Glazier K, Schlessinger D
J Bacteriol. 1974 Mar;117(3):1195-200. doi: 10.1128/jb.117.3.1195-1200.1974.
A temperature-sensitive mutant of Escherichia coli HAK88 which has been shown to have a lesion in elongation factor Ts (EFTs) was studied with repsect to its metabolism of guanosine 5'-diphosphate, 2'(3')-diphosphate (ppGpp) and the associated failure of ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) accumulation at the nonpermissive temperature. Results reported here show that (i) when EFTs is nonfunctional, a full complement of charged transfer RNA (tRNA) cannot prevent accumulation of ppGpp (magic spot) and the stringent failure of rRNA accumulation; (ii) chloramphenicol prevents magic spot (MS) formation and the stringent response not by increasing the percentage of charged tRNA, but possibly by somehow interfering directly with the synthesis of MS; and (iii) tetracycline can lead to MS disappearance without resumption of RNA synthesis. Thus, the absence of MS and the presence of a functional RNA polymerase and charged tRNA are not sufficient to support rRNA accumulation in vivo. An additional element in the regulatory system is suggested.
对大肠杆菌HAK88的一个温度敏感突变体进行了研究,该突变体已被证明在延伸因子Ts(EFTs)中存在损伤,研究内容涉及其对鸟苷5'-二磷酸、2'(3')-二磷酸(ppGpp)的代谢以及在非允许温度下核糖体核糖核酸(rRNA)积累相关的失败情况。此处报告的结果表明:(i)当EFTs无功能时,完整的带电转移RNA(tRNA)并不能阻止ppGpp(魔斑)的积累以及rRNA积累的严谨型失败;(ii)氯霉素阻止魔斑(MS)形成和严谨型反应,不是通过增加带电tRNA的比例,而是可能通过某种方式直接干扰MS的合成;(iii)四环素可导致MS消失而不恢复RNA合成。因此,MS的缺失以及功能性RNA聚合酶和带电tRNA的存在不足以支持体内rRNA的积累。提示了调节系统中的一个额外因素。