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. 1982 Aug;151(2):867–878. doi: 10.1128/jb.151.2.867-878.1982

Characterization of a cold-sensitive hisW mutant of Salmonella typhimurium.

L Davis, L S Williams
PMCID: PMC220337  PMID: 6178723

Abstract

Previous studies of hisW mutants of Salmonella typhimurium have led to the suggestion that such strains are defective in tRNA maturation. (J. E. Brenchley and J. Ingraham, J. Bacteriol. 114:528-536, 1973). In this study, we report that one hisW strain is defective in the accumulation of all stable RNA species. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of radiolabeled RNA indicated tha at the nonpermissive temperature (20 degrees C) all stable RNa species in the cold-sensitive hisW3333 mutant were synthesized and rapidly degraded. We propose that the cold sensitivity of this strain is caused by such a restriction in stable RNA accumulation at low temperature. In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrated that the RNA degraded in this strain was synthesized de novo and was not preexisting RNA. Furthermore, physiological and genetic recovery from the cold-sensitive hisW phenotype resulted in relatively normal RNA synthesis and accumulation. Thus, the RNA alterations observed in this strain were not explained by defects in a tRNA modification enzyme. Rather, these findings suggest the existence of defective RNA processing and that a control mechanism for the overall synthesis or accumulation of stable RNA species is altered in the hisW3333 mutant.

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