Open AccessIdentification of Mycoplasma pirum genes involved in the salvage pathways for nucleosides
Author(s) -
To Nam Tham,
Stéphane Ferris,
Rémi Kovacic,
Luc Montagnier,
Alain Blanchard
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.175.16.5281-5285.1993
Subject(s) - biology , complementation , operon , gene , mutant , escherichia coli , triosephosphate isomerase , isomerase , genetics , enzyme , nucleotide salvage , biochemistry , nucleotide
Genes encoding enzymes involved in the salvage pathway for nucleosides have been cloned and sequenced from the mollicute Mycoplasma pirum. One of them, encoding deoxyriboaldolase, was functionally identified by complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant. These genes are clustered, suggesting an operon organization, and they are immediately followed by the putative gene for the triose phosphate isomerase, an enzyme used during glycolysis.