title: [Properties of mutants of bacteria belonging to the genus Erwinia devoid of common components of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system].
abstract: Biochemical consequences of mutational damage to common components of the Erwinia phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (the HPr protein and enzyme I) were studied. The transport of glucose, mannose, fructose, and mannitol in Erwinia was shown to require a preliminary induction of proteins of the phosphotransferase system. A drastic decrease in the rate of the transport of these carbohydrates was observed in ptsI and ptsH mutants. A disturbance in the common components suppresses the synthesis of inducible enzymes (beta-galactosidase, complexes of pectolyases and cellulases) and renders it resistant to catabolite repression by glucose, but mutants were shown to retain intracellular cAMP content. Erwinia mutants devoid of common components of the system lack phytopathogenic features. The appearance of an intact ptsI allele in the cell completely corrected pleiotropic disturbances in these mutants.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Biol. Sci., Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA. datsenko@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Datsenko
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Evtushenko
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Sergeev
authors.forename: O Iu
authors.initials: OIu
authors.lastname: Dobrynina
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Bol'shakova
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000235:genetics; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002480:Cellulase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004885:Erwinia / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008190:Lyases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017852:Phosphotransferases (Nitrogenous Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; C030182:phosphocarrier protein HPr; D017852:Phosphotransferases (Nitrogenous Group Acceptor); C022360:phosphoenolpyruvate-protein phosphotransferase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D002480:Cellulase; D008190:Lyases