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Identification of a new gene encoding EPSPs with high glyphosate resistance from the metagenomic library.
Current microbiology - 1 Oct 2007
Jin Dan, Lu Wei, Ping Shuzhen, Zhang Wei, Chen Jian, Dun Baoqing, Ma Ruiqiang, Zhao Zhonglin, Sha Jiying, Li Liang, Yang Zhirong, Chen Ming, Lin Min
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Glyphosate, a powerful nonselective herbicide, acts as an inhibitor of the activity of the enzyme 5-enoylpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) encoded by the aroA gene involved in aromatic amino acid biosynthesis. An Escherichia coli mutant AKM4188 was constructed by insertion a kanamycin cassette within the aroA coding sequence. The mutant strain is an aromatic amino acids auxotroph and fails to grow on...
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