Onogi T, Yamazoe M, Ichinose C, Niki H, Hiraga S
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0976, Japan.
J Bacteriol. 2000 Oct;182(20):5898-901. doi: 10.1128/JB.182.20.5898-5901.2000.
Escherichia coli mukF, mukE, and mukB null mutants have common phenotypes such as temperature-dependent colony formation, anucleate cell production, chromosome cutting by septum closure, and abnormal localization of SeqA-DNA clusters. We show here that the associated muk null mutations cause hypersensitivity to novobiocin. Null mutation of either dam or seqA suppressed partially the temperature-sensitive lethality but failed to suppress the anucleate cell production and the hypersensitivity to novobiocin caused by muk null mutations.
大肠杆菌mukF、mukE和mukB基因敲除突变体具有共同的表型,如温度依赖性菌落形成、无核细胞产生、隔膜闭合导致的染色体切割以及SeqA-DNA簇的异常定位。我们在此表明,相关的muk基因敲除突变会导致对新生霉素高度敏感。dam或seqA的基因敲除突变可部分抑制温度敏感性致死性,但无法抑制muk基因敲除突变导致的无核细胞产生和对新生霉素的高度敏感性。