U. Matrubutham et Ar. Harker, ANALYSIS OF DUPLICATED GENE-SEQUENCES ASSOCIATED WITH TFDR AND TFDS IN ALCALIGENES-EUTROPHUS JMP134, Journal of bacteriology, 176(8), 1994, pp. 2348-2353
Plasmid pJP4 of Alcaligenes eutrophus JMP134 encodes the degradation o
f 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. A 1.2-kb BamHI-XhoI region of the re
striction fragment BamHI-E has been proposed to contain the regulatory
gene tfdR (A. R. Harker, R. H. Olsen, and R. J. Seidler, J. Bacteriol
. 171:314-320, 1989; B. Kaphammer, J. J. Kukor, and R. H. Olsen, J. Ba
cteriol. 172:2280-2286, 1990). When sequenced and analyzed, the region
is shown to contain two incomplete open reading frames (ORFs) positio
ned divergently. The complete DNA sequence for one of the two ORFs was
obtained by sequencing the adjacent restriction fragment BamHI-F. The
DNA sequence reveals 100% identity with the regulatory gene tfdS of p
JP4. An XbaI-PstI fragment, containing the complete ORF, encodes a 32,
000-Da protein which binds to the promoter regions upstream from tfdA
and tfdDII. The deduced amino acid sequence of the complete ORF shows
similarity with sequences of activator proteins TcbR, CatM, and CatR o
f the LysR family. The complete ORF represents the regulatory gene tfd
R. The deduced amino acid sequence of the incomplete ORF, situated div
ergently from tfdR, indicates similarity to chloromuconate cycloisomer
ases produced by genes tfdD and tcbD of plasmids pJP4 and pP51, respec
tively. This ORF is identified as part of a putative isofunctional gen
e, tfdDII.