KONDO, Hiroki
(Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kawazu 680-4, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan)
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NAKAMURA, Yoriko
(Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kawazu 680-4, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan)
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DONG, Yi-Xin
(Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kawazu 680-4, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan)
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NIKAWA, Jun-ichi
(Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kawazu 680-4, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan)
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SUEDA, Shinji
(Department of Biochemical Engineering and Science, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kawazu 680-4, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan)
To identify the genes involved in pyridoxine synthesis in yeast, auxotrophic mutants were prepared. After transformation with a yeast genomic library, a transformant (A22t1) was obtained from one of the auxotrophs, A22, which lost the pyridoxine auxotrophy. From an analysis of the plasmid harboured ...
To identify the genes involved in pyridoxine synthesis in yeast, auxotrophic mutants were prepared. After transformation with a yeast genomic library, a transformant (A22t1) was obtained from one of the auxotrophs, A22, which lost the pyridoxine auxotrophy. From an analysis of the plasmid harboured in A22t1, the RKI1 gene coding for ribose 5-phosphate ketol-isomerase and residing on chromosome no. 15 was identified as the responsible gene. This notion was confirmed by gene disruption and tetrad analysis on a diploid prepared from the wild-type and the auxotroph. The site of mutation on the RKI1 gene was identified as position 566 with a transition from guanine to adenine, resulting in amino acid substitution of Arg-189 with lysine. The enzymic activity of the Arg189→Lys (R189K) mutant of ribose 5-phosphate ketolisomerase was 0.6% when compared with the wild-type enzyme. Loss of the structural integrity of the protein seems to be responsible for the greatly diminished activity, which eventually leads to a shortage of either ribose 5-phosphate or ribulose 5-phosphate as the starting or intermediary material for pyridoxine synthesis.
To identify the genes involved in pyridoxine synthesis in yeast, auxotrophic mutants were prepared. After transformation with a yeast genomic library, a transformant (A22t1) was obtained from one of the auxotrophs, A22, which lost the pyridoxine auxotrophy. From an analysis of the plasmid harboured in A22t1, the RKI1 gene coding for ribose 5-phosphate ketol-isomerase and residing on chromosome no. 15 was identified as the responsible gene. This notion was confirmed by gene disruption and tetrad analysis on a diploid prepared from the wild-type and the auxotroph. The site of mutation on the RKI1 gene was identified as position 566 with a transition from guanine to adenine, resulting in amino acid substitution of Arg-189 with lysine. The enzymic activity of the Arg189→Lys (R189K) mutant of ribose 5-phosphate ketolisomerase was 0.6% when compared with the wild-type enzyme. Loss of the structural integrity of the protein seems to be responsible for the greatly diminished activity, which eventually leads to a shortage of either ribose 5-phosphate or ribulose 5-phosphate as the starting or intermediary material for pyridoxine synthesis.
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