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Cloning of the Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, encoding a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, by complementation of a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT: The Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, which encodes a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, has been cloned and characterized. A DNA fragment encoding the putative alcohol dehydrogenase domain of the AdhE protein was cloned by screening an L. lactis genomic library in a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli and selecting for the ability to grow anaerobically. Further analysis of the clone obtained allowed the cloning of the entire adhE gene sequence. Analysis of adhE expression in L. lactis during anaerobiosis showed induction at the transcriptional level, especially in medium containing glucose. Constructed mutant strains produced reduced amounts of ethanol under anaerobic conditions. With the L. lactis gene as a probe, adhE homologs were found in other industrially relevant lactic acid bacteria.

SUBMITTER: Arnau J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC107803 | biostudies-literature | 1998 Jun

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Cloning of the Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, encoding a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, by complementation of a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli.

Arnau J J Jørgensen F F Madsen S M SM Vrang A A Israelsen H H

Journal of bacteriology 19980601 12

The Lactococcus lactis adhE gene, which encodes a multifunctional alcohol dehydrogenase, has been cloned and characterized. A DNA fragment encoding the putative alcohol dehydrogenase domain of the AdhE protein was cloned by screening an L. lactis genomic library in a fermentative mutant of Escherichia coli and selecting for the ability to grow anaerobically. Further analysis of the clone obtained allowed the cloning of the entire adhE gene sequence. Analysis of adhE expression in L. lactis durin ...[more]

PMID: 9620952

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