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. 1983 May;45(5):1437–1444. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.5.1437-1444.1983

Threonine production by ethionine-resistant mutants of Serratia marcescens.

S Komatsubara, M Kisumi, I Chibata
PMCID: PMC242482  PMID: 6408983

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 the argE+ marker, the etr-1 mutation was transferred into strain D-562 which was derived from D-505, a strain defective in aspartokinases I and III. The constructed strain had a higher aspartokinase level than did strain D-505 in medium with or without excess methionine, indicating that the etr-1 mutation led to the derepressed synthesis of aspartokinase II. Strain ETr17 produced about 8 mg of threonine per ml of medium containing sucrose and urea.

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