Table 1.
Nature of the cup mutation* | Mutation permissive for dprA inactivation† | Mutation non permissive for dprA inactivation‡ |
Point mutation | cup4 (comDE214K), cup6 (comDT290A), comDD58E | trt1 (comDD299N), cup3 (comDT233I), cup5 (comDY312CK), cup11 (comDQ226L), cup10 (comER120S), |
Potential dprA::spc (SpcR) transformants appeared only after prolonged incubation (41 h) as microhemolysis zones (e.g., Fig. S3A), which did not grow further and could not be recovered for growth in liquid medium.
*These mutations have been previously described (21).
†Frequency of dprA::spc transformants with normal colony size of ∼0.2 relative to the rpsL41 (SmR) reference marker (i.e., close to the expected value).
‡Approximately 3 log reduction in the frequency of dprA::spctransformants with normal colony size (e.g., Fig. S3A) compared with the permissive situation.