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Genetics, Vol 119, 485-490, Copyright © 1988
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A Fourth Escherichia coli Gene System With the Potential to Evolve {beta}-Glucoside Utilization
L. L. Parker and B. G. Hall
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut U-44, Storrs, Connecticut 06268
Escherichia coli K12 is being used to study the potential for adaptive evolution that is present in the genome of a single organism. Wild-type E. coli K12 do not utilize any of the {beta}-glucoside sugars arbutin, salicin or cellobiose. It has been shown that mutations at three cryptic loci allow utilization of these sugars. Mutations in the bgl operon allow inducible growth on arbutin and salicin while cel mutations allow constitutive utilization of cellobiose as well as arbutin and salicin. Mutations in a third cryptic locus, arbT, allow the transport of arbutin. A salicin(+) arbutin(+) cellobiose(+) mutant has been isolated from a strain which is deleted for the both the bgl and cel operons. Because the mutant utilized salicin and cellobiose as well as arbutin, it is unlikely that it is the result of a mutation in arbT. A second step mutant exhibited enhanced growth on salicin and a third step mutant showed better growth on cellobiose. A fourfold level of induction in response to arbutin and a twofold level of induction in response to salicin was observed when these mutants were assayed on the artificial substrate p-nitrophenyl-{beta}-D-glucoside. Although growth on cellobiose minimal medium can be detected after prolonged periods of time, these strains are severely inhibited by cellobiose in liquid medium. This system has been cloned and does not hybridize to either bgl or cel specific probes. We have designated this gene system the sac locus. The sac locus is a fourth set of genes with the potential for evolving to provide {beta}-glucoside utilization.
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