Pertussis toxin export genes are regulated by the ptx promoter and may be required for efficient translation of ptx mRNA in Bordetella pertussis.

Abstract:

:The gene products from an 8-kb region adjacent to the 3' end of the ptx operon are required by Bordetella pertussis for the export of pertussis holotoxin. At least one of these gene products (PtlC) is specifically required for the export of assembled holotoxin from the periplasmic space. ptlC mutants exhibit a 20-fold reduction in the amount of holotoxin present in the culture supernatant but have no effect upon the assembly or steady-state level of holotoxin present in the periplasmic space. Impaired export of holotoxin from the ptlC strain blocks expression of toxin at a posttranscriptional level, and wild-type levels of ptx mRNA are detected in the mutant strain. The transcription of ptl is subject to modulation by MgSO4 in the same manner as ptx is; however, in B. pertussis strains containing an E. coli tac promoter in place of the native ptx promoter, wild-type levels of ptx mRNA are present and holotoxin is synthesized and exported even in the presence of MgSO4. Promoter mapping of the region extending from the ptxS3 coding region to the ptlC coding region failed to detect the ptl transcription initiation site. Additional RNase protection experiments with ptx promoter deletion and substitution strains indicate that the ptl operon is transcribed from the ptx promoter as part of a > 11-kb mRNA.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Baker SM,Masi A,Liu DF,Novitsky BK,Deich RA

doi

10.1128/IAI.63.10.3920-3926.1995

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-10-01 00:00:00

pages

3920-6

issue

10

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

63

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