Research Article

An Examination by Site-Directed Mutagenesis of Putative Key Residues in the Determination of Coenzyme Specificity in Clostridial NAD+-Dependent Glutamate Dehydrogenase

Table 1

Sequences of oligonucleotides used in this study.

Name Sequence 5′-3′Corresponding position in wildtype gene

A242Gf GCGCCCCATMCTACGTTACC921–940
A242Gr GGTAACGTAGKATGGGGCGC921–940
F238Sf GCATTAGCAGGTTCTGGTAACGTAGCATGGGG906–937
F238Sr CCCCATGCTACGTTACCAGAACCTGCTAATGC906–937
P262Sf GTTACACTTTCCGGATCAGACGGATACATCTACG974–1007
P262Sr CGTAGATGTATCCGTCTGATCCGGAAAGTGTAAC974–1007
D263Kf CAGTTACACTTTCCGGACCAAAGGGATACATCTACGATCCG973–1012
D263Kr CGGATCGTAGATGTATCCCTTTGGTCCGGAAAGTGTAACTG973–1012
Seq TCCTATGGGTGGTGCCAAAG563–582