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. 1990 Nov;172(11):6607–6610. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.11.6607-6610.1990

Mutations conferring resistance to azide in Escherichia coli occur primarily in the secA gene.

Y Fortin 1, P Phoenix 1, G R Drapeau 1
PMCID: PMC526856  PMID: 2146254

Abstract

Mutant strains of Escherichia coli were screened for the ability to grow on L agar plates containing 3.4 or 4.6 mM sodium azide. Most mutants had mutations located in the leucine region, presumably at the azi locus. Two of these mutants were found to have a mutation in the secA gene, but expression of the resistance phenotype also required the presence of upstream gene X. While a plasmid carrying the X-secA mutant gene pair was able to confer azide resistance to a sensitive host, a similar plasmid harboring the wild-type secA allele rendered a resistant strain sensitive to azide, indicating codominance of the two alleles. That azide inhibits SecA is consistent with the fact that SecA has ATPase activity, an activity that is often prone to inhibition by azide.

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