Organization and regulation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum hom-thrB and thrC loci.

TitleOrganization and regulation of the Corynebacterium glutamicum hom-thrB and thrC loci.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1988
AuthorsFollettie, MT, Shin, HK, Sinskey, AJ
JournalMol Microbiol
Volume2
Issue1
Pagination53-62
Date Published1988 Jan
ISSN0950-382X
KeywordsAlcohol Oxidoreductases, Carbon-Oxygen Lyases, Chromosomes, Bacterial, Corynebacterium, DNA Restriction Enzymes, Genes, Genes, Bacterial, Genes, Regulator, Genotype, Homoserine Dehydrogenase, Lyases, Phosphotransferases, Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), Plasmids
Abstract

The genes encoding the three terminal enzymes in the threonine biosynthetic pathway, homoserine dehydrogenase (hom), homoserine kinase (thrB) and threonine synthase (thrC) have been isolated from Corynebacterium glutamicum. The C. glutamicum hom and thrB genes were subcloned on a 3.6 kb SalI-generated chromosomal fragment. The C. glutamicum thrC gene was shown not to be linked to the hom-thrB locus. L-methionine represses the cloned homoserine dehydrogenase and homoserine kinase similar to that of the chromosomally encoded hom and thrB gene products. Northern hybridization analysis demonstrates that this repression is mediated at the level of transcription and that hom-thrB represents an operon in C. glutamicum.

DOI10.1111/j.1365-2958.1988.tb00006.x
Alternate JournalMol Microbiol
Citation Key91
PubMed ID2835590