Identification by deletion analysis of an inducible protein required for plasmid pSC101-mediated tetracycline resistance. |
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Authors: | R C Gayda J H Tanabe K M Knigge A Markovitz |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 USA |
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Abstract: | Plasmids containing small deletions within a tetracycline (Tc) resistance gene(s) of plasmid pHA121 were isolated. Plasmid pHA121 was formed by ligating the EcoRI-digested Tc resistance plasmid pSC101 and similarly digested mini-ColE1 plasmid pHA105. The DNA deletion plasmids were constructed by digesting plasmid pHA121 DNA with the restriction endonucleases BamH1 and Sal1 and, in addition, λ exonuclease. Two plasmids, designated pJT131 and pJT133, had small deletions of approximately 0.64 to 0.8 kb and a comparison of the radioactive polypeptides synthesized in plasmid-containing minicells revealed that a 34-kdal polypeptide was not specified by either pJT131 or pJT133. We conclude that the 34-kdal polypeptide is required for the expression of Tc resistance and that its structural gene probably maps in the deleted region of pSC101 DNA. |
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