Hirooka T, Rogowsky P M, Kado C I
J Bacteriol. 1987 Apr;169(4):1529-36. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.4.1529-1536.1987.
The virE locus that is responsible for the efficiency of infection by Agrobacterium tumefaciens (T. Hirooka and C. Kado, J. Bacteriol. 168:237-243, 1986) is located next to the right boundary of the virulence (Vir) region of the nopaline plasmid pTiC58. This locus is very similar to the virE locus of octopine type Ti plasmids on the basis of nucleotide and amino acid sequence comparisons as well as genetic complementation analyses. The nucleotide sequence of virE revealed three open reading frames, arranged as an operon, with a potential coding capacity for proteins of 9, 7.1, and 63.5 kilodaltons. The promoter region of virE was analyzed by using gene fusions to promoterless cat and lux genes. Two different promoters were detected, one which operates in A. tumefaciens and one which operates in Escherichia coli. virE is transcribed from left to right toward the T region. In A. tumefaciens, the expression of virE was induced by acetosyringone and required the presence of pTiC58.
负责根癌土壤杆菌感染效率的virE基因座(T. Hirooka和C. Kado,《细菌学杂志》168:237 - 243,1986年)位于胭脂碱型质粒pTiC58的毒力(Vir)区域右边界附近。基于核苷酸和氨基酸序列比较以及遗传互补分析,该基因座与章鱼碱型Ti质粒的virE基因座非常相似。virE的核苷酸序列揭示了三个开放阅读框,它们作为一个操纵子排列,具有编码9、7.1和63.5千道尔顿蛋白质的潜在能力。通过使用与无启动子的cat和lux基因的基因融合来分析virE的启动子区域。检测到两个不同的启动子,一个在根癌土壤杆菌中起作用,另一个在大肠杆菌中起作用。virE从左向右朝着T区域转录。在根癌土壤杆菌中,virE的表达由乙酰丁香酮诱导,并且需要pTiC58的存在。