Arc and Sfr functions of the Escherichia coli K-12 arcA gene product are genetically and physiologically separable.
AUTOR(ES)
Silverman, P M
RESUMO
The Escherichia coli arcA gene product regulates chromosomal gene expression in response to deprivation of oxygen (Arc function; Arc stands for aerobic respiration control) and is required for expression of the F plasmid DNA transfer (tra) genes (Sfr function; Sfr stands for sex factor regulation). Using appropriate lacZ fusions, we have examined the relationship between these two genetic regulatory functions. Arc function in vivo was measured by anaerobic repression of a chromosomal sdh-lacZ operon fusion (sdh stands for succinate dehydrogenase). Sfr function was measured by activation of a plasmid traY-lacZ gene fusion. An eight-codon insertion near the 5' terminus of arcA, designated arcA1, abolished Arc function, as previously reported by S. Iuchi and E.C.C. Lin (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 85:1888-1892, 1988), but left Sfr function largely (greater than or equal to 60%) intact. Similarly, the arcB1 mutation, which depressed sdh expression and is thought to act by abolishing the signal input that elicits ArcA function, had little effect (less than or equal to 20%) on the Sfr function of the arcA+ gene product. Conversely, a valine-to-methionine mutation at codon 203 (the sfrA5 allele) essentially abolished Sfr activity without detectably altering Arc activity. These data indicate that Sfr and Arc functions are separately expressed and regulated properties of the same protein.
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