Presence of rfe genes in Escherichia coli: their participation in biosynthesis of O antigen and enterobacterial common antigen.

Abstract:

:In Salmonella, ilv-linked rfe genes participate in the biosynthesis of the enterobacterial common antigen (CA) as well as of certain types of O antigen (serogroups C1 and L). rff genes, probably in the same cluster with rfe, are required for CA synthesis (P.H. Mäkelä et al., in preparation). Several Escherichia coli strains were studied to determine whether they also have rfe-rff genes that are involved in the synthesis of O antigen and CA, or of CA only. In a first approach, E, coli K-12 F-prime factors carrying the genes ilv and argH or argE and presumably rfe-rff genes were introduced into CA-negative Salmonella mutants that are blocked in CA synthesis because of mutated rfe or rff genes. All resulting ilv+ hybrids were CA positive. In recipients with group C1-derived rfb genes, the synthesis of O6,7-specific antigen was also restored. This result shows that E. coli K-12 has rfe and rff genes providing the functions required in the synthesis of CA and Salmonella 6,7-specific polysaccharide. By introduction of defective rfe regions from suitable Salmonella donors into E. coli O8, 09, and O100 strains, the synthesis of CA as well as of the O-specific polysaccharides was blocked. This indicates that in the E. coli strains tested the rfe genes are involved in the synthesis of both O antigen and CA. This suggestion was confirmed by the finding of E. coli rough mutants that had simultaneously become CA negative. In transduction experiments it could be shown that the appearance of the rough and CA- phenotype was due to a defect in the ilv-linked rfe region.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Schmidt G,Mayer H,Mäkelä PH

doi

10.1128/JB.127.2.755-762.1976

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1976-08-01 00:00:00

pages

755-62

issue

2

eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

127

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