Identification and nucleotide sequence of the delta-lysin gene, hld, adjacent to the accessory gene regulator (agr) of Staphylococcus aureus - PubMed (original) (raw)

Identification and nucleotide sequence of the delta-lysin gene, hld, adjacent to the accessory gene regulator (agr) of Staphylococcus aureus

L Janzon et al. Mol Gen Genet. 1989 Nov.

Abstract

A Tn551 insertional mutation in the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus of the Staphylococcus aureus chromosome resulted in the decreased production of at least seven extracellular toxins and enzymes and a simultaneous increase in the production of protein A and coagulase (Recsei et al. 1986). Adjacent to this locus we have now identified another gene, hld, transcribed into a 0.5 kb RNA which codes for the staphylococcal delta-lysin. The expression of hld was totally repressed in a strain carrying the agr insertional mutation. Hybridization with strand-specific probes and primer extension analysis revealed that hld and agr are transcribed in opposite directions, starting 188 nucleotides apart. The hld gene is mainly expressed during the post-exponential growth phase and is totally repressed during early exponential growth. Determination of hld mRNA half-life in different growth phases indicated that this regulation is at the level of transcription.

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Identification and nucleotide sequence of the delta-lysin gene, hld, adjacent to the accessory gene regulator (agr) of Staphylococcus aureus - PubMed (original) (raw)