Becker A, Pühler A
Lehrsthul für Genetik, Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, Germany.
J Bacteriol. 1998 Jan;180(2):395-9. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.2.395-399.1998.
The production of the acidic exopolysaccharide succinoglycan (EPS I) by Rhizobium meliloti exoP* mutants expressing an ExoP protein lacking its C-terminal cytoplasmic domain and by mutants characterized by specific amino acid substitutions in the proline-rich motif (RX4PX2PX4SPKX9IXGXMXGXG) located from positions 443 to 476 of the ExoP protein was analyzed. The absence of the C-terminal cytoplasmic ExoP domain (positions 484 to 786) and the substitution of both arginine443 by isoleucine443 and proline457 by serine457 within the proline-rich motif resulted in enhanced production of low-molecular-weight (LMW) EPS I at the expense of high-molecular-weight (HMW) EPS I. The ratios of HMW to LMW EPS I of the wild type and mutant strains increased with osmolarity.
分析了表达缺少C端胞质结构域的ExoP蛋白的苜蓿根瘤菌exoP*突变体以及在ExoP蛋白443至476位富含脯氨酸基序(RX4PX2PX4SPKX9IXGXMXGXG)中有特定氨基酸取代的突变体产生酸性胞外多糖琥珀聚糖(EPS I)的情况。ExoP蛋白C端胞质结构域(484至786位)的缺失以及富含脯氨酸基序内精氨酸443被异亮氨酸443取代和脯氨酸457被丝氨酸457取代,导致低分子量(LMW)EPS I产量增加,而高分子量(HMW)EPS I产量降低。野生型和突变体菌株中HMW与LMW EPS I的比例随渗透压增加而升高。