Schmitt R
J Bacteriol. 1968 Aug;96(2):462-71. doi: 10.1128/jb.96.2.462-471.1968.
Three types of mutants (mel(-)) unable to metabolize the alpha-d-galactoside, melibiose, were derived from Escherichia coli K-12. One type lacked alpha-galactosidase; another lacked a specific transport system, termed thiomethylgalactoside (TMG) permease II; and the third lacked both of these functions. The mutational sites were genetically mapped by recombination frequency with different markers and by determination of chromosomal transfer in interrupted-mating experiments. All three mel(-) mutant types mapped in a cluster near to the metA marker on the E. coli chromosome and were cotransducible. Induction studies revealed that the three alpha-d-galactosides, melibiose, melibiitol, and galactinol, induced alpha-galactosidase and TMG permease II coordinately; d-galactose also induced them but only in a galactokinaseless mutant. These data suggest that alpha-galactosidase and TMG permease II may be components of a common operon.
从大肠杆菌K-12中获得了三种无法代谢α-D-半乳糖苷蜜二糖的突变体(mel(-))。一种类型缺乏α-半乳糖苷酶;另一种缺乏一种特定的转运系统,称为硫代甲基半乳糖苷(TMG)通透酶II;第三种则同时缺乏这两种功能。通过与不同标记的重组频率以及在中断杂交实验中测定染色体转移,对突变位点进行了遗传定位。所有三种mel(-)突变体类型都定位在大肠杆菌染色体上靠近metA标记的一个簇中,并且是共转导的。诱导研究表明,三种α-D-半乳糖苷,蜜二糖、蜜二糖醇和棉子糖,协同诱导α-半乳糖苷酶和TMG通透酶II;D-半乳糖也能诱导它们,但仅在无半乳糖激酶的突变体中。这些数据表明,α-半乳糖苷酶和TMG通透酶II可能是一个共同操纵子的组成部分。