Cloning and analysis of the sfrB (sex factor repression) gene of Escherichia coli K-12.

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Rehemtulla, A

RESUMO

The sfrB gene of Escherichia coli K-12 and the rfaH gene of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 are homologous, controlling expression of the tra operon of F and the rfa genes for lipopolysaccharide synthesis. We have determined a restriction map of the 19-kilobase ColE1 plasmid pLC14-28 which carries the sfrB gene of E. coli. After partial Sau3A digestion of pLC14-28, we cloned a 2.5-kilobase DNA fragment into the BamHI site of pBR322 to form pKZ17. pKZ17 complemented mutants of the sfrB gene of E. coli and the rfaH gene of S. typhimurium for defects of both the F tra operon and the rfa genes. pKZ17 in minicells determines an 18-kilodalton protein not determined by pBR322. A Tn5 insertion into the sfrB gene causes loss of complementing activity and loss of the 18-kilodalton protein in minicells, indicating that this protein is the sfrB gene product. These data indicate that the sfrB gene product is a regulatory element, since the single gene product elicits the expression of genes for many products for F expression and lipopolysaccharide synthesis.

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