Kimura Y, Takashima Y, Tokumasu Y, Sato M
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan.
J Bacteriol. 1999 Aug;181(15):4696-9. doi: 10.1128/JB.181.15.4696-4699.1999.
We have cloned a gene, pdcA, from the genomic library of Myxococcus xanthus with an oligonucleotide probe representing conserved regions of penicillin-resistant DD-carboxypeptidases. The amino- and carboxy-terminal halves of the predicted pdcA gene product showed significant sequence similarity to N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase and penicillin-resistant DD-carboxypeptidase, respectively. The pdcA gene was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the characteristics of the gene product were similar to those of DD-carboxypeptidase (VanY) of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. No apparent changes in cell growth, sporulation, or germination were observed in pdcA deletion mutants.