[Cloning and expression of the histidine operon of Salmonella typhimurium in cells of Escherichia coli].

The histidine operon of Salmonella typhimurium and its fragments were cloned in Escherichia coli cells on a multicopy plasmid. Expression of the cloned genes and histidine production by the variants possessing the hisG mutation which desensibilizes the ATP phosphoribosyl transferase for histidine were studied. Amplification of the complete operon including the hisG gene enables histidine accumulation of 2-3 g/l after 72 hours of fermentation.