Two copies of form IRuBisCO genes in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270

Heinhorst S; Baker SH; Johnson DR; Davies PS; Cannon GC; Shively JM

Current Microbiology, Vol.45, No.2, 115-117, 2002

DOI10.1007/s00284-001-0094-5 Export Citation

Two copies of form IRuBisCO genes in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270

Heinhorst S, Baker SH, Johnson DR, Davies PS, Cannon GC, Shively JM

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 possesses two copies of form I ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO). The nucleotide sequence identity between the two large and two small subunit peptides was 75% and 58%, respectively. It is proposed that the two copies resulted from lateral gene transfer.