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The sss gene product, which affects pyoverdin production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa 7NSK2, is a site‐specific recombinease
Author(s) -
Höfte Monica,
Dong Qinghan,
Kourambas Sophia,
Krishnapillai Viji,
Sherratt David,
Mergeay Max
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
molecular microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 247
eISSN - 1365-2958
pISSN - 0950-382X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb01335.x
Subject(s) - biology , mutant , recombinase , pseudomonas aeruginosa , escherichia coli , gene , genetics , open reading frame , microbiology and biotechnology , peptide sequence , recombination , bacteria
Summary Pyoverdin production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 7NSK2 was induced by Zn(II) in the presence of iron. A mutant was isolated in which Zn(II) no longer induced pyoverdin production. The sss gene which was inactivated in this mutant was cloned and sequenced. Its protein sequence showed 50% identity to the XerC protein of Escherichia coli , which is a member of the lambda integrase family of site‐specific recombinases. An open reading frame was found upstream of sss whose protein sequence showed strong identity to DapF, the diaminopimelate epimerase. In E. coli, xerC is part of a multicistronic unit that also contains dapF. The sss gene of P. aeruginosa could restore site‐specific recombination at cer in an E. coii xerC mutant and the E. coii xerC gene could complement a genomic sss mutation in P. aeruginosa.