Young C, Burlage R S, Figurski D H
J Bacteriol. 1987 Mar;169(3):1315-20. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.3.1315-1320.1987.
Broad-host-range plasmid RK2 encodes several different kil genes which are potentially lethal to an Escherichia coli host. The kil genes and the essential RK2 replication gene trfA are regulated by the products of kor genes. We have shown previously that kilA can be controlled by a constitutively expressed korA gene. In this study, we have found that the wild-type, autoregulated korA gene is insufficient for control of kilA cloned on high-copy-number plasmids. One of two other genes must also be present with korA. One gene is korB, originally discovered by its ability to control the determinants in the kilB region and later found to affect expression of both trfA and korA. The other is a new gene, korE, which has been cloned from the 2.2' to 4.1' region located between korC and kilA. Studies with a kilA-cat fusion suggest that korA, korB, and korE all participate in the control of kilA gene expression.
广宿主范围质粒RK2编码几种不同的kil基因,这些基因对大肠杆菌宿主可能具有致死性。kil基因和必需的RK2复制基因trfA受kor基因产物的调控。我们之前已经表明,kilA可以由组成型表达的korA基因控制。在本研究中,我们发现野生型、自我调节的korA基因不足以控制克隆在高拷贝数质粒上的kilA。另外两个基因中的一个也必须与korA同时存在。一个基因是korB,最初因其控制kilB区域决定因素的能力而被发现,后来发现它会影响trfA和korA的表达。另一个是新基因korE,它是从位于korC和kilA之间的2.2'至4.1'区域克隆而来的。对kilA-cat融合体的研究表明,korA、korB和korE都参与了kilA基因表达的调控。