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Nucleotide sequence and characterization of cdrA, a cell division-related gene of Helicobacter pylori

山口医学 Volume 49 Issue 4 Page 439-447
published_at 2000-08-31
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Helicobacter pyloriにおける細胞分裂関連遺伝子cdrAの同定と解析
Nucleotide sequence and characterization of cdrA, a cell division-related gene of Helicobacter pylori
Creators Takeuchi Hiroaki
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Helicobacter pylori cdrA gene 新規細胞分裂関連遺伝子 分裂抑制機能
Cell division-related gene cdrA in Helicobacter pylori HPK5 was identified. The putative gene products, CdrA, is a 367-amino-acid polypeptide that exhibited a high level of homology to conserved hypothetical ATP-binding protein HP0066 of H.pylori 26695, except in the N-terminal region, and showed some similarity to the FtsK/SpoIIIE family proteins. We isolated a cdrA-disrupted mutant by allelic exchange mutagenesis. A repressive role for CdrA on cell division was suggested by the observations that the wildtype strain formed filamentous cells in a high-salt level medium at early stationary phase, while a cdrA-disrupted mutant did not show such an abnormality. In addition, the wild-type strain adopted coccoid forms in the stationary phase, whereas the cdrA-disrupted mutant remained mostly as short rods. Furthermore, the cdrA-disrupted mutant regained the filamentation phenotype when the intact cdrA gene was introduced by allelic exchange. Taken together, these observations show that the cdrA gene plays an important role in the cell growth on H.pylori.
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医学 ( Other)
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Publishers 山口大学医学会
Date Issued 2000-08-31
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