Abstract
The araBAD operon of Escherichia coli B/r is positively and negatively regulated by the araC+ regulatory protein. Mutations in gene araC can result in a variety of different regulatory phenotypes: araC null mutants (those carrying a null allele exhibiting no repressor or activator activity) are unable to achieve operon induction; araC-constitutive (araCc) mutants are partially constitutive, inducible by D-fucose, and resistant to catabolite repression; araCh mutants are hypersensitive to catabolite repression; and araCi mutants are resistant to catabolite repression. Various mutant alleles of gene araC were cloned into a derivative of plasmid pBR322 by in vivo recombination. Various heterozygous araC allelic combinations were constructed by transformation. Analysis of isomerase (araA) specific activity levels under various growth conditions indicated the following dominance relationships with regard to sensitivity to catabolite repression: araCh greater than araC+ greater than (araCc and araCi) greater than araC. It was concluded that the araCh protein may form a repressor complex that is refractory to removal by cyclic AMP receptor protein-cyclic AMP complex. This was interpreted in terms of the known nucleoprotein interactions between ara regulatory proteins and ara regulatory DNA.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
2 articles.
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