Structures of a membrane-linked alcohol hydrolysis complex, plasmid containing this gene and transformed acetic acid bacteria

摘要

There is provided a structural gene of membrane-bound alcohol dehydrogenase complex having a molecular size of about 7.0 kilo base which is derived from a microorganism belonging to the genus Acetobacter represented by Acetobacter altoacetigenes and shown by the nucleotide sequence of Fig. 3 and Fig. 4. This enzyme increases the efficiency of acetic acid fermentation and may be effectively utilized for quantitative determination of alcohol.