Genetic separation of purine transport from phosphoribosyltransferase activity in Salmonella typhimurium.

Autor: Benson CE, Hornick DL, Gots JS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of general microbiology [J Gen Microbiol] 1980 Dec; Vol. 121 (2), pp. 357-64.
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-121-2-357
Abstrakt: Two mutants of Salmonella typhimurium were isolated which differ from their respective parental strains in their growth responses to guanine and xanthine. Both mutants had purine phosphoribosyltransferase activities similar to their parental strains. One mutant, CB-3, had a lower guanine uptake rate apparently caused by a genetic lesion in a specific gene (designated guaP) responsible for facilitating the transport of guanine. This gene mapped at 3.5 min in the sequence azi-guaP-nadC. The second mutant, GP103, had a purine carrier molecule with altered specificity, as demonstrated by a competition between hypoxanthine and xanthine for uptake.
Databáze: MEDLINE