Knockout and function analysis of pqqL gene in Escherichia coli

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Abstract: [Objective] To confirm the involvement of pqqL gene of Escherichia coli in PQQ biosynthesis, a pqqL deletion mutant of E. coli DH5α was constructed and investigated. [Methods] pqqL and kan gene were cloned and a linear targeting fragment pqqL-kan-pqqL was constructed in vitro. Then pqqL gene was knocked out and DH5α?pqqL mutant was constructed by Red homologous recombination. The PQQ biosynthesis was compared between the mutant and its parential strain by detection of bio-activity of sorbose dehydrogenase with DCIP method. [Results] The DH5α?pqqL deletion mutant was successfully constructed, and the result indicated that PQQ would be synthesized in pBCP162/DH5α?pqqL and pMD19T Simple-pqqABCDE/DH5α, but not in pMD19T Simple-pqqABCDE/DH5α?pqqL. [Conclusion] The function of pqqL gene in Escherichia coli is the same to that of pqqF gene.