Genetic analysis of gene 1.2 of bacteriophage T7: isolation of a mutant of Escherichia coli unable to support the growth of T7 gene 1.2 mutants.
AUTOR(ES)
Saito, H
RESUMO
The product of gene 1.2 of bacteriophage T7 is not required for the growth of T7 in wild-type Escherichia coli since deletion mutants lacking the entire gene 1.2 grow normally (Studier et al., J. Mol. Biol. 135:917-937, 1979). By using a T7 strain lacking gene 1.2, we have isolated a mutant of E. coli that was unable to support the growth of both point and deletion mutants defective in gene 1.2. The mutation, optA1, was located at approximately 3.6 min on the E. coli linkage map in the interval between dapD and tonA; optA1 was 92% cotransducible with dapD. By using the optA1 mutant, we have isolated six gene 1.2 point mutants of T7, all of which mapped between positions 15 and 16 on the T7 genetic map. These mutations have also been characterized by DNA sequence analysis, E. coli optA1 cells infected with T7 gene 1.2 mutants were defective in T7 DNA replication; early RNA and protein synthesis proceeded normally. The defect in T7 DNA replication is manifested by a premature cessation of DNA synthesis and degradation of the newly synthesized DNA. The defect was not observed in E. coli opt+ cells infected with T7 gene 1.2 mutants or in E. coli optA1 cells infected with wild-type T7 phage.
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