1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE GENES FROM PSEUDOMONAS STRAINS

Authors
CAMPBELL BG THOMSON JA
Citation
Bg. Campbell et Ja. Thomson, 1-AMINOCYCLOPROPANE-1-CARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE GENES FROM PSEUDOMONAS STRAINS, FEMS microbiology letters, 138(2-3), 1996, pp. 207-210
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
138
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
207 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1996)138:2-3<207:1DGFPS>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Microbial ACC deaminase catalyses the conversion of 1-aminocyclopropan e-1-carboxylate (ACC), the precursor to the phytohormone ethylene, to ammonia and alpha-ketobutyrate. We screened microorganisms for ACC deg rading ability and cloned and sequenced the ACC deaminase genes from t wo Pseudomonas strains which displayed high enzyme activity. One of th e genes was homologous with two previously sequenced ACC deaminase gen es, but the other was different.