LytB, a novel gene of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

Altincicek, B., Kollas, A., Eberl, Matthias ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9390-5348, Wiesner, J., Sanderbrand, S., Hintz, M., Beck, E. and Jomaa, H. 2001. LytB, a novel gene of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. FEBS Letters 499 (1-2) , pp. 37-40. 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02516-9

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Abstract

The mevalonate-independent 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis is essential in many eubacteria, plants, and the malaria parasite. Using genetically engineered Escherichia coli cells able to utilize exogenously provided mevalonate for isoprenoid biosynthesis by the mevalonate pathway we demonstrate that the lytB gene is involved in the trunk line of the MEP pathway. Cells deleted for the essential lytB gene were viable only if the medium was supplemented with mevalonate or the cells were complemented with an episomal copy of lytB.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0014-5793
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 09:01
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/64133

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