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  • Title: Sequence of the Klebsiella aerogenes urease genes and evidence for accessory proteins facilitating nickel incorporation.
    Author: Mulrooney SB, Hausinger RP.
    Journal: J Bacteriol; 1990 Oct; 172(10):5837-43. PubMed ID: 2211515.
    Abstract:
    A 4.8-kilobase-pair region of cloned DNA encoding the genes of the Klebsiella aerogenes urease operon has been sequenced. Six closely spaced open reading frames were found: ureA (encoding a peptide of 11.1 kilodaltons [kDa]), ureB (11.7-kDa peptide), ureC (60.3-kDa peptide), ureE (17.6-kDa peptide), ureF (25.2-kDa peptide), and ureG (21.9-kDa peptide). Immediately after the ureG gene is a putative rho-dependent transcription terminator. The three subunits of the nickel-containing enzyme are encoded by ureA, ureB, and ureC based on protein structural studies and sequence homology to jack bean urease. Potential roles for ureE, ureF, and ureG were explored by deleting these accessory genes from the operon. The deletion mutant produced inactive urease, which was partially purified and found to have the same subunit stoichiometry and native size as the active enzyme but which contained no significant levels of nickel. The three accessory genes were able to activate apo-urease in vivo when they were cloned into a compatible expression vector and cotransformed into cells carrying the plasmid containing ureA, ureB, and ureC. Thus, one or more of the ureE, ureF, or ureG gene products are involved in nickel incorporation into urease.
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