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. 1988 May;170(5):2136–2142. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.5.2136-2142.1988

Isolation and characterization of methyl viologen-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.

M Morimyo 1
PMCID: PMC211097  PMID: 2834327

Abstract

Escherichia coli mutants sensitive to methyl viologen (MV), an active oxygen propagator, were isolated. Among them, the new genes mvrA and mvrB were mapped at 7 and 28 min on the E. coli linkage map, respectively. MV toxicity was exerted only in the presence of oxygen and was suppressed by the radical scavenger uric acid but not by the hydroxyl radical scavenger mannitol. The mvr mutants were sensitive only to MV and had a normal repair capacity for the MV-damaged DNA. From these results, these mutants were assumed to be related to the elimination of MV-specific toxic species. Gene mvrA was cloned into vector pBR322 and its sequence was determined. The mvrA gene, which was predicted to range in size from 600 to 900 base pairs (bp) by transposon Tn1000 insertion analysis, was identified to be 807 bp, with an approximately 60-bp promoter sequence carrying consensus sequences for the -35 region, the -10 region, and a ribosome-binding site. The MvrA protein deduced from the DNA sequence was 29.7 kilodaltons, which was in good agreement with the 29 kilodaltons of the MvrA protein identified by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after a maxicell labeling experiment.

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