Pascal M C, Lepelletier M, Giordano G, Chippaux M
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, C.N.R.S. 31, Marseille, France.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1991 Mar 1;62(2-3):297-300. doi: 10.1016/0378-1097(91)90174-9.
A mutant of Escherichia coli was isolated in which the trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) reductase activity is lost and the inducible TMAO reductase protein is absent. The lack of the gene product specifically prevents the expression of torA::lacZ fusion indicating a transcriptional control of torA, the TMAO reductase structural gene. The gene designated torR was mapped at 22 min on the chromosome.