Abstract:
:As part of an analysis of the conjugative transfer genes associated with the expression of F pili by plasmid F, we have investigated the physical location of the traC and traW genes. We found that plasmid clones carrying a 2.95-kilobase EcoRI-EcoRV F transfer operon fragment were able to complement transfer of F lac traC mutants and expressed an approximately 92,000-dalton product that comigrates with TraC. We also found that traW-complementing activity was expressed from plasmids carrying a 900-base-pair SmaI-HincII fragment. The traW product was identified as an approximately 23,000-dalton protein. The two different F DNA fragments that expressed traC and traW activities do not overlap. Our data indicate that the traC gene is located in a more-tra operon promoter-proximal position than suggested on earlier maps and that traW is distal to traC. These results resolve a long-standing question concerning the relationship of traW to traC. The clones we have constructed are expected to be useful in elucidating the role of proteins TraC and TraW in F-pilus assembly.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Maneewannakul S,Kathir P,Moore D,Le LA,Wu JH,Ippen-Ihler Kdoi
10.1128/jb.169.11.5119-5124.1987subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-11-01 00:00:00pages
5119-24issue
11eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
169pub_type
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更新日期:1962-02-01 00:00:00