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Structure of the operon and formation of aspartokinase subunits in the cephamycin producer ‘’

The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AJ298904.

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The first two genes of the lysine pathway are closely linked forming a transcriptional operon in the cephamycin producer ‘’. The gene, encoding the enzyme aspartic semialdehyde dehydrogenase, has been cloned by complementation of mutants. It encodes a protein of 355 aa with a deduced of 37109. The gene encoding the aspartokinase (Ask) is located upstream of the gene as shown by determination of Ask activity conferred to transformants. and are separated by 2 nt and are transcribed in a bicistronic 26 kb mRNA. As occurs in corynebacteria, the presence of a ribosome-binding site within the sequence suggests that this ORF encodes two overlapping proteins, Askα of 421 aa and 44108, and Askβ of 172 aa and 18145. The formation of both subunits of Ask from a single gene () was confirmed by using antibodies against the C-terminal end of Ask which is identical in both subunits. Ask activity of ‘’ is regulated by the concerted action of lysine plus threonine and this inhibition is abolished in transformants containing Ser to Tyr, or Gly to Asp mutations of the ‘’ gene.

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Keyword(s): Asd, aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase , Ask, aspartokinase , aspartic semialdehyde dehydrogenase , beta-lactams , DAP, diaminopimelate and α-AAA, α-aminoadipic acid
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Structure of the ask-asd operon and formation of aspartokinase subunits in the cephamycin producer ‘Amycolatopsis lactamdurans’The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AJ298904.
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