title: Nucleotide sequence of the rodA gene, responsible for the rod shape of Escherichia coli: rodA and the pbpA gene, encoding penicillin-binding protein 2, constitute the rodA operon.
abstract: The rodA gene, which is responsible for the rod shape of Escherichia coli, was located 5 nucleotides downstream of another rod-shape-determining gene, pbpA, encoding penicillin-binding protein 2. The coding region for the RodA protein was 1,110 base pairs in length. Two plasmids, carrying a rodA-lacZ gene fusion with and without the pbpA promoter upstream of the gene fusion, were constructed. On the basis of the difference between the expression levels of the beta-galactosidase activity dependent on and independent of the pbpA promoter, we concluded that the pbpA and rodA genes constitute a single transcriptional unit called the rodA operon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuzawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Asoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kunai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muraiso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takasuga
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase / Q000235:genetics*; D009876:Operon; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins / Q000378:metabolism; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D046915:Penicillin-Binding Proteins; D010406:Penicillins; D010458:Peptidyl Transferases; D006602:Hexosyltransferases; D002267:Muramoylpentapeptide Carboxypeptidase