Identification of a regulatory nifA type gene and physical mapping of cloned new nif regions of Azospirillum brasilense |
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Authors: | Mahavir Singh Anil K Tripathi and Walter Klingmüller |
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Institution: | (1) Gesellschaft fur Biotechnologische Forschung mbH (GBF), Bereich Mikrobiologie, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-3300 Braunschweig, Germany;(2) Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrae 30, D-8580 Bayreuth, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary Three new Tn5-mutagenized nif genes of Azospirillum brasilense were characterized. The sizes of the restriction fragments and the restriction maps of the cloned nif DNA regions showed that these nif genes are distinct from those reported earlier, e.g. nifHDK, nifE, nifUS, fixABC. The Nif27 mutant was identified as a nifA type regulatory gene of A. brasilense (a) by genetic complementation with nifA of Klebsiella pneumoniae, (b) by the absence of nitrogenase iron protein in western protein blots and (c) by its inability to activate expression of a nijH-lacZ fusion. The growth characteristics of the three mutants showed that none of them is defective in general nitrogen regulatory (ntr) genes. Also, no homology was detected between the three nif DNA regions of the mutants, cloned in pMS188, pMS189 and pMS197, and the K. pneumoniae nif, gInA or ntr genes. In addition, the fixABC genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum did not show any hybridization with the cloned Azospirillum genes. Unlike the situation in enteric bacteria, the nif genes in A. brasilense are scattered and span a region of about 65 kb. |
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Keywords: | Azospirillum Nif– mutants nifA Cloning Complementation |
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