Effect of a leu-linked mutation on the valine sensitivity of acetohydroxy acid synthase activity in Escherichia coli.

AUTOR(ES)

Kline, E L

RESUMO

A spontaneous leu-linked mutation (ilvH2015) in Escherichia coli K-12 made the strain resistant to 1 mM valine and l mM glycylvaline (Val-r) and caused the isoleucine and valine biosynthetic enzyme, acetohydroxy acid synthase, to be less sensitive to feedback inhibition by valine than the wild-type enzyme. Transfer of the ilvDAC deletion into a strain carrying ilvH2015 abolished the effect of the marker on the acetohydroxy acid synthase and rendered it as sensitive to valine as the enzyme in the isogenic control strain without the Val-r marker under both repressing and limiting conditions. In contrast, auxotrophy caused by transfer of an ilvC lesion into the Val-r strain did not interfere with the effect of ilvH2015 on valine sensitivity of acetohydroxy acid synthase. In addition, the presence of the Val-r marker produced minor but significant pleiotropic effects on several other isoleucine and valine biosynthetic enzymes but did not cause derepression of the ilv gene cluster. These studies suggest some type of interaction between a product produced by a gene close to leu and the isoleucine and valine biosynthetic enzymes.

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