Sugimoto M, Tanaka A, Suzuki T, Matsui H, Nakamori S, Takagi H
Central Research Laboratories, Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Kawasaki, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1997 Oct;61(10):1760-2. doi: 10.1271/bbb.61.1760.
The homoserine dehydrogenase (HD) genes from Brevibacterium lactofermentum lysine- and threonine-producing mutants were cloned, using the polymerase chain reaction, and sequenced. We found the amino acid substitutions, Val104Ile in the lysine-producing mutants in which HD may cause leaky mutation and Ser393Phe in the threonine-producing mutant with feedback-insensitive HD.