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SUBMITTER: Rubio LM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC107008 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rubio L M LM Flores E E Herrero A A
Journal of bacteriology 19980301 5
The narA locus required for nitrate reduction in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 is shown to consist of a cluster of genes, namely, moeA, moaC, moaD, moaE, and moaA, involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. The product of the moaC gene of strain PCC 7942 shows homology in its N-terminal half to MoaC from Escherichia coli and in its C-terminal half to MoaB or Mog. Overexpression of the Synechococcus moaC gene in E. coli resulted in the synthesis of a polypeptide of 36 kDa, a size that woul ...[more]