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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-4
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The function of the type-1 pyridine nucleotide dehydrogenase (NDH-1) in the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120 was investigated. Immunological analysis with antibodies raised against NdhK from Synechocystis PCC 6803, a subunit of NDH-1, showed that NdhK in Anabaena PCC 7120 is only present on the plasma membrane, which confirms the results of previous studies [Howitt, C.A., Smith, G.D. & Day, D. A. (1993) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 114], 313-320]. Southern analysis with probes from the operon encoding ndhC-K-J from Synechocystis PCC 6803 showed that this operon is also conserved in Anabaena PCC 7120. Part of the operon was amplified using PCR with degenerate primers designed against two sequences encoding regions of NdhC and NdhJ that are conserved between cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. The nucleotide sequence of ndhK encodes a protein of 245 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 27.5 kDa. The coding regions of ndhC and ndhK overlap by 7 bp, as found in the chloroplasts of liverwort, maize, and rice. This is markedly different from the case in Synechocystis PCC 6803 where a 71-bp non-coding, intergenic spacer region lies between ndhC and ndhK. The ndhK clone was interrupted by the insertion of a kanamycin-resistance gene and used to transform Anabaena PCC 7120.20 unsegregated transformants were produced, all of which died during attempts to segregate them. This indicates that under the selection conditions used, ndhK is an essential gene in Anabaena PCC 7120.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
240
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Anabaena, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Conserved Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Cyanobacteria, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Mutagenesis, Insertional, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-NADP Transhydrogenases, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Operon, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Quinone Reductases, pubmed-meshheading:8797851-Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning, analysis and inactivation of the ndhK gene encoding a subunit of NADH quinone oxidoreductase from Anabaena PCC 7120.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't