Isolation and characterization of an Escherichia coli B mutant strain defective in uracil catabolism

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (11) ◽  
pp. 1106-1109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas P West
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Ammonium Sulfate ◽  
Mutant Strain ◽  
Enzyme Activities ◽  
Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase ◽  
Pyrimidine Catabolism ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Escherichia Coli B ◽  
Reductive Pathway

A reductive pathway of uracil catabolism was shown to be functioning in Escherichia coli B ATCC 11303 by virtue of thin-layer chromatographic and enzyme analyses. A mutant defective in uracil catabolism was isolated from this strain and subsequently characterized. The three enzyme activities associated with the reductive pathway of pyrimidine catabolism were detectable in the wild-type E. coli B cells, while the mutant strain was found to be deficient for dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase activity. The dehydrogenase was shown to utilize NADPH as its nicotinamide cofactor. Growth of ATCC 11303 cells on uracil or glutamic acid instead of ammonium sulfate as a nitrogen source increased the reductive pathway enzyme activities. The mutant strain exhibited increased catabolic enzyme activities after growth on ammonium sulfate or glutamic acid.Key words: uracil catabolism, dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, reductive pathway, mutant, Escherichia coli.

scholarly journals Modification by an R determinant for streptomycin of hissd phenotype in a mutant strain of Escherichia coli B

1968 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Molina ◽  
L. Calegari ◽  
G. Conte
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Cell Membrane ◽  
Mutant Strain ◽  
Minimal Medium ◽  
Specific Requirement ◽  
Resistance Level ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Level Characteristic ◽  
Escherichia Coli B

When an R determinant for streptomycin is transferred into a conditionally streptomycin-dependent E. coli B mutant—which requires in minimal medium either histidine or streptomycin—the latter behaves like a histidineless strain. This phenotype modification shows that the repairing action of streptomycin is prevented. The specific requirement of the strain is not now replaced even by streptomycin concentrations up to 10000 µg/ml at which the conditionally streptomycin-dependent mutant could originally grow, and which are well beyond the resistance level characteristic of the R determinant itself. These data seem to suggest that a reduction in permeability of the cell membrane cannot be held responsible for the phenomenon observed.

Isolation and characterization of catabolite repression-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli

1977 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1384-1393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glen D. Armstrong ◽  
Hiroshi Yamazaki
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Catabolite Repression ◽  
Coli Strain ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Phosphotransferase System ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Isolation And Characterization ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Resistant Mutants

A method has been developed for the isolation of Escherichia coli mutants which are resistant to catabolite repression. The method is based on the fact that a mixture of glucose and gluconate inhibits the development of chemotactic motility in the wild type, but not in the mutants. A motile E. coli strain was mutagenized and grown in glucose and gluconate. Mutants which were able to swim into a tube containing a chemotactic attractant (aspartic acid) were isolated. Most of these mutants were able to produce β-galactosidase in the presence of glucose and gluconate and were normal in their ability to degrade adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate. Some of these mutants were defective in the glucose phosphotransferase system.

Identification and partial characterization of an Escherichia coli mutant with altered hydrogenase activity

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard R. Glick ◽  
Patrick Y. Wang ◽  
Henry Schneider ◽  
William G. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Mutant Strain ◽  
Filter Paper ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Anaerobic Growth ◽  
Hydrogenase Activity ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Coli Mutant ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Membrane Bound

An Escherichia coli mutant strain with altered hydrogenase activity was isolated using a filter paper assay. This assay depends on the ability of hydrogenase-containing microorganisms to reduce methyl viologen impregnated in filter paper, producing purple-colored colonies in the presence of hydrogen. Membrane-bound and cytoplasmic hydrogenase activities of wild-type and mutant strains were compared by amperometric measurement of hydrogen production. The cytoplasmic activities of mutant and wild type were comparable. The membrane-bound activity was lower in the mutant than in the wild type. Upon addition of detergent to the membrane fraction the specific activity of the enzyme from the mutant strain increased so that it equalled that of the wild type. The mutant requires an exogenous electron acceptor for anaerobic growth providing evidence for the function of the hydrogenase in anaerobic growth.

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