Hazan R, Sat B, Reches M, Engelberg-Kulka H
Department of Molecular Biology, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
J Bacteriol. 2001 Mar;183(6):2046-50. doi: 10.1128/JB.183.6.2046-2050.2001.
"Addiction modules" consist of two genes; the product of the second is long lived and toxic, while the product of the first is short lived and antagonizes the lethal action of the toxin. The extrachromosomal addiction module phd-doc, located on the P1 prophage, is responsible for the postsegregational killing effect (death of plasmid-free cells). The Escherichia coli chromosomal addiction module analogue, mazEF, is responsible for the induction of programmed cell death. Here we show that the postsegregational killing mediated by the P1 phd-doc module depends on the presence of the E. coli mazEF system. In addition, we demonstrate that under conditions of postsegregational killing, mediated by phd-doc, protein synthesis of E. coli is inhibited. Based on our findings, we suggest the existence of a coupling between the phd-doc and mazEF systems.
“成瘾模块”由两个基因组成;第二个基因的产物寿命长且具有毒性,而第一个基因的产物寿命短且能拮抗毒素的致死作用。位于P1原噬菌体上的染色体外成瘾模块phd-doc负责后分离杀伤效应(无质粒细胞的死亡)。大肠杆菌染色体成瘾模块类似物mazEF负责程序性细胞死亡的诱导。在这里我们表明,由P1 phd-doc模块介导的后分离杀伤取决于大肠杆菌mazEF系统的存在。此外,我们证明在由phd-doc介导的后分离杀伤条件下,大肠杆菌的蛋白质合成受到抑制。基于我们的发现,我们推测phd-doc和mazEF系统之间存在耦合。