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Characterizing the Biological Functions of Five Shikimate Dehydrogenase Homologs Enzymes in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

The shikimate pathway links carbohydrate metabolism to biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids in plants, fungi, bacteria and apicomplexan parasites. The pathway has seven enzymatic steps which convert erythrose-4-phosphate and phosphoenolpyruvate to chorismate, the precursor of tyrosine, tryptophan and phenylalanine. Due to the absence of the pathway in mammalian species, the enzymes are attractive targets for herbicides and antimicrobials. Shikimate dehydrogenase (SDH) catalyses the fourth step, the NADP-dependent reversible reduction of 3-dehydroshikimate to shikimate. Five SDH homologs – AroE, Ael1, YdiB, RifI and SdhL – have been identified through kinetic analysis and phylogenetic studies in the bacterium Pseudomonas putida. SDH homolog gene knockouts (KO) were used to characterize their functions. The AroE KO and Ael1 KO were successfully constructed via gene SOEing of the SDH homolog with a gentamycin antibiotic cassette and homologous recombination via electroporation into WT P. putida KT2440. Preliminary characterization tested KO growth, auxotroph recovery and fluorescent activity.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/33489
Date26 November 2012
CreatorsPenney, Kathrine
ContributorsChristendat, Dinesh
Source SetsUniversity of Toronto
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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