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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, p. 603-606, Vol. 70, No. 1
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.603-606.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Cloning and Heterologous Expression of Hematin-Dependent Catalase Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum CNRZ 1228

Hikmate Abriouel,1,{dagger} Anette Herrmann,1 Joachim Stärke,2 Nuha M. K. Yousif,1 Agus Wijaya,1 Bernhard Tauscher,2 Wilhelm Holzapfel,1 and Charles M. A. P. Franz1*

Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology,1 Institute of Biological Chemistry, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany2

Received 17 March 2003/ Accepted 10 October 2003

Lactobacillus plantarum CNRZ 1228 exhibited heme-dependent catalase activity under environmental conditions similar to those encountered during sausage fermentation. The 1,455-bp catalase gene (katL) was cloned and encoded a protein of 484 amino acids. Expression of katL in a heterologous host showed that katL encodes a functional catalase. PCR screening of selected strains of lactic acid bacteria for katL indicated the presence of similar genes in other strains of lactobacilli.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Federal Research Centre for Nutrition, Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology, Haid-und-Neu-Strasse 9, D-76131 Karlsruhe, Germany. Phone: 49 721 6625 225. Fax: 49 721 6625 453. E-mail: Charles.Franz{at}bfe.uni-karlsruhe.de.

{dagger} Present address: Area de Microbiología, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Jaén, 23071-Jaén, Spain.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, p. 603-606, Vol. 70, No. 1
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.603-606.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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