3.5.1.104 cloning of pgdA on a multicopy plasmid vector results in an increased degree of peptidoglycan deacetylation 3.5.1.104 expressed in Escherichia coli 3.5.1.104 expression in Escherichia coli 3.5.1.104 gene ba1977 3.5.1.104 gene ba2944 3.5.1.104 gene bc1960 3.5.1.104 gene bc3618 3.5.1.104 gene BC_1974, sequence comaprisons 3.5.1.104 gene hp0310, expression as N-terminally His6-tagged enzyme 3.5.1.104 gene hp0310, sequence comparison, recombinant expression of N-terminally His6-tagged enzyme 3.5.1.104 gene pdcA, overexpression of His-tagged truncated enzyme, lacking the transmembrane region, in Escherichia coli strain JM109, subcloning in Escherichia coli strain C600 3.5.1.104 gene pgdA, in the wild type, pgdAmRNAhalf-life is 13 min, whereas the half-life for the acnB strain is 7 min, apo-AcnB binds to the 3'-untranslated region of the pgdA RNA transcript. AcnB-pgdA transcript binding is abolished by the addition of iron. Real-time quantitative PCR enzyme expression analysis and RNA footprinting 3.5.1.104 gene Rv1096, sequence comparisons, recombinant expression in Escherichia coli strain ER2566 and in Mycobacterium smegmatis strain mc2155, deacetylation of cell wall peptidoglycan by the recombinant enzyme leads to lysozyme resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis 3.5.1.104 generation of mutant (pgdA and pgdAadr) and revertant strains 3.5.1.104 the gene bc1960 is cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli 3.5.1.104 the gene bc3618 is cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli