Promoter mutation causing catabolite repression of the Salmonella typhimurium leucine operon.
AUTOR(ES)
Gemmill, R M
RESUMO
Two mutations that affect expression of the Salmonella typhimurium leu operon were investigated. leu operon DNA from these mutant strains was cloned, and nucleotide sequences of the leu control regions were determined. leu-500, which eliminates expression of all four leu genes simultaneously, is a point mutation in the -10 region of the leu promoter. leu-2012 is a point mutation within the -35 region of the leu promoter. leu-2012 suppressed leucine auxotrophy caused by leu-500 only when the medium contained a carbon source that does not cause catabolite repression. A cya mutation (adenylate cyclase deficiency) introduced into the leu-500 leu-2012 strain caused leu enzymes to be made only if cAMP was supplied exogenously. A leu-500 leu-2012 strain containing a crp mutation (cAMP receptor protein deficiency), on the other hand, could not make leu enzymes even in the presence of cAMP. In vitro transcription experiments demonstrated that the leu-2012 mutation created a new transcription initiation site. RNA polymerase utilized this site in vitro in the absence of added cAMP receptor protein and cAMP.
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