Identification and characterization of a second lexA gene of Xanthomonas axonopodis Pathovar citri.

ABSTRACT: We previously identified and characterized a lexA gene from Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri. For this study, we cloned and expressed a lexA homologue from X. axonopodis pv. citri. This gene was designated lexA2, and the previously identified lexA gene was renamed lexA1. The coding region of lexA2 is 606 bp long and shares 59% nucleotide sequence identity with lexA1. Analyses of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed that LexA2 has structures that are characteristic of LexA proteins, including a helix-turn-helix DNA binding domain and conserved amino acid residues required for the autocleavage of LexA. The lexA2 mutant, which was constructed by gene replacement, was 4 orders of magnitude more resistant to the DNA-damaging agent mitomycin C at 0.1 microg/ml and 1 order of magnitude more r

SUBMITTER: Yang MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1169025 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature