Tryptophan Synthase and Production ofl-Tryptophan in Regulatory Mutants

Regulatory mutants of the tryptophan operon of Salmonella typhimurium.

HE tryptophan ( t rp) operon of Salmonella typhimurium consists of five Tstructural genes regulated as a unit by tryptophan (BLUME and BALBINDER 1966; BAUERLE and MARGOLIN 1966a, 196613; BLUME, WEBER and BALBINDER 1968). The biosynthetic reactions involved and the order of the genes (see Figure 1 ), as well as the regulation of the trp operon have been shown to be identical in Escherichia coli ...

Production of a novel tryptophan analog, beta-1-indazole-L-alanine with tryptophan synthase of Escherichia coli.

The tryptophan synthase alpha 2 beta 2 complex from Escherichia coli has been found to catalyze the beta-replacement reaction of L-serine with indazole, an indole analog which has a nitrogen atom at the 2-position (pyrazole ring). The reaction product was isolated and identified as beta-indazolealanine by mass spectrometric, elemental and NMR analyses. Careful assignment of 1H- and 13C-signals ...

5-Fluoroindole resistance identifies tryptophan synthase beta subunit mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana.

A study of the biochemical genetics of the Arabidopsis thaliana tryptophan synthase beta subunit was initiated by characterization of mutants resistant to the inhibitor 5-fluoroindole. Thirteen recessive mutations were recovered that are allelic to trp2-1, a mutation in the more highly expressed of duplicate tryptophan synthase beta subunit genes (TSB1). Ten of these mutations (trp2-2 through t...

Tryptophan Pyrrolase and 8-Aminolaevulinate Synthase: EVIDENCE FOR AN ENDOGENOUS REGULATORY HAEM FRACTION IN RAT LIVER

Modification of tryptophan transport system and its impact on production of L-tryptophan in Escherichia coli.

The production of L-tryptophan through chemical synthesis, direct fermentation, bioconversion and enzymatic conversion has been reported. However, the role of transport system for aromatic amino acids in L-tryptophan producing strains has not been fully explored. In this study, the fact was revealed that L-tryptophan production and cell growth were affected by the modification of transport syst...