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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-2-26
pubmed:abstractText
Mutants in putative helix VIII of lactose permease that retain the ability to accumulate lactose were created by cassette mutagenesis. A mutagenic insert encoding amino acid residues 259-278 was synthesized chemically by using reagents contaminated with 1% each of the other three bases and ligated into a KpnI/BclI site in the lacY gene in plasmid pGEM-4. Mutants that retain transport activity were selected by transforming a strain of Escherichia coli containing a wild-type lacZ gene, but deleted in lacY, with the mutant library and identifying colonies that transport lactose on indicator plates. Sequencing of the mutated region in lacY in 129 positive colonies reveals 43 single amino acid mutations at 26 sites and 26 multiple mutations. The variable amino acid positions are largely on one side of the putative alpha-helix, a stripe opposite Glu269. This mutable stripe of low information content is probably in contact with the membrane phospholipids.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10989-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Information content of amino acid residues in putative helix VIII of the lac permease from Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Roche Research Center, Nutley, New Jersey 07110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article