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Construction of hybrid plasmids containing the lysA gene of Escherichia coli: Studies of expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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The lysA gene of Escherichia coli has been cloned from a λ transducing phage on various plasmids, present in different copy numbers in bacterial cells. Synthesis of the product of this gene, diaminopimelate (DAP)-decarboxylase, and its regulation have been studied. Expression does not follow a simple gene dosage effect, maximal expression already being obtained with a six-copy plasmid. This result suggests that either a positive or an autogenous regulatory mechanism is involved. We also used one of the hybrid plasmids to look for expression of the bacterial lysA gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The results indicate that the product of the E. coli gene is not actively translated in yeast.

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  1. Institut de Microbiologie, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, F-91405, Orsay Cedex, (France)

    Joël Chenais, Catherine Richaud, Jeanine Ronceray & Jean-Claude Patte

  2. Laboratoire d'Enzymologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, (France)

    Hélène Cherest & Yolande Surdin-Kerjah

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Chenais, J., Richaud, C., Ronceray, J. et al. Construction of hybrid plasmids containing the lysA gene of Escherichia coli: Studies of expression in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Molec. Gen. Genet. 182, 456–461 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00293935

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