A rns-like regulatory gene for colonization factor antigen I (CFA/I) that controls expression of CFA/I pilin.

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Caron, J

RESUMO

Colonization factor antigens (CFA) are needed for adherence of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains to their hosts. The CFA/II antigens, CS1 and CS2, which are found in some ETEC strains, require the plasmid-encoded gene rns for expression (J. Caron, L. M. Coffield, and J. R. Scott, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86:963-967, 1989). Other ETEC strains express CFA/I, whose synthesis and assembly require genes on two unlinked regions (regions 1 and 2) of a plasmid (G. A. Willshaw, H. R. Smith, and B. Rowe, FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 16:101-106, 1983). We report that CFA/I region 2 DNA can substitute for rns to cause expression of CS1 and CS2. The cfaR gene in region 2 is defined by a mutation abolishing both expression of CFA/I and complementation of a rns mutant for expression of CS1 or CS2. In a strain containing only region 1, complementation for expression of CFA/I by a plasmid containing rns+ is inefficient but is adequate to cause hemagglutination by the CFA/I adhesin.

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