Effects of ISSo2 insertions in structural and regulatory genes of the trimethylamine oxide reductase of Shewanella oneidensis.
We have isolated three Shewanella oneidensis mutants specifically impaired in trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) respiration. The mutations arose from insertions of an ISSo2 element into torA, torR, and torS, encoding, respectively, the TMAO reductase TorA, the response regulator TorR, and the sensor TorS. Although TorA is not the sole enzyme reducing TMAO in S. oneidensis, growth analysis showed that it is the main respiratory TMAO reductase. Use of a plasmid-borne torE'-lacZ fusion confirmed that the TorS-TorR phosphorelay mediates TMAO induction of the torECAD operon.
Bordi
Christophe
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Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
Iobbi-Nivol
Chantal
C
Méjean
Vincent
V
Patte
Jean-Claude
JC
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D009154:Mutation; D009876:Operon; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010770:Phosphotransferases; D020592:Shewanella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C089364:TorR protein, E coli; D014157:Transcription Factors; D010089:Oxidoreductases, N-Demethylating; C023186:trimethylamine dehydrogenase; D010770:Phosphotransferases; C103806:TorS protein, E coli