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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-18
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
A 30 kbp chromosomal region containing the S-layer gene (slpA) from Thermus thermophilus HB8 was cloned from a lambda phage gene library. DNA sequence analysis of the region upstream to the slpA gene revealed the presence of an open reading frame (ORF) which coded for a 604-amino-acid protein highly homologous to the glucosamine-6-P synthases (EC 2.6.1.16) of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic origin. The identification of this ORF as the glucosamine-6-P synthase gene from T. thermophilus (glmSth) has been carried out using three different strategies: (i) complementation of an Escherichia coli glmS mutant; (ii) in vivo insertional inactivation of the gene; and (iii) in vitro synthesis of glucosamine-6-P at 60 degrees C by a cytoplasmic extract of an overproducing E. coli strain. The glmSth gene is transcribed divergently from slpA in a 2.0 kb mRNA which probably also includes a tryptophan tRNA gene (trpTth) identified at its 3' extreme. As the products of both the glmSth and the slpA genes are main components of the cell envelope of T. thermophilus, their unusual clustering in the chromosome could be related to the existence of specific mechanisms for their coordinate expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Cell Wall, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Glutamine-Fructose-6-Phosphate Transaminase (Isomerizing), pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-RNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Thermus thermophilus, pubmed-meshheading:7476196-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
glmS of Thermus thermophilus HB8: an essential gene for cell-wall synthesis identified immediately upstream of the S-layer gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't