Abstract
The lpd-encoded lipoamide dehydrogenase, common to the pyruvate and 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase multienzyme complexes, also functions as the lipoamide dehydrogenase (L protein) in the Escherichia coli glycine cleavage (GCV) enzyme complex. Inducible GCV enzyme activity was not detected in an lpd deletion mutant; lpd+ transductants had normal levels of inducible GCV enzyme activity. A serA lpd double mutant was unable to utilize glycine as a serine source and lacked detectable GCV enzyme activity, the phenotype of a serA gcv mutant. Transformation of the double mutant with a plasmid encoding a functional lpd gene restored the ability of the mutant to use glycine as a serine source and restored inducible GCV enzyme activity to normal levels. The presence of acetate and succinate in the growth medium of a strain wild type for lpd and gcv resulted in a 50% reduction in inducible GCV enzyme activity. Enzyme levels were restored to normal under these growth conditions when the strain was transformed with a plasmid encoding a functional lpd gene.
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