Physical analysis of deletion mutations in the ilvGEDA operon of Escherichia coli K-12.
AUTOR(ES)
Driver, R P
RESUMO
DNA-DNA hybridization of cloned segments of the Escherichia coli K-12 ilvGEDA operon to genomic blots was used to determine the physical dimensions of a series of deletion mutations of the ilvGEDA operon. The smallest mutation resulted from the deletion of approximately 200 base pairs from within ilvD, whereas the largest mutation resulted from the deletion of 17 kilobases including the rep gene. The structure of three of these mutants indicates that formation of the deletions was mediated by Tn5 (or Tn5-131) that is retained in the chromosome. This is the first observation of this type of Tn5-mediated event. Our analysis of the total acetohydroxy acid synthase activity of strains containing deletions of ilvG indicates that the truncated ilvG polypeptide of wild-type E. coli K-12 lacks enzyme activity. The small 200-base-pair deletion of ilvD confirms the presence of a strong polar site 5' to ilvA. The detailed structure of these deletions should prove useful for the investigation of other genes in this region. This genomic analysis demonstrates that the ilv restriction site map that was established previously by the analysis of recombinant bacteriophage and plasmids is identical to that on the genome.
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