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. 1990 Aug;172(8):4587–4592. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.8.4587-4592.1990

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae hlyX gene homology with the fnr gene of Escherichia coli.

J I MacInnes 1, J E Kim 1, C J Lian 1, G A Soltes 1
PMCID: PMC213292  PMID: 2198268

Abstract

The hlyX gene from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, which confers a hemolytic phenotype on Escherichia coli, was sequenced, and its role in regulation of gene expression was investigated. No similarity was found between the hlyX sequence and sequences of known hemolysin or cytotoxin genes. However, the hlyX sequence was very similar to that of the fnr gene of Escherichia coli which encodes the global regulatory protein, FNR. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of the hlyX gene product (HlyX) with that of FNR revealed a high degree of well-aligned sequence correlation throughout the polypeptide chain. For example, 23 of 24 amino acids in the DNA-binding region of FNR are identical in the corresponding region of HlyX. Four cysteine residues in the amino-terminal region are also conserved. The promoter region of hlyX is very similar to that of fnr. It has a putative -10 sequence which closely resembles the E. coli -10 consensus sequence. This sequence is overlapped by a potential operator which is very similar to the FNR-binding-site consensus sequence. Functional homology between HlyX and FNR was also demonstrated. Plasmids carrying hlyX complemented the nutritional lesion of an fnr deletion strain of E. coli. These data suggest that HlyX may regulate, rather than mediate, hemolytic activity in E. coli, but the possibility that HlyX is both a regulator of gene expression and a hemolysin cannot be excluded.

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