Reddish Escherichia coli Cells Caused by Overproduction of Bacillus stearothermophilus Uroporphyrinogen III Methylase

• Published in: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry Vol. 59; no. 10; p. 1817
• Main Authors: Chou, Pei-Lin, Ohtsuka, Mari, Minowa, Takashi, Yamasat, Kazuhide, Sakano, Yoshiyuki, Matsuzawa, Hiroshi, Ohta, Takahisa, Sakai, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Oxford University Press 01.10.1995

During shotgun cloning of an amylase gene, we found a transformant of Escherichia coli with a reddish color. The transformant produced highly water-soluble red pigments the molecular masses of which were less than 3000. The plasmid harbored by the transformant contained a DNA fragment derived from a...