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From the gene library constructed with the chromosomal DNA of 6′-mercaptoguanosine (MGS)-resistant strain Brevibacterium ammoniagenes IPR-1, a DNA fragment which conferred MGS-resistance to the wild-type strain B. ammoniagenes ATCC6872 was cloned. The purF gene encoding 5′-phosphoribosyl-1′-pyrophosphate amidotransferase was identified from this fragment and its nucleotide sequence was determined. Wild type purF gene was also cloned by polymerase chain reaction using chromosomal DNA of ATCC6872 as the template and its sequence was determined. Two nucleotides, 583 ‘A’ and 1065 ‘A’, of MGS-resistant purF gene had been changed from 583 ‘G’ and 1065 ‘G’ by mutagenesis, respectively. Both changes at position 583 and 1065 were proved to be responsible for MGS-resistance by site-directed mutagenesis.
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Han, J.K., Chung, S.O., Lee, J.H. et al. 6′-Mercaptoguanosine-resistance is related with purF gene encoding 5′-phosphoribosyl-1′-pyrophosphate amidotransferase in inosine-5′-monophosphate overproducing Brevibacterium ammoniagenes. Biotechnology Letters 19, 79–83 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018327406642
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