{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["184(10)"],"submitter":["Claes WA"],"pubmed_abstract":["Genome sequencing revealed that the Corynebacterium glutamicum genome contained, besides gltA, two additional citrate synthase homologous genes (prpC) located in two different prpDBC gene clusters, which were designated prpD1B1C1 and prpD2B2C2. The coding regions of the two gene clusters as well as the predicted gene products showed sequence identities of about 70 to 80%. Significant sequence similarities were found also to the prpBCDE operons of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, which are known to encode enzymes of the propionate-degrading 2-methylcitrate pathway. Homologous and heterologous overexpression of the C. glutamicum prpC1 and prpC2 genes revealed that their gene products were active as citrate synthases and 2-methylcitrate synthases. Growth tests showed that C. glutamic"],"journal":["Journal of bacteriology"],"pagination":["2728-39"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC135033"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Identification of two prpDBC gene clusters in Corynebacterium glutamicum and their involvement in propionate degradation via the 2-methylcitrate cycle."],"pmcid":["PMC135033"],"pubmed_authors":["Kalinowski J","Puhler A","Claes WA"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Identification of two prpDBC gene clusters in Corynebacterium glutamicum and their involvement in propionate degradation via the 2-methylcitrate cycle.","description":"Genome sequencing revealed that the Corynebacterium glutamicum genome contained, besides gltA, two additional citrate synthase homologous genes (prpC) located in two different prpDBC gene clusters, which were designated prpD1B1C1 and prpD2B2C2. The coding regions of the two gene clusters as well as the predicted gene products showed sequence identities of about 70 to 80%. Significant sequence similarities were found also to the prpBCDE operons of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, which are known to encode enzymes of the propionate-degrading 2-methylcitrate pathway. Homologous and heterologous overexpression of the C. glutamicum prpC1 and prpC2 genes revealed that their gene products were active as citrate synthases and 2-methylcitrate synthases. Growth tests showed that C. glutamic","dates":{"release":"2002-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2002 May","modification":"2025-04-04T23:14:08.461Z","creation":"2019-03-27T00:17:23Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC135033","cross_references":{"pubmed":["11976302"],"doi":["10.1128/jb.184.10.2728-2739.2002","10.1128/JB.184.10.2728-2739.2002"]}}