Strauch K L, Carter T H, Miller C G
J Bacteriol. 1983 Nov;156(2):743-51. doi: 10.1128/jb.156.2.743-751.1983.
Pseudorevertants able to use L-leucyl-L-leucyl-L-leucine as a leucine source have been isolated from a Salmonella typhimurium strain carrying stable (nonreverting) mutations in pepN, pepA, and pepB. These strains carry mutations at a locus pto (peptidase T overproducer) tightly linked to pepT that cause an elevated expression of the tripeptidase peptidase T. An F' episome carrying the pto and pepT loci has been constructed and used to show that the pto mutations are cis dominant. Expression of beta-galactosidase from a Mu d1(Apr lac) insertion in pepT is increased by pto mutations. The pto mutations, therefore, define a site affecting the transcription of pepT.
能够将L-亮氨酰-L-亮氨酰-L-亮氨酸用作亮氨酸来源的假回复突变体已从一株携带pepN、pepA和pepB稳定(非回复)突变的鼠伤寒沙门氏菌菌株中分离出来。这些菌株在与pepT紧密连锁的pto(肽酶T过度生产者)位点发生突变,导致三肽酶肽酶T的表达升高。构建了携带pto和pepT位点的F'附加体,并用于证明pto突变是顺式显性的。pto突变会增加来自pepT中Mu d1(Apr lac)插入的β-半乳糖苷酶的表达。因此,pto突变定义了一个影响pepT转录的位点。