Modulation of acid-induced amino acid decarboxylase gene expression by hns in Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Shi, X
RESUMO
Biodegradative arginine decarboxylase and lysine decarboxylase, encoded by adi and cadA, respectively, are induced to maximal levels when Escherichia coli is grown anaerobically in rich medium at acidic pH. Mutants formed by transposon mutagenesis, namely, GNB725, GNB729, GNB88, GNB824, and GNB837, exhibited considerably elevated expression at pH 8.0 compared with the corresponding parental strain. Southern hybridization and chromosome mapping showed that the above mutants contained a transposon within the hns gene. Several plasmids from an E. coli library able to complement these mutants by restoring normal pH induction were independently isolated and were found to contain the hns gene. These results suggest a role for the DNA-binding protein H-NS in affecting the activation of these acid-induced genes.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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