Regulation of exotoxin A synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: characterization of toxA‐lacZ fusions in wild‐type and mutant strains
- 1 March 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Microbiology
- Vol. 3 (3) , 371-381
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00182.x
Abstract
A mobilizable plasmid which carries the promoter for the exotoxin A (ETA) structural gene fused to lacZ was integrated into the chromosome of wild-type and mutant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa at the toxA locus by homologous recombination. .beta.-galactosidase synthesis in the strains (cointegrates) carrying the toxA-lacZ fusions was regulated like ETA synthesis is in P. aeruginosa. Two multicopy plasmids carrying a positive regulatory gene designated toxR were constructed which are identical except with respect to the orientation of toxR to the lacZ promoter on the plasmid. These plasmids were then introduced into P. aeruginosa cointegrate strains. When toxR was using its own promoter, synthesis of .beta.-galactosidase in the cointegrate strains was increased but the pattern of iron regulation was not altered. In contrast, when the lacZ promoter was directing synthesis of the toxR product in the cointegrate strains, iron regulation of .beta.-galactosidase and ETA synthesis were abolished.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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