Affiliation:
1. Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0308
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The enzyme responsible for observed IMP cyclohydrolase activity in
Methanococcus jannaschii
was purified and sequenced: its genetic locus was found to correspond to gene MJ0626. The MJ0626 gene was cloned, and its protein product was expressed in
Escherichia coli
and shown to catalyze the cyclization of 5-formylamidoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide to IMP. The enzyme has no sequence similarity to known enzymes, and its catalytic properties appear distinct from any characterized IMP cyclohydrolase. The
purO
gene for the enzyme is currently found only in the domain
Archaea
.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
18 articles.
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