Cloning of the Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 acetyl coenzyme A acetyltransferase (thiolase; EC 2.3.1.9) gene.
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Petersen, D J
RESUMO
Thiolase (acetyl coenzyme A acetyltransferase; EC 2.3.1.9) from Clostridium acetobutylicum is a key enzyme in the production of acids and solvents in this organism. The purification and properties of the enzyme have already been described (D. P. Wiesenborn, F. B. Rudolph, and E.T. Papoutsakis, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54:2717-2722, 1988). The thl gene encoding the thiolase has been cloned by using primary antibodies raised to the purified enzyme. A bacteriophage lambda EMBL3 library of C. acetobutylicum DNA was prepared and screened by immunoblots with the antithiolase antibodies. Phage DNA was purified from positive plaques, and restriction enzyme digests identified an approximately 4.8-kb AccI fragment common to all positive plaques. A corresponding fragment was also found in AccI digests of C. acetobutylicum chromosomal DNA. The fragment was purified and EcoRI linkers were attached before being subcloned into pUC19. Maxicell analysis showed the production of an approximately 42-kDa protein, whose size corresponded to the molecular size of the purified thiolase, from the clostridial insert. Enzyme activity assays and Western blot (immunoblot) analysis of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis-separated whole-cell extracts of Escherichia coli harboring the cloned thl confirmed the presence of the thiolase encoded within the cloned DNA.
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