PMID: 9658016Jul 11, 1998Paper

Isolation and characterization of toluene-sensitive mutants from the toluene-resistant bacterium Pseudomonas putida GM73

Journal of Bacteriology
K KimDongbin Lim

Abstract

To understand the mechanism underlying toluene resistance of a toluene-tolerant bacterium, Pseudomonas putida GM73, we carried out Tn5 mutagenesis and isolated eight toluene-sensitive mutants. None of the mutants grew in the presence of 20% (vol/vol) toluene in growth medium but exhibited differential sensitivity to toluene. When wild-type cells were treated with toluene (1% [vol/vol]) for 5 min, about 2% of the cells could form colonies. In the mutants Ttg1, Ttg2, Ttg3, and Ttg8, the same treatment killed more than 99.9999% of cells (survival rate, <10(-6)). In Ttg4, Ttg5, Ttg6, and Ttg7, about 0.02% of cells formed colonies. We cloned the Tn5-inserted genes, and the DNA sequence flanking Tn5 was determined. From comparison with a sequence database, putative protein products encoded by ttg genes were identified as follows. Ttg1 and Ttg2 are ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter homologs; Ttg3 is a periplasmic linker protein of a toluene efflux pump; both Ttg4 and Ttg7 are pyruvate dehydrogenase; Ttg5 is a dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase; and Ttg7 is the negative regulator of the phosphate regulon. The sequences deduced from ttg8 did not show a significant similarity to any DNA or proteins in sequence databases. Characteriz...Continue Reading

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