MAGNESIUM TRANSPORT IN SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM - CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNESIUM INFLUX AND CLONING OF A TRANSPORT GENE
MAGNESIUM TRANSPORT IN SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM - CHARACTERIZATION OF MAGNESIUM INFLUX AND CLONING OF A TRANSPORT GENE
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DOI:
10.1128/jb.168.3.1444-1450.1986
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发表时间:
1986-12-01
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
MAGUIRE, ME
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作者:
HMIEL, SP;SNAVELY, MD;MAGUIRE, ME
The influx of Mg2+ in Salmonella typhimurium LT-2 was studied by both kinetic and genetic techniques. Wild-type cells grown in a high MgSO4 concentration (10 mM) exhibited a Km decreased to 3 .mu.M, and the Vmax increased 60% after growth in a low MgSO4 concentration (10 .mu.M). Co2+ was a simple competitive inhibitor (Ki = 30 .mu.M) of Mg2+ influx in cells grown in high Mg2+ concentrations but blocked only a portion of the Mg2+ influx in cells grown in low Mg2+ concentrations. Co2+ influx exhibited kinetics similar to those of Mg2+ influx (Km = 30 .mu.M; Vmax = 0.5 nmol of Co2+ per min per 108 cells) but not affected by growth conditions. Co2+ influx was competitively inhibited by both Mg2+ and Mn2+. Mutations affecting Mg2+ uptake were isolated by selection for spontaneous resistance to toxic levels of Co2+. One class of mutants designed corA mapped at 84 min near metE with the following gene order: corA, metE, zie-3161::Tn10, pepQ. A second class designated corB mapped at 98 min near pyrB. Mg2+ influx was decreased in a corA mutant strain (relative to that of the wild type) when completely abolished by the corA mutation under all growth conditions. Recombinant plasmids carrying the corA region from either Escherichia coli K-12 or S. typhimurium complemented the corA mutation in S. typhimurium, restoring uptake of both Co2+ and Mg2+ and conferring sensitivity to Co2+. The S. typhimurium corA gene was localized to a restriction fragment of approximately 1.5 kilobases.