Affiliation:
1. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
Abstract
ABSTRACT
From a pool of 600 temperature-sensitive transposon mutants of
Pseudomonas putida
P8, 1 strain was isolated that carries a mini-Tn
5
insertion within the cytochrome
c
operon. As a result, genes involved in the attachment of heme to cytochrome
c
-type proteins are turned off. Accordingly, cytochrome
c
could not be detected spectrophotometrically. The mutant also exhibited a remarkable reduction of
cis-trans
isomerization capability for unsaturated fatty acids. Consistent with the genetic and physiological data is the detection of a cytochrome
c
-type heme-binding motif close to the N terminus of the predicted polypeptide of the
cis/trans
isomerase (
cti
) gene (
C
VA
CH
; conserved amino acids in italics). The functional significance of this motif was proven by site-directed mutagenesis. A possible mechanism of heme-catalyzed
cis-trans
isomerization of unsaturated fatty acids is discussed.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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