ISOLATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND SEQUENCE OF AN ESCHERICHIA-COLI HEAT-SHOCK GENE, HTPX

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KORNITZER, D [1 ]
TEFF, D [1 ]
ALTUVIA, S [1 ]
OPPENHEIM, AB [1 ]
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[1] HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM,HADASSAH MED SCH,DEPT MOLEC GENET,IL-91010 JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
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10.1128/JB.173.9.2944-2953.1991
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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We isolated and characterized a new Escherichia coli gene, htpX. The htpX gene has been localized at min 40.3 on the chromosome. We determined its transcription and translation start site. htpX expresses a 32-kDa protein from a monocistronic transcript; expression of this protein is induced by temperature upshift. htpX is expressed from a sigma-32-dependent promoter and is thus part of the heat shock regulon. Cells carrying a htpX gene disruption grow well at all temperatures and under all conditions tested and have no apparent phenotype. However, cells which overexpress a truncated form of the protein display a higher rate of degradation of puromycyl peptides.
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页码:2944 / 2953
页数:10
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