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. 1992 Aug;60(8):3059–3064. doi: 10.1128/iai.60.8.3059-3064.1992

Functional analysis of the Ca(2+)-regulated hemolysin I operon of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1.

D Gygi 1, J Nicolet 1, C Hughes 1, J Frey 1
PMCID: PMC257281  PMID: 1639473

Abstract

The genetic determinant encoding the synthesis and secretion of hemolysin I (HlyI; gene designation, hlyI) by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 1 4074T was cloned in the lambda vector EMBL4. A 10.2-kb fragment that encoded hemolytic activity in the phage lysate was aligned by Southern blot hybridization to genes hlyC, hlyA, hlyB, and hlyD of the Escherichia coli hemolysin operon, and expression of the A. pleuropneumoniae genes in E. coli revealed that they have the same functions as their E. coli analogs: hlyIC encodes a protein that activates inactive 105-kDa prohemolysin I (encoded by hlyIA) to active hemolysin I, while hlyIB and hlyID are necessary for HlyIA secretion. Northern (RNA) hybridization of A. pleuropneumoniae RNA revealed that the gene cluster is transcribed as two RNA species, a major one of 3.5 kb, corresponding to hlyICA, and a second, minor one of 7.5 kb, corresponding to the whole operon, hlyICABD. The level of hlyI mRNA was substantially higher in A. pleuropneumoniae 4074T cells grown in the presence of Ca2+, supporting the view that the expression of the hlyI determinant is Ca2+ regulated. Parallel RNA hybridization with random gene probes suggested that this Ca2+ regulation is specific for the hlyI determinant.

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