ANALYSIS OF BORDETELLA-PERTUSSIS CYA OPERON REGULATION BY USE OF CYA-LAC FUSIONS

被引:26
作者
GOYARD, S [1 ]
ULLMANN, A [1 ]
机构
[1] INST PASTEUR,DEPT BIOCHIM & GENET MOLEC,UNITE BIOCHIM REGULAT CELLULAIRES,F-75724 PARIS 15,FRANCE
关键词
ADENYLATE CYCLASE; PHENOTYPIC MODULATION; VIRULENCE REGULATION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04357.x
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
In Bordetella pertussis virulence-associated genes, including adenylate cyclase toxin (Cya), are coordinately regulated in response to environmental signals by proteins coded by the bvg-locus. We have constructed cya-lac fusions in Escherichia coli and have shown that the cya operon is not expressed in E. coli, neither is it activated by bvg, when introduced in trans. The cya-lac fusion is fully active when returned to B. pertussis by homologous recombination and responds to bvg-dependent activation and environmental regulation. These results indicate that in B. pertussis the activation of the cya operon by bvg is indirect.
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