Mutations affecting the regulation of the metB gene of Salmonella typhimurium LT2.

AUTOR(ES)

Urbanowski, M L

RESUMO

We isolated and characterized cis-acting mutations that affect the regulation of the metB gene of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. The mutations were isolated in an Escherichia coli lac deletion strain lysogenized with lambda bacteriophage carrying a metB-lacZ gene fusion (lambda JBlac) in which beta-galactosidase production is dependent upon metB gene expression. The mutant lysogens show elevated, poorly regulated beta-galactosidase production. The altered regulation is a result of disruption of the methionine control system mediated by the metJ repressor. The mutations are located in a region of dyad symmetry centered near the -35 sequence of the metB promoter. We propose that these mutations alter the repressor binding site and define the metB operator sequence. In addition, we discuss a highly conserved, nonsymmetric DNA sequence of unknown function which occurs in the control regions of the metA, metC, metE, metF, metG, and metJB genes of both S. typhimurium and E. coli.

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