PMID:2156805

Citation	Carmel, G, Hellstern, D, Henning, D and Coulton, JW (1990) Insertion mutagenesis of the gene encoding the ferrichrome-iron receptor of Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 172:1861-9
Abstract	The ferrichrome-iron receptor of Escherichia coli K-12 encoded by the fhuA gene is a multifunctional outer membrane receptor with an Mr of 78,000. It is required for the binding and uptake of ferrichrome and is the receptor for bacteriophages T5, T1, phi 80, and UC-1 as well as for colicin M. The fhuA gene was cloned into pBR322, and the recombinant plasmid pGC01 was mutagenized by the insertion of 6-base-pair TAB (two amino acid Barany) linkers into CfoI and HpaII restriction sites distributed throughout the coding region. A library of 18 TAB linker insertions in fhuA was generated; 8 of the mutations were at CfoI sites and 10 were at HpaII sites. All mutations inserted a hexamer that encoded a unique SacI site. A large deletion in fhuA was also isolated by TAB linker mutagenesis. Except for the deletion mutant, all of the linker insertion mutant FhuA proteins were found in the outer membrane in amounts similar to those found in the wild type. Five of the linker insertion mutants were susceptible to cleavage by endogenous proteolytic activity: a second FhuA-related band that migrated at approximately 72 kilodaltons could be detected on Coomassie blue-stained gels and on Western blots (immunoblots) by using a carboxy terminus-specific anti-peptide antibody. Receptor functions were measured with the mutated genes present in a single copy on the chromosome. Some of the receptors conferred wild-type phenotypes: they demonstrated growth promotion by ferrichrome and the same efficiency of plating as that of wild-type FhuA; killing by colicin M was also unaffected. Several mutants were altered in their sensitivities to the lethal agents. TAB linker insertions after amino acids 69 and 128 abolished all receptor functions. Phage T5 id not bind to these mutant FhuA proteins in detergent extracts. The deletion mutant was also defective in all FhuA functions. Sensitivity to the lethal agents of cellsl that expressed mutant FhuAs with insertions after amino acids 59 and 135 was reduced by several orders of magnitude. Insertion at other selected sites decreased some or all receptor functions only slightly. An insertion after amino acid 321 selectively eliminated ferrichrome growth promotion. Finally, a strain carrying a mutant fhuA gene on the chromosome in which the linker insertion occurred after amino acid 82 showed a tonB phenotype. These subtle perturbations that were introduced into the FhuA protein resulted in changes in its stability and in the binding and uptake of its cognate ligands.
Links	PubMed PMC208680
Keywords	Amino Acid Sequence; Antibodies; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/isolation & purification; Chromosome Deletion; Coliphages/physiology; DNA Transposable Elements; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Genotype; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Weight; Mutation; Oligopeptides/chemical synthesis; Oligopeptides/immunology; Receptors, Virus; Restriction Mapping
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Annotations

Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
ECOLI:FHUA		GO:0009279: cell outer membrane	ECO:0000315:		C		Figure 2 shows that mutant FhuAs were found in the outer membrane, similar to amounts of cloned FhuA and migrates to a similar position of the wild type.	complete CACAO 6462
ECOLI:FHUA	part_of	GO:0009279: cell outer membrane	ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion		C		Seeded From UniProt	complete

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