Identification of the pifC gene and its role in negative control of F factor pif gene expression.

AUTOR(ES)

Miller, J F

RESUMO

The pif region of the F factor includes two genes, pifA and pifB, that lead to abortive T7 infection. We have identified a new gene in this region, pifC, by constructing an in vitro fusion of pif DNA at 41.6 kilobases on the F factor physical map to the lacZ gene. A PifC-LacZ fusion protein of 149,000 daltons has been identified by immunoprecipitation and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. This allows us to assign the N terminus of pifC to 42.5 kilobases on the F map. Using fusions of pifC, pifA, and pifB to lacZ, we have studied the regulation of pif gene expression and have shown that the product of pifC negatively controls its own expression and that of pifA and pifB.

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