Identification of the ornithine decarboxylase gene in the putrescine-producer Oenococcus oeni BIFI-83

We report here the identification of an ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene in the putrescine-producer Oenococcus oeni BIFI-83 strain. The gene contains a 2,235-nucleotide open reading frame encoding a 745-amino acid residues protein with a deduced molecular mass of 81 kDa. The primary structure of t...

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Autores: Marcobal, Ángela, De Las Rivas, Blanca, Moreno-Arribas, M. Victoria, Muñoz, Rosario
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/44782
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/44782
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Decarboxylase
Biogenic amines
Putrescine
Ornithine
Lactic acid bacteria
Oenococcus oeni
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Sumario:We report here the identification of an ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene in the putrescine-producer Oenococcus oeni BIFI-83 strain. The gene contains a 2,235-nucleotide open reading frame encoding a 745-amino acid residues protein with a deduced molecular mass of 81 kDa. The primary structure of the ODC deduced from the nucleotide sequence has a consensus sequence containing the pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) binding domain, and the critical amino acids residues involved in enzymatic activity are also conserved. As determined by BLAST analysis, the deduced amino acid sequence of the odc gene shares a 67% identity with the ODC protein from Lactobacillus 30a. The odc gene appears to be rarely present in the genome of O. oeni, since in a screening for the presence of this gene in 42 oenococcal strains none of the strains possessed an odc gene copy.