The extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii has two very different dihydrofolate reductases - PubMed (original) (raw)
The extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii has two very different dihydrofolate reductases
R Ortenberg et al. Mol Microbiol. 2000 Mar.
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Abstract
The gene encoding dihydrofolate reductase, hdrA, from the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii was previously isolated from a spontaneous trimethoprim-resistant mutant in a DNA sequence that had undergone amplification. Here, we show that deletion of hdrA did not affect growth in minimal medium and that the strain carrying the deletion remained sensitive to trimethoprim. A spontaneous trimethoprim-resistant colony was isolated in the hdrA deletion strain and found to possess a new DNA amplification. Sequencing of the amplification revealed a second, substantially different, dihydrofolate reductase gene, hdrB, which was found to be located immediately downstream of the thymidylate synthase gene, hts. The physiological role of hDHFR-1 and hDHFR-2 was determined by generating Haloferax volcanii strains in which each gene, hdrA or hdrB, or both genes were deleted. It was found that hdrB alone can support growth of Haloferax volcanii in minimal medium, whereas hdrA alone can support growth of Haloferax volcanii in minimal medium only when the medium is supplemented with thymidine. It was also shown that, in contrast to Escherichia coli, the DeltahdrA, DeltahdrB double deletion mutant is viable in the presence of a functional thymidylate synthase gene. The hdrB gene was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and the enzyme purified to homogeneity. The biochemical properties of the new enzyme (hDHFR-2) are markedly different from those of hDHFR-1. The use of the dihydrofolate reductase and thymidylate synthase genes as stable selectable markers is described.
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