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. 1993 Oct;175(19):6364–6367. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.19.6364-6367.1993

Identification of a purC gene from Streptococcus pneumoniae.

F M Hui 1, D A Morrison 1
PMCID: PMC206737  PMID: 8407811

Abstract

A gene encoding 5'-phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole-4-N-succinocarboxamide synthetase was identified in Streptococcus pneumoniae as a 708-bp segment of the genome encoding a 27,001-Da protein with strong similarity to known PurC proteins. The S. pneumoniae purC gene, found immediately adjacent to the competence induction genes, comAB, was cloned and sequenced. The predicted protein product of purC displayed substantial (> 40%) identity to the entire sequence of the PurC proteins of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli. Function of the S. pneumoniae gene product was demonstrated by complementation of E. coli purC mutations.

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