Webb E, Claas K, Downs D M
Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1997 Jul;179(13):4399-402. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4399-4402.1997.
Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) is a required cofactor in Salmonella typhimurium that is generated de novo by the condensation of 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl pyrimidine (HMP) pyrophosphate and 4-methyl-5-(beta-hydroxyethyl)-thiazole (THZ) monophosphate. The THZ and HMP moieties are independently synthesized, and labeling studies have demonstrated probable metabolic precursors to both. We present herein the initial characterization of thiI, a gene required for THZ synthesis. We show that thiI is a 1,449-bp open reading frame located at minute 9.65 on the S. typhimurium chromosome and that it encodes a 483-amino-acid protein with a predicted molecular mass of 55 kDa. Unlike genes in the thiamine biosynthetic operon at minute 90, thiI is not transcriptionally regulated by TPP.
硫胺素焦磷酸(TPP)是鼠伤寒沙门氏菌中必需的一种辅因子,它由4-氨基-5-羟甲基嘧啶(HMP)焦磷酸与4-甲基-5-(β-羟乙基)-噻唑(THZ)单磷酸缩合从头合成。THZ和HMP部分是独立合成的,标记研究已证明了两者可能的代谢前体。我们在此展示了thiI的初步特征,thiI是THZ合成所需的一个基因。我们表明,thiI是一个位于鼠伤寒沙门氏菌染色体9.65分钟处的1449碱基对的开放阅读框,它编码一个预测分子量为55 kDa的483个氨基酸的蛋白质。与位于90分钟处的硫胺素生物合成操纵子中的基因不同,thiI不受TPP的转录调控。