INVIVO INHIBITION OF TONB-DEPENDENT PROCESSES BY A TONB BOX CONSENSUS PENTAPEPTIDE

被引:50
作者
TUCKMAN, M [1 ]
OSBURNE, MS [1 ]
机构
[1] AMER CYANAMID CO,LEDERLE LABS,DEPT MICROBIAL GENET & BIOCHEM,PEARL RIVER,NY 10965
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10.1128/jb.174.1.320-323.1992
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The TonB box, a conserved pentapeptide sequence found in TonB-dependent colicins and receptors, is thought to interact physically with the TonB protein to facilitate TonB-dependent processes. Strains of Escherichia coli were treated in vivo with the synthetic TonB box pentapeptide Glu-Thr-Val-Ile-Val. The pentapeptide inhibited several TonB-dependent processes, including cell growth in low-iron medium, phi-80 infection, and killing by colicins B and Ia. Two unrelated control pentapeptides had no effect on TonB-dependent processes.
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