Molecular characterization of the Enterobacter aerogenes tonB gene: identification of a novel type of tonB box suppressor mutant.
AUTOR(ES)
Bruske, A K
RESUMO
The tonB gene of Enterobacter aerogenes was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. It complemented an E. coli tonB mutant as efficiently as E. coli tonB, except for colicin B and D sensitivities. However, colicin B and D sensitivities were complemented by a derivative in which the aspartate at position 165 was replaced by a glutamine (TonBD-165-->Q) by site-directed mutagenesis. In E. coli, the corresponding amino acid is a glutamine (Q-160) which is known to be altered in most mutants showing suppression of the btuB451 mutation. Fourteen independent btuB451 suppressor mutations in E. aerogenes tonB which all had suffered the same point mutation resulting in a change from glycine to valine at position 239 (G-239-->V) of the C-terminal end of the protein were isolated. The mutation was located within a region which is nonessential for function of E. aerogenes TonB as well as E. coli TonB. A constructed double mutation, expressing a D-165-->Q/G-239-->V derivative, no longer acted as a btuB451 suppressor. However, it restored colicin B and D sensitivities even more efficiently than the D-165-->Q derivative. Corresponding mutations constructed in E. coli tonB, giving rise to Q-160-->D, G-234-->V, and Q-160-->D/G-234-->V derivatives, showed phenotypes comparable to the E. aerogenes mutations. We take this as evidence that at least a functional interaction between the D-165 (Q-160 in E. coli) and the G-239 (G-234 in E. coli) region is necessary for TonB function. The implications of this interaction for functional instability of TonB are discussed.
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