Table 1.

Oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis of the FECH-encoding plasmid

MutantOligonucleotide sequence
C406Y 5′-GC TGT CCG CTC TAT GTC AAT CCT GTC TGC AGG GAG-3′ 
C406S 5′-GC TGT CCG CTC TCT GTC AAT CCT GTC TGC AGG GAG-3′  
N408K 5′-CTG TCC GCT CTG TGT CAAACC TGT CTG CAG-3′  
P409S 5′-GCT GTC CGC TCT GTG TCA ATT CTG TCT GCA GGG-3′ 
C411G 5′-CTG TCG GCA GGG AGA CTA AAT CCT TCT TCA-3′  
N408K-P409S-
C411G 
5′-CTG TGT CAAATC TGT CGG CAG GGA GAC TAA ATC CT-3′ 
MutantOligonucleotide sequence
C406Y 5′-GC TGT CCG CTC TAT GTC AAT CCT GTC TGC AGG GAG-3′ 
C406S 5′-GC TGT CCG CTC TCT GTC AAT CCT GTC TGC AGG GAG-3′  
N408K 5′-CTG TCC GCT CTG TGT CAAACC TGT CTG CAG-3′  
P409S 5′-GCT GTC CGC TCT GTG TCA ATT CTG TCT GCA GGG-3′ 
C411G 5′-CTG TCG GCA GGG AGA CTA AAT CCT TCT TCA-3′  
N408K-P409S-
C411G 
5′-CTG TGT CAAATC TGT CGG CAG GGA GAC TAA ATC CT-3′ 

Variants of FECH-encoding plasmid, pGEX-FECH,23 were constructed as described under “Materials and methods” using the oligonucleotides shown above. The nucleotide substitutions introduced by mutagenesis are underlined and in bold.