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The gene linked to the operon of encodes a permease for glycolate that is structurally and functionally similar to L-lactate permease Free

Abstract

In the operon involved in glycolate utilization is located at 673 min and formed by genes encoding the enzymes glycolate oxidase () and malate synthase G (). Their expression from a single promoter upstream of is induced by growth on glycolate and regulated by the activator encoded by the divergently transcribed gene . Gene , located 350 bp downstream of , encodes a hydrophobic protein highly similar to the L-lactate permease encoded by . Expression studies have shown that the gene (proposed name ) is transcribed from the same promoter as the other structural genes and thus belongs to the operon. Characterization of a :: mutant showed that GlcA acts as glycolate permease and that glycolate can also enter the cell through another transport system. Evidence is presented of the involvement of L-lactate permease in glycolate uptake. Growth on this compound was abolished in a double mutant of the paralogous genes and , and restored with plasmids expressing either GlcA or LldP. Characterization of the putative substrates for these two related permeases showed, in both cases, specificity for the 2-hydroxymonocarboxylates glycolate, L-lactate and D-lactate. Although both GlcA and LldP recognize D-lactate, mutant analysis proved that L-lactate permease is mainly responsible for its uptake.

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Keyword(s): bacterial transport , CAA, casein acid hydrolysate , CAT, chloramphenicol acetyltransferase , gene function assignment , IHF, integration host factor , LB, Luria–Bertani broth , LctP transporter family and paralogue genes
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The gene yghK linked to the glc operon of Escherichia coli encodes a permease for glycolate that is structurally and functionally similar to L-lactate permease
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