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. 1983 Feb;153(2):969–975. doi: 10.1128/jb.153.2.969-975.1983

Mutations affecting lipoamide dehydrogenases of Pseudomonas putida.

J R Sokatch, V McCully, J G Sahm, M Reyes-Maguire
PMCID: PMC221721  PMID: 6185468

Abstract

Pseudomonas putida grown on valine produces two lipoamide dehydrogenases, LPD-glu (Mr, 56,000 and LPD-val (Mr, 49,000). The 49,000-dalton protein is used by P. putida for branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase, whereas the 56,000-dalton protein is presumably used for pyruvate and 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenases. The objective of this study was to isolate and characterize mutants of P. putida with mutations affecting lipoamide dehydrogenases in order to study the relationship of these two proteins. Mutant JS287 lacked LPD-val, the lipoamide dehydrogenase which is induced by growth on valine and is specific for branched-chain keto acid dehydrogenase, and had normal amounts of LPD-glu, the lipoamide dehydrogenase which is formed during growth on glucose and which is probably used by both pyruvate and 2-ketoglutarate dehydrogenases. Mutant JS94 was a pleiotropic mutant with defects in 2-ketoglutarate, branched-chain, and lipoamide dehydrogenases. Proteolysis of LPD-glu and LPD-val produced completely different digestion products, suggesting that these two proteins are products of separate structural genes. Antisera prepared against LPD-glu reacted only with LPD-glu, whereas antisera prepared against LPD-val reacted with LPD-val and cross-reacted with LPD-glu. Although mutant JS94 did not produce active lipoamide dehydrogenase, cell-free extracts of this mutant contained a protein which cross-reacted with anti-LPD-val.

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