Isolation and complementation analysis of 10 methanol oxidation mutant classes and identification of the methanol dehydrogenase structural gene of Methylobacterium sp. strain AM1.
AUTOR(ES)
Nunn, D N
RESUMO
A method has been developed for the direct selection of methanol oxidation mutants of the facultative methylotroph Methylobacterium sp. strain AM1 (formerly Pseudomonas sp. strain AM1). Using this direct selection technique, we have isolated mutants of Methylobacterium sp. strain AM1 that are no longer capable of growth on methanol but retain the ability to grow on methylamine. These methanol oxidation (Mox) mutants were complemented with a genomic clone bank of this organism constructed in the broad-host-range cosmid pVK100, and subcloning and Tn5 mutagenesis experiments have assigned the Mox mutants to 10 distinct complementation groups. Using an open reading frame beta-galactosidase fusion vector and antibodies specific for Methylobacterium sp. strain AM1 methanol dehydrogenase, we have identified the methanol dehydrogenase structural gene and determined the direction of transcription. The results suggest that the synthesis and utilization of an active methanol dehydrogenase in this organism requires at least 10 different gene functions.
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