chlC (nar) operon of Escherichia coli includes structural genes for alpha and beta subunits of nitrate reductase.

AUTOR(ES)

Edwards, E S

RESUMO

The synthesis of the alpha and beta subunits of nitrate reductase by 20 chlC::Tn5 insertion mutants of Escherichia coli was determined by immune precipitation of the subunits from fractions of cell extracts. Only two of the mutants produced either subunit in detectable amounts; these two accumulated the alpha subunit, but no beta subunit. In both cases the alpha subunit was present in the cytosolic fraction, in contrast to wild-type cells, in which both subunits are present mainly in the membrane fraction. EcoRI restriction fragments containing the Tn5 inserts from five of the mutants were cloned into pBR322. The insertions were localized on two contiguous EcoRI fragments spanning a 5.6-kilobase region that overlapped the contiguous ends of the two fragments. An insertion that permitted alpha subunit formation defined one end of the 5.6-kilobase region. The results indicated that the genes encoding the alpha and beta subunits of nitrate reductase were part of a chlC (nar) operon that is transcribed in the direction alpha leads to beta.

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