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Characterization of the hlyB gene and its role in the production of the El Tor haemolysin of Vibrio cholerae 01.
- Source :
- Molecular Microbiology; Mar1990, Vol. 4 Issue 3, p413-425, 13p, 6 Diagrams, 2 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- El Tor strains of <em>Vibrio cholerae</em> are capable of producing a haemolysin which they actively secrete into the growth medium. This requires translation to produce the protein at the surface of the cytoplasmic membrane and translocation across this membrane, the periplasmic space and the outer membrane. The mechanism by which this occurs is poorly understood. In addition to the structural gene for the haemolysin (<em>hlyA</em>), we have cloned a second adjacent gene, <em>hlyB</em>. By site-directed mutagenesis, specific <em>hlyB</em> mutants have been constructed. These mutants are defective in the secretion of HlyA in the early to mid-exponential phase of growth and the haemolysin becomes trapped within the cell and is only released in stationary phase. Nucleotide sequence analysis and cell fractionations reveal HlyB to be a 60.3 kD putative outer membrane-associated protein. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- VIBRIO cholerae
BIOLOGICAL membranes
GENES
MUTAGENESIS
PROTEINS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0950382X
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Molecular Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16010759
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb00608.x