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The mglB sequence of Salmonella typhimurium LT2; promoter analysis by gene fusions and evidence for a divergently oriented gene coding for the mgl repressor

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The mglB gene of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 coding for the galactose-binding protein (GBP) was sequenced. We compared the deduced amino acid sequence with the GBP sequence of Escherichia coli K12. The mature proteins differ in only 19 of 309 amino acid residues, corresponding to 94% homology. Analysis of the mglB control region by promoter-probe vectors revealed that two promoters, P1 and P2, constitute the mgl control region (P mgl ). P1 and P2 function in a synergistic way. P1 is the main promoter of the operon; its activity is 20 times the activity of P2. Both promoters are activated by the cyclic adenosine monophosphate catabolite activator protein (cAMP/CAP) complex. While P1 is inactive in the absence of the cAMP/CAP complex, there is residual activity of P2 under these conditions. Studies on the inducibility of the mglBAEC operon using multicopy plasmid promoter-probe vectors were hampered by the titration of the mgl repressor resulting in a partially constitutive expression of the mgl operon. The results indicate that only P1 is responding to induction by D-fucose. A weak promoter, P D , within the P1 region but divergent to it was found. P D is neither stimulated by the cAMP/CAP complex nor by D-fucose. We cloned the gene located downstream to P D and found it to strongly repress the expression of the mgl operon. We termed this gene mglD. The presence of D-fucose abolished the repression caused by the plasmid-encoded mglD gene product.

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Abbreviations

IPTG:

isopropyl-1-thic-β-D-galatopyranoside

ONPG:

2-nitrophenyl-β-D-galatopyranoside

XG:

5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galatopyranoside

Kanr :

Kanamycin resistance

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Benner-Luger, D., Boos, W. The mglB sequence of Salmonella typhimurium LT2; promoter analysis by gene fusions and evidence for a divergently oriented gene coding for the mgl repressor. Mol Gen Genet 214, 579–587 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00330498

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