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Title: Molecular cloning and expression of Corynebacterium glutamicum genes for amino acid synthesis in Escherichia coli cells

Journal Article · · Sov. Genet. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5896388

Molecular cloning of Corynebacterium glutamicum genes for threonine and lysine synthesis has been done in Escherichia coli cells. The clonal library of EcoRI fragments of chromosomal DNA of C. glutamicum was constructed on the plasmid vector /lambda/pSL5. The genes for threonine and lysine synthesis were identified by complementation of E. coli mutations in thrB and lysA genes, respectively. Recombinant plasmids, isolated from independent ThrB/sup +/ clone have a common 4.1-kb long EcoRI DNA fragment. Hybrid plasmids isolated from LysA/sup +/ transductants of E. coli have common 2.2 and 3.3 kb long EcoRI fragments of C. glutamicum DNA. The hybrid plasmids consistently transduced the markers thrB/sup +/ and lysA/sup +/. The Southern hybridization analysis showed that the cloned DNA fragments hybridized with the fragments of identical length in C. glutamicum chromosomes.

Research Organization:
All-Union Research Institute of Genetics and Breeding of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow (USSR)
OSTI ID:
5896388
Journal Information:
Sov. Genet. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 24:7; Other Information: Translated from Genetika; 24: No. 7, 1153-1158(Jul 1988)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English