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Xylose utilization mutants of Streptomyces violaceoniger were isolated lacking one or both of the enzymes, glucose isomerase (xylose isomerase) and xylulose kinase. Using pUT206 as a cloning vector, complementation of the glucose isomerase negative phenotype with fragments of the S. violaceoniger chromosome permitted isolation of two recombinant plasmids, designated pUT220 and pUT221, which contained 10.6 and 10.1 kb of chromosomal DNA, respectively. Both of these plasmids complemented all three different classes of xylose negative mutants and also provoked an increase of glucose isomerase and xylulose kinase activity in the mutant and wild-type strains. Plasmid pUT220 was chosen for detailed study by subcloning experiments. The putative glucose isomerase gene was localized to a 2.1 kb segment of the 10.6 kb chromosomal DNA fragment. The putative xylulose kinase gene resides nearby. Thus both genes seem to be clustered at a single chromosomal localization. This organization appears similar to that of the xylose utilization pathway in Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and Bacillus subtilis.
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Marcel, T., Drocourt, D. & Tiraby, G. Cloning of the glucose isomerase (D-xylose isomerase) and xylulose kinase genes of Streptomyces violaceoniger . Mole Gen Genet 208, 121–126 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330432
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