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The bluF gene of Rhodobacter capsulatus is involved in conversion of cobinamide to cobalamin (vitamin B-12)

Authors list: Pollich, M; Wersig, C; Klug, G

Publication year: 1996

Pages: 7308-7310

Journal: Journal of Bacteriology

Volume number: 178

Issue number: 24

ISSN: 0021-9193

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.178.24.7308-7310.1996

Publisher: American Society for Microbiology

Abstract:
The bluF gene of Rhodobacter capsulatus is the first gene of the bluFEDCB operon which is involved in late steps of the cobalamin synthesis. To determine the function of the bluF gene product, a bluF::Omega-Km mutant strain was constructed and characterized. This vitamin B-12 auxotrophic mutant strain shows a 3.5-times higher vitamin B-12 requirement under phototrophic growth conditions than under chemotrophic growth conditions. Surprising, the bluF promoter activity does not respond to alterations to the oxygen tension or vitamin B-12 concentration.

Authors/Editors

- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Klug

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Pollich, M., Wersig, C. and Klug, G. (1996) The bluF gene of Rhodobacter capsulatus is involved in conversion of cobinamide to cobalamin (vitamin B-12), Journal of Bacteriology, 178(24), pp. 7308-7310. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.178.24.7308-7310.1996

APA Citation style: Pollich, M., Wersig, C., & Klug, G. (1996). The bluF gene of Rhodobacter capsulatus is involved in conversion of cobinamide to cobalamin (vitamin B-12). Journal of Bacteriology. 178(24), 7308-7310. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.178.24.7308-7310.1996