Open AccessGenetic analysis of Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans carbon monoxide dehydrogenase genes cooF and cooS 1
Author(s) -
González Juan M,
Robb Frank T
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09346.x
Subject(s) - carbon monoxide dehydrogenase , gene , rhodospirillum rubrum , thermophile , carbon monoxide , start codon , bacteria , dehydrogenase , biology , chemistry , genetics , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , messenger rna , catalysis
Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans is an extremely thermophilic, Gram‐positive bacterium growing on carbon monoxide (CO) as single carbon and energy source and producing only H 2 and CO 2 . Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase is a key enzyme for CO metabolism. The carbon monoxide dehydrogenase genes cooF and cooS from C. hydrogenoformans were cloned and sequenced. These genes showed the highest similarity to the cooF genes from the archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus and the cooS gene from the bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum , respectively. The cooS gene was identified immediately downstream of cooF , however, the cooF and cooS genes from C. hydrogenoformans have substantially different codon usage, and the cooF gene Arg codon usage pattern, dominated by AGA and AGG, resembles the archaeal pattern. The data therefore suggest lateral transfer of these genes, possibly from different donor species.