Mizushima T, Tomura A, Shinpuku T, Miki T, Sekimizu K
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
J Bacteriol. 1994 Sep;176(17):5544-6. doi: 10.1128/jb.176.17.5544-5546.1994.
A dnaA46 mutant of Escherichia coli showed loss of motility at 37 degrees C, a permissive temperature for cell growth of this mutant. Other dnaA mutations near the middle of the gene also caused an immotile phenotype. The amount of flagellin was much less in the dnaA46 mutant than in the wild-type control, as was the promoter activity. DnaA protein may play an important role in expression of the fliC gene.
大肠杆菌的dnaA46突变体在37℃(该突变体细胞生长的允许温度)下表现出运动性丧失。基因中部附近的其他dnaA突变也导致了不运动的表型。与野生型对照相比,dnaA46突变体中鞭毛蛋白的量少得多,启动子活性也是如此。DnaA蛋白可能在fliC基因的表达中起重要作用。