Bourhy P, Martel A, Margarita D, Saint Girons I, Belfaiza J
Unité de Bacteriologie Moleculaire et Mf1edicale, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
J Bacteriol. 1997 Jul;179(13):4396-8. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.13.4396-4398.1997.
The Leptospira meyeri serovar semaranga metX gene was identified by complementation of an Escherichia coli metA mutant, i.e., devoid of homoserine O-succinyltransferase. However, the MetX protein exhibited a homoserine O-acetyltransferase activity in agreement with its similarity to homoserine O-acetyltransferases. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis demonstrated that metX is the second gene of an operon.
通过对缺乏高丝氨酸O-琥珀酰转移酶的大肠杆菌metA突变体进行互补,鉴定出了迈耶氏钩端螺旋体塞马朗血清型的metX基因。然而,MetX蛋白表现出高丝氨酸O-乙酰转移酶活性,这与它与高丝氨酸O-乙酰转移酶的相似性相符。逆转录-聚合酶链反应分析表明,metX是一个操纵子的第二个基因。