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  • Title: Glr, a glutamate racemase, supplies D-glutamate to both peptidoglycan synthesis and poly-gamma-glutamate production in gamma-PGA-producing Bacillus subtilis.
    Author: Kada S, Nanamiya H, Kawamura F, Horinouchi S.
    Journal: FEMS Microbiol Lett; 2004 Jul 01; 236(1):13-20. PubMed ID: 15212785.
    Abstract:
    Poly-gamma-glutamate (gamma-PGA)-producing Bacillus subtilis contains two glutamate racemase genes, glr and yrpC, as does gamma-PGA-nonproducing B. subtilis strain 168. glr and yrpC on the chromosome of gamma-PGA-producing strain r22 were separately disrupted by means of gene replacement with an erythromycin resistance determinant. yrpC-disruption caused no effects on growth or gamma-PGA-production, whereas glr was disrupted only when an exogenous glr copy was present on a plasmid. In addition, the D-glutamate content of gamma-PGA produced by the yrpC-disruptant was the same as that produced by the parental strain r22. Glr in strain r22 is therefore responsible for the supply of D-glutamate to the synthesis of both peptidoglycan and gamma-PGA. Consistent with this idea, glr was transcribed actively during the exponential growth phase for peptidoglycan synthesis and continuously at a low, but distinct, level during the stationary phase for gamma-PGA production, whereas yrpC was transcribed at a very low level throughout growth. Phylogenetic analysis of glutamate racemases from eubacteria showed that YrpC is distinct from other glutamate racemases.
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