Abstract
DNA fragments containing the genes involved in the conversion of 5-substituted hydantoins to their corresponding L-amino acids have been cloned from the 172-kb native plasmid (pHN671) of Pseudomonas sp. strain NS671. The largest recombinant plasmid, designated pHPB14, encoded the ability to convert D-5-substituted hydantoins to the corresponding L-amino acids, whereas the smallest one, designated pHPB12, encoded the ability to convert them to their corresponding N-carbamyl-D-amino acids. Restriction analysis suggested that the inserts of both recombinant plasmids are derived from the identical portion in pHN671 and that the insert of pHPB14, compared with that of pHPB12, has an extra 5.3 kb in length. DNA sequencing revealed that pHPB14 contains two additional complete open reading frames, designated ORF5 and hyuE. Analysis of deletion derivatives of pHPB14 indicated that hyuE is required for the ability to produce L-amino acids from the corresponding D-5-substituted hydantoins, but ORF5 is not. Cells of Escherichia coli transformed with a plasmid containing hyuE were capable of racemizing different 5-substituted hydantoins, indicating that hyuE is a gene encoding a hydantoin racemase.
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