Chloromethane-dependent expression of the cmu gene cluster of Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Elena BorodinaJ Colin Murrell

Abstract

The methylotrophic bacterium Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum CM2 can utilize chloromethane (CH(3)Cl) as the sole carbon and energy source. Previously genes cmuB, cmuC, cmuA, and folD were shown to be essential for the growth of Methylobacterium chloromethanicum on CH(3)Cl. These CH(3)Cl-specific genes were subsequently detected in H. chloromethanicum. Transposon and marker exchange mutagenesis studies were carried out to identify the genes essential for CH(3)Cl metabolism in H. chloromethanicum. New developments in genetic manipulation of Hyphomicrobium are presented in this study. An electroporation protocol has been optimized and successfully applied for transformation of mutagenesis plasmids into H. chloromethanicum to generate stable CH(3)Cl-negative mutants. Both transposon and marker exchange mutageneses were highly applicable for genetic analysis of Hyphomicrobium. A reliable and reproducible selection procedure for screening of CH(3)Cl utilization-negative mutants has also been developed. Mutational inactivation of cmuB, cmuC, or hutI resulted in strains that were unable to utilize CH(3)Cl or to express the CH(3)Cl-dependent polypeptide CmuA. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis indicated that cmuB, cmuC, cmuA, fmdB, paaE...Continue Reading

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