Table 3.
Type of regulation and E. coli strain/reporter plasmid | Additional plasmid | Description of deletion or substitution | Maximal induction of yjiY (RLU/OD600)a | ||
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LB | LB + 0.00006% Ara | LB + 0.2% Ara | |||
YehU/YehT regulation | |||||
E. coli MG1655 rpsL150/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24 | Wild type | 22,000 | 19,000 | 5,000 |
E. coli MG3/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24 | ΔyehT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
E. coli MG3/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24-yehT | yehT | 23,000 | 20,000 | 170,000 |
E. coli MG3/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24-yehT-D54E | yehT-D54E | 39,000 | 87,000 | 200,000 |
E. coli MG3/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24-yehT-D54N | yehT-D54N | 2,200 | 17,000 | 170,000 |
E. coli MG6/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24 | ΔyehU | 1 | 1 | 1 |
E. coli MG6/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24-yehU | yehU | 42,000 | 44,000 | 300 |
E. coli MG6/pBBR yjiY-lux | pBAD24-yehU-H382Q | yehU-H382Q | 1 | 1 | 1 |
cAMP/CRP regulation | |||||
E. coli MG1655/pBBR yjiY-lux | None | Wild type | 12,000 | ND | ND |
E. coli MG10/pBBR yjiY-lux | None | ΔyjiY | 42,000 | ND | ND |
E. coli MG11/pBBR yjiY-lux | None | ΔcyaA | 2,700 | ND | ND |
E. coli MG12/pBBR yjiY-lux | None | Δcrp | 1 | ND | ND |
E. coli MG1655/pBBR yjiY-sub-CRP-BS-lux | None | Substitution of the CRP-binding site in PyjiY | 2,300 | ND | ND |
Strains were grown aerobically in a complex medium (LB) in the absence or presence of l-arabinose (Ara). Growth and luciferase activity were monitored continuously. The maximal luciferase activity normalized to an optical density of 1 (RLU/OD600) was used as a measure of the degree of induction of yjiY. Data were obtained from at least three independent experiments, and average values (the standard deviation was less than 15%) were used for calculations. ND, not determined.