Abstract:
:We describe the identification and characterization of two genes and their gene products responsible for determining receptor binding and pilus length in type 1-piliated Escherichia coli. One gene, pilE, conferred the ability of piliated cells to agglutinate guinea pig erythrocytes. The other gene, pilF, determined pilus length, in that mutants having lesions in pilF had very long pili. The two genes were detected after Tn5 mutagenesis of a cloned segment of DNA that normally complemented a pilE lesion in the chromosome. Thus, lesions in pilE or pilF on the cloned segment resulted in mutants having the PilE- phenotype (piliated but unable to agglutinate erythrocytes). Introduction of the plasmid-encoded mutant alleles of pilE and pilF into the chromosome followed by electron microscopic examination of the mutants showed that only lesions in pilF conferred the striking increase in pilus length. Mutations in pilF could be complemented in trans by the original cloned segment to produce cells with parental-length pili. Minicell transcription and translation of the cloned pilE and pilF genes having representative Tn5 insertion mutations showed that the pilE gene product was a protein of ca. 31 kilodaltons and that the pilF gene product was a protein of ca. 18 kilodaltons. We believe that the pilF gene product may act as a competitive inhibitor of pilus polymerization. Thus, pilus length may be controlled by the ratio of pilin to pilF gene product present within the cell.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Maurer L,Orndorff PEdoi
10.1128/jb.169.2.640-645.1987subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-02-01 00:00:00pages
640-5issue
2eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
169pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1966-12-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2012-12-01 00:00:00