Cloning and sequencing of clustered genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis from the docosahexaenoic acid-producing bacterium, Vibrio marinus strain MP-1

Morita N; Ueno A; Tamaka M; Ohgiya S; Hoshino T; Kawasaki K; Yumoto I; Ishizaki K; Okuyama H

Biotechnology Letters, Vol.21, No.7, 641-646, 1999

DOI10.1023/A:1005554123394 Export Citation

Cloning and sequencing of clustered genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis from the docosahexaenoic acid-producing bacterium, Vibrio marinus strain MP-1

Morita N, Ueno A, Tamaka M, Ohgiya S, Hoshino T, Kawasaki K, Yumoto I, Ishizaki K, Okuyama H

A cluster of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis (fab) was isolated from docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-producing Vibrio marinus strain MP-1. This fab gene cluster included five genes highly homologous to the Escherichia coli counterparts, and their order in the cluster was the same with that of the E. coli fab gene cluster except that the latter included the additional fabH gene. These fab genes should be involved in early steps of DHA biosynthesis in V. marinus strain MP-1.

Keywords:ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN;COMPLETE GENOME SEQUENCE;ESCHERICHIA-COLI K-12;EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID;BACILLUS-SUBTILIS