Study of regulation and transport of hemolysin by using fusion of the beta-galactosidase gene (lacZ) to hemolysin genes.

AUTOR(ES)

Juarez, A

RESUMO

Operon and gene fusions between lacZ and the hemolysin genes, hlyC and hlyA, were performed. These two genes are essential for the synthesis of active hemolysin and are transcribed from a common promoter (p1). Whereas the amount of hemolysin produced in Escherichia coli is not changed by altering the hly gene dose, beta-galactosidase activity follows the gene dosage in both types of fusions when lacZ comes under the control of p1. This indicates that hemolysin is not negatively regulated on the transcription or translation level. The products of the gene fusions hlyC::lacZ and hlyA::lacZ were identified in maxicells as stable proteins of 146,000 and 220,000 daltons, respectively. Both fusion proteins possess beta-galactosidase activity indicating that the performed fusions of lacZ to the hly genes do not destroy the reading frame of hlyC and hlyA. The fusion proteins HlyC-beta-gal and HlyA-beta-gal were predominantly detected in the cytoplasm, confirming previous data which suggested that the primary gene products of hlyC and hlyA are not transported across the cytoplasmic membrane.

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