Isolation of conditionally putrescine-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli.

Journal of Bacteriology
D R Morris, C M Jorstad

Abstract

Mutants defective in the conversion of arginine to putrescine were found by screening clones from mutagenized cultures for inability to produce urea during growth in arginine-supplemented media. Two partially blocked mutants were isolated; one was deficient in arginine decarboxylase and the other was deficient in agmatine ureohydrolase. As predicted from the pattern of putrescine synthesis in Escherichia coli, these mutants were conditionally putrescine-deficient. When grown in either minimal or ornithine-supplemented media, conditions which lead to preferential utilization of the ornithine to putrescine pathway, the mutants had normal intracellular polyamine levels. However, when the mutants were placed in arginine-supplemented media, the level of intracellular putrescine was lowered markedly. Under conditions where intracellular putrescine was 1% of normal, the doubling time of the mutants was increased approximately 10%. The putrescine-deficient mutants had wild-type morphology, normal levels of protein and ribonucleic acid (RNA), and stringent amino acid control of RNA synthesis.

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