Suppression of polarity of insertion mutations within the gal operon of E. coli
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Molecular Genetics and Genomics
- Vol. 151 (3) , 295-304
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00268793
Abstract
Phenotypic revertants of galOP::IS1 and galOP::IS2 mutations have been isolated after mutagenesis with nitrosoguanidine, they are probably caused by mutations in gene suA. The polarity suppressor mutations described in this study and a known mutation in gene suA isolated by D. Morse (Morse and Guertin, 1972) suppress polarity caused by IS1 more effectively than that caused by IS2 or IS4. Furthermore, suppressibility is influenced by the site and orientation of IS integration. The synthesis of the three enzymes in galOP::IS suA double mutants is constitutive and the ratio of the three enzymes is altered in comparison to the wild type. The reasons for constitutive synthesis of the galactose enzymes and for the altered ratio of enzyme synthesis are discussed.Keywords
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