SEQUENCE OF THE ALG8 AND ALG44 GENES INVOLVED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF ALGINATE BY PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA

Authors
MAHARAJ R MAY TB WANG SK CHAKRABARTY AM
Citation
R. Maharaj et al., SEQUENCE OF THE ALG8 AND ALG44 GENES INVOLVED IN THE SYNTHESIS OF ALGINATE BY PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA, Gene, 136(1-2), 1993, pp. 267-269
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Gene → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781119
Volume
136
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
267 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1119(1993)136:1-2<267:SOTAAA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The alg8 and alg44 genes, which are required for alginate biosynthesis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, are located in the alginate biosynthetic g ene cluster between the algD and algE genes. The nucleotide sequence o f these two genes is presented. Although the functions of the Alg8 and Alg44 proteins are not known, we believe that they may be involved in the polymerization of mannuronic acid residues to form alginate.