Expression in Escherichia coli of Y5-mutant and N-terminal domain-deleted DNA gyrase B proteins affects strongly plasmid maintenance

Plasmid
L BrinoE Weiss

Abstract

Escherichia coli DNA gyrase B subunit (GyrB) is composed of a 43-kDa N-terminal domain containing an ATP-binding site and a 47-kDa C-terminal domain involved in the interaction with the gyrase A subunit (GyrA). Site-directed mutagenesis was used to substitute, in both the entire GyrB subunit and its 43-kDa N-terminal fragment, the amino acid Y5 by either a serine (Y5S) or a phenylalanine residue (Y5F). Under standard conditions, cells bearing Y5S or Y5F mutant GyrB expression plasmids produced significantly less recombinant proteins than cells transformed with the wild-type plasmid. This dramatic decrease in expression of mutant GyrB proteins was not observed when the corresponding N-terminal 43-kDa mutant plasmids were used. Examination of the plasmid content of the transformed cells after induction showed that the Y5F and Y5S GyrB protein level was correlated with the plasmid copy number. By repressing tightly the promoter activity encoded by these expression vectors during cell growth, it was possible to restore the normal level of the mutant GyrB encoding plasmids in the transformed bacteria. Treatment with chloramphenicol before protein induction enabled large overexpression of the GyrB mutant Y5F and Y5S proteins. In addi...Continue Reading

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