Expression and regulation of a Vibrio alginolyticus sucrose utilization system cloned in Escherichia coli.

AUTOR(ES)

Scholle, R R

RESUMO

A halotolerant collagenolytic Vibrio alginolyticus strain isolated from salted hides had intracellular sucrase activity and did not secret sucrase into the medium. The strain actively transported sucrose by a sucrose-inducible, Na+-independent process. A 10.4-kilobase DNA fragment of V. alginolyticus DNA was cloned into Escherichia coli. The recombinant E. coli(pVS100) could utilize sucrose as a sole carbon source. In contrast to V. alginolyticus, the recombinant E. coli produced both intra- and extracellular sucrase activities. Up to 20% of the total sucrase activity was in the supernatant. Sucrase synthesis in E. coli(pVS100) was inducible and was subject to glucose repression, which was relieved by cyclic AMP. Sucrose was actively transported by a sucrose-inducible, Na+-independent system in E. coli(pVS100). Sucrose uptake was inhibited by the addition of a proton conductor. The maximum velocity and apparent Km values of sucrose uptake for the V. alginolyticus strain and E. coli(pVS100) were 130 nmol/mg of protein per min and 50 microM and 6 nmol/mg of protein per min and 275 microM, respectively.

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