Characterization of nifH mutations of Klebsiella pneumoniae.
AUTOR(ES)
Chang, C L
RESUMO
Nucleotide changes in the nifH gene of Klebsiella pneumoniae were identified by DNA cloning and sequencing of six selected mutant strains. The strains were UN60, C-640-GC----TGC; UN116, C-67-TC----TTC; UN117, G-688-AG----AAG; UN1041, CG-302-C----CAC; UN1678, GC-713-C----GTC; and UN1795, G-439-AG----AAG. Their corresponding amino acid substitutions were UN60, Arg-214----Cys; UN116, Leu-23----Phe; UN117, Glu-230----Lys; UN1041, Arg-101----His; UN1678, Ala-238----Val; and UN1795, Glu-147----Lys. Results from Western and Northern blots of the mutant strains showed significant reductions in both steady-state levels of the accumulated Fe protein and nifH mRNA during derepression in the presence of serine. The relative specific activities of the nitrogenases in strains UN60, UN1041, and UN1795 were less than 2% of the wild type, whereas those in UN116, UN117, and UN1678 were between 28 and 40% of the wild type during enhanced derepression with serine. The residues of Arg-101 (UN1041), Glu-147 (UN1795), and Arg-214 (UN60) were invariant in sequences of a dozen diazotrophs that have been examined thus far. In UN1041, in which Arg-101 of the Fe protein was replaced by His, the Fe protein had a larger apparent molecular weight than that of the other strains on sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis, as detected with rabbit antiserum raised against the C-terminal peptide of the wild-type Fe protein. The reduced levels of nifH mRNA in point mutant strains suggests that nifH (the gene or gene product) may be involved in self-regulation. mRNA transcripts of different sizes were detected when a nifH-specific probe, CCKp2003, was used in the Northern blot hybridization.
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