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Abstract

is a genus of Gram-negative bacteria from the family . Members of have a complex life cycle during which the bacterium has a pathogenic interaction with insect larvae whilst also maintaining a mutualistic relationship with nematodes from the family Heterorhabditidae. During growth in the insect, bacteria produce a broad-spectrum antibiotic identified as 3,5-dihydroxy-4-isopropylstilbene (ST). The biochemical pathway responsible for the production of this antibiotic has not been characterized. In this report, a mutant strain of subsp. TT01, BMM901, has been isolated, by transposon mutagenesis, that is unable to produce the ST antibiotic. Using studies, feeding experiments and biochemical analyses, it is shown that the gene mutated in this strain, , encodes phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL). PAL catalyses the non-oxidative deamination of -phenylalanine to -cinnamic acid and the enzyme is ubiquitous in plants, where it is involved in the production of phenylpropanoids such as lignin and phytoalexins. However, this is the first report of PAL activity in a member of the .

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