Mutations in the l-Arabinose Operon of Escherichia coli B/r That Result in Hypersensitivity to Catabolite Repression
AUTOR(ES)
Gendron, Robert P.
RESUMO
Two independent mutants resistant to l-arabinose inhibition only in the presence of d-glucose were isolated from an l-arabinose-sensitive strain containing the araD139 mutation. Preliminary mapping studies indicate that these mutations are closely linked to the araIOC region. Addition of d-glucose to growing cultures of these mutants results in a 95 to 98% repression of ara operon expression, as compared to a 50% repression of the parental control. Since cultures of both mutant and parental strains undergo a 50% repression of lac operon expression upon addition of glucose, the hypersensitivity to catabolite repression exhibited by these mutants is specific for the ara operon. Addition of cyclic adenosine monophosphate reverses the catabolite repression of the ara operon in both mutant and parent strains to 70 to 80% of the control. It is suggested that in these mutants the affinity of the ara operon initiator region for the cAMP-catabolite-activator protein complex may have been altered.
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