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Catabolite‐Like Repression of Extracellular Enzyme Production in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Author(s) -
Iuchi Shiro,
Tanaka Shuji
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1980.tb02885.x
Subject(s) - catabolite repression , protease , biology , biochemistry , psychological repression , fed batch culture , amylase , extracellular , vibrio cholerae , mutant , adenylate kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , repressor , enzyme , bacteria , fermentation , gene expression , gene , genetics
Production of extracellular amylase and protease in Vibrio parahaemolyticus was repressed by various carbohydrates present in the medium. In addition, the protease production was repressed very strongly by peptones or casamino acids. Cyclic adenosine 3′, 5′‐monophosphate (cyclic AMP) added exogenously could reverse the repression of amylase production, but not that of protease production irrespective of the “repressors” used. Mutants of V. parahaemolyticus , which resembled the reported cya (adenylate cyclase) and crp (cyclic AMP receptor protein) mutants of Escherichia coli and related organisms, were examined for the exoenzyme production. Amylase production in the mutants was defective, while their protease production was not defective, but rather accentuated as compared with that in the parental strain. These findings strongly suggest that amylase production is subject to catabolite repression mediated by cyclic AMP, whereas protease production is controlled by a repression mechanism which mimics in part, but may be distinct from catabolite repression.

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