osmY, a new hyperosmotically inducible gene, encodes a periplasmic protein in Escherichia coli.

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Yim, H H

RESUMO

A new osmotically inducible gene in Escherichia coli, osmY, was induced 8- to 10-fold by hyperosmotic stress and 2- to 3-fold by growth in complex medium. The osmY gene product is a periplasmic protein which migrates with an apparent molecular mass of 22 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. A genetic fusion to osmY was mapped to 99.3 min on the E. coli chromosome. The gene was cloned and sequenced, and an open reading frame was identified. The open reading frame encoded a precursor protein with a calculated molecular weight of 21,090 and a mature protein of 18,150 following signal peptide cleavage. Sequencing of the periplasmic OsmY protein confirmed the open reading frame and defined the signal peptide cleavage site as Ala-Glu. A mutation caused by the osmY::TnphoA genetic fusion resulted in slightly increased sensitivity to hyperosmotic stress.

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