mandelate racemase, P. aeruginosa transformed with pSCR1 can utilize (S)-mandelate but not (R)-mandelate as carbon source. This inhibition of growth on (R)-mandelate provides a metabolic selection for mutants that are resistant to alpha-phenylglycidate. When (R)-mandelate is used as carbon source and alpha-phenylglycidate is present, a few colonies of P. aeruginosa transformed with pSCR1 grow slowly and appear on plates after several days. The plasmid isolated from these cells confers resistance to alpha-phenylglycidate on newly transformed cells of P. aeruginosa. This resistance to the affinity label is not due to a mutation within the primary structure of the enzyme. A single base change (C----A) located 87 bp upstream of the initiation codon for the gene for mandelate racemase was detected in three independent isolates of alpha-phenylglycidate-resistant colonies and appears responsible for a 30-fold increase in the amount of mandelate racemase encoded by the gene contained in the plasmid.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
969-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Selection and characterization of a mutant of the cloned gene for mandelate racemase that confers resistance to an affinity label by greatly enhanced production of enzyme.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park 20742.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.