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. 1992 Feb;174(4):1213-21.
doi: 10.1128/jb.174.4.1213-1221.1992.

Mutagenesis of ribosomal protein S8 from Escherichia coli: defects in regulation of the spc operon

I Wower  1 , M P Kowaleski, L E Sears, R A Zimmermann
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Mutagenesis of ribosomal protein S8 from Escherichia coli: defects in regulation of the spc operon

I Wower et al. J Bacteriol. 1992 Feb.

Abstract

The structural features of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S8 that are involved in translational regulation of spc operon expression and, therefore, in its interaction with RNA have been investigated by use of a genetic approach. The rpsH gene, which encodes protein S8, was first inserted into an expression vector under the control of the lac promoter and subsequently mutagenized with methoxylamine or nitrous acid. A screening procedure based on the regulatory role of S8 was used to identify mutants that were potentially defective in their ability to associate with spc operon mRNA and, by inference, 16S mRNA. In this way, we isolated 39 variants of the S8 gene containing alterations at 34 different sites, including 37 that led to single amino acid substitutions and 2 that generated premature termination codons. As the mutations were distributed throughout the polypeptide chain, our results indicate that amino acid residues important for the structural integrity of the RNA-binding domain are not localized to a single segment. Nonetheless, the majority were located within three short sequences at the N terminus, middle, and C terminus that are phylogenetically conserved among all known eubacterial and chloroplast versions of this protein. We conclude that these sites encompass the main structural determinants required for the interaction of protein S8 with RNA.

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