Abstract
Ethionine reduced both the growth rate and the final growth level of Serratia marcescens Sr41. Growth inhibition was completely reversed by methionine. Strain D-315, defective in homoserine dehydrogenase I, was more sensitive to ethionine-mediated growth inhibition than was the wild-type strain. Ethionine-resistant mutants were isolated from cultures of strain D-316, which was derived from strain D-315 as a threonine deaminase-deficient mutant. Of 60 resistant colonies, 7 excreted threonine on minimal agar plates. One threonine-excreting strain, ETr17, was highly resistant to ethionine and, moreover, insensitive to methionine-mediated growth inhibition, whereas the parent strain was sensitive. When cultured in minimal medium with or without excess methionine, strain ETr17 had a higher homoserine dehydrogenase level than did strain D-316. The homoserine dehydrogenase activity was not inhibited by threonine or methionine. Transductional analysis revealed that the ethionine-resistant (etr-1) mutation carried by strain ETr17 was located in the metBM-argE region and caused the derepressed synthesis of homoserine dehydrogenase II. Strain ETr17 had a higher aspartokinase level than did the parent strain. By transductional cross with t...Continue Reading
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