Lewis L A, Sung M H, Gipson M, Hartman K, Dyer D W
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1998 Nov;180(22):6043-7. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.22.6043-6047.1998.
The meningococcal hemA gene was cloned and used to construct a porphyrin biosynthesis mutant. An analysis of the hemA mutant indicated that meningococci can transport intact porphyrin from heme (Hm), hemoglobin (Hb), and Hb-haptoglobin (Hp). By constructing a HemA- HpuAB- double mutant, we demonstrated that HpuAB is required for the transport of porphyrin from Hb and Hb-Hp.
脑膜炎球菌hemA基因被克隆并用于构建卟啉生物合成突变体。对hemA突变体的分析表明,脑膜炎球菌能够从血红素(Hm)、血红蛋白(Hb)和血红蛋白-触珠蛋白(Hp)转运完整的卟啉。通过构建HemA-HpuAB双突变体,我们证明了HpuAB是从Hb和Hb-Hp转运卟啉所必需的。