Evidence that repression mechanisms can exert control over the thr, leu, and ilv operons of Escherichia coli K-12.
Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 resistant to either the threonine analog DL-alpha-amino-beta-hydroxyvaleric acid or the leucine analog 5',5',5'-trifluoro-DL-leucine were isolated. One DL-alpha-amino-beta-hydroxyvaleric acid-resistant mutant strain, designated SP572, constitutively expressed the thr and ilv operons. The mutant allele, avr-16, was localized between trpR and the thr operon at min 0. The wildtype allele of avr-16, designated ileR, is trans dominant. One 5',5',5'-trifluoro-DL-leucine-resistant mutant strain, designated FLR9, expressed the leu and ilv operons constitutively. The mutant allele, flr-9, is linked to entA at min 13. The constitutive expression of the thr, leu, and ilv operons in mutants avr-16 and flr-9 was partly reversed in cells harboring a plasmid, which leads to elevated levels of the trpR gene product, the Trp aporepressor protein. Operator-like sequences situated upstream from the transcription startpoints of the thr, leu, and ilv operons are plausible candidates for targets of systems of repressor-operator control functioning in parallel with attenuation.[1]References
- Evidence that repression mechanisms can exert control over the thr, leu, and ilv operons of Escherichia coli K-12. Johnson, D.I., Somerville, R.L. J. Bacteriol. (1983) [Pubmed]
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