Cloning, sequencing, and enhanced expression of the dihydropteroate synthase gene of Escherichia coli MC4100.
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Dallas WS, Gowen JE, Ray PH, Cox MJ, Dev IK
Cloning, sequencing, and enhanced expression of the dihydropteroate synthase gene of Escherichia coli MC4100.
J Bacteriol. 1992 Sep;174(18):5961-70.
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The Escherichia coli gene coding for dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS) has been cloned and sequenced. The protein has 282 amino acids and a compositional molecular mass of 30,314 daltons. Increased expression of the enzyme was realized by using a T7 expression system. The enzyme was purified and crystallized. A temperature-sensitive mutant was isolated and found to express a DHPS with a lower specific activity and lower affinities for para-aminobenzoic acid and sulfathiazole. The allele had a point mutation that changed a phenylalanine codon to a leucine codon, and the mutation was in a codon that is conserved among published DHPS sequences.