Overexpression of the NCgl0462 open reading frame, encoding a class II aminotransferase, was studied in conjunction with other enzymes in <smlcap>L</smlcap>-ornithine biosynthesis in an <smlcap>L</smlcap>-ornithine-producing strain. Expression of the wild-type NCgl0462 open reading frame, which displayed aminotransferase activity, was amplified by placing it under the control of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene promoter in the pEK0 plasmid and in the genome. <smlcap>L</smlcap>-Ornithine production in Corynebacteriumglutamicum SJC8260 harboring plasmid and the genomic NCgl0462 open reading frame was increased by 8.8 and 21.6%, respectively. In addition, the combined overexpression of the NCgl0462 open reading frame within the genome along with the mutated <smlcap>L</smlcap>-ornithine biosynthesis genes (argCJBD) placed in the pEK0 plasmid in C. glutamicum SJC8260 resulted in significant improvement in <smlcap>L</smlcap>-ornithine production (12.48 g/l for combined overexpression compared with 8.42 g/l for the control). These results suggest that overexpression of the aminotransferase-encoding NCgl0462 open reading frame plays an unequivocal role in the <smlcap>L</smlcap>-ornithine biosynthetic pathway, with overlapping substrate specificity in C. glutamicum.

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Short Communication
Keywords:
Corynebacterium glutamicum, Aminotransferase, L-Ornithine, NCgl0462
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