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The alanine racemase gene is essential for growth of Lactobacillus plantarum.

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Hols, Pascal [UCL] Defrenne, C Ferain, T. Derzelle, S Delplace, Brigitte [UCL] Delcour, Jean [UCL]

The Lactobacillus plantarum alr gene encoding alanine racemase was cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli Alr- DadX- double mutant strain. Knockout of the alr gene abolished all measurable alanine racemase activity, and the mutant was shown to be strictly dependent on D-alanine for growth.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Journal Article
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 1997
Journal information "Journal of bacteriology" - Vol. 179, no. 11, p. 3804-7 (1997)
Peer reviewed yes
issn 0021-9193
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SC/BIOL - Département de biologie
MESH Subject Alanine Racemase - genetics ; Amino Acid Sequence ; Base Sequence ; Cloning, Molecular ; Gene Deletion ; Lactobacillus - genetics - growth & development ; Molecular Sequence Data
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Bibliographic reference Hols, Pascal ; Defrenne, C ; Ferain, T. ; Derzelle, S ; Delplace, Brigitte ; et. al. The alanine racemase gene is essential for growth of Lactobacillus plantarum.. In: Journal of bacteriology, Vol. 179, no. 11, p. 3804-7 (1997)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/12331