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Journal of Bacteriology, October 1998, p. 5243-5246, Vol. 180, No. 19
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

The Gene for 16S rRNA Methyltransferase (ksgA) Functions as a Multicopy Suppressor for a Cold-Sensitive Mutant of Era, an Essential RAS-Like GTP-Binding Protein in Escherichia coli

Qing Ludagger and Masayori Inouye*

Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

Received 5 March 1998/Accepted 3 June 1998

Era, a Ras-like GTP-binding protein in Escherichia coli, has been shown to be essential for growth. However, its cellular functions still remain elusive. In this study, a genetic screening of an E. coli genomic library was performed to identify those genes which can restore the growth ability of a cold-sensitive mutant, Era(Cs) (E200K), at a restrictive temperature when expressed in a multicopy plasmid. Among eight suppressors isolated, six were located at 1 min of the E. coli genomic map, and the gene responsible for the suppression of Era(Cs) (E200K) was identified as the ksgA gene for 16S rRNA transmethylase, whose mutation causes a phenotype of resistance to kasugamycin, a translation initiation inhibitor. This is the first demonstration of suppression of impaired function of Era by overproduction of a functional enzyme. A possible mechanism of the suppression of the Era cold-sensitive phenotype by KsgA overproduction is discussed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854. Phone: (732) 235-4115. Fax: (732) 235-4783. E-mail: Inouye{at}umdnj.edu.

dagger Present address: Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

Journal of Bacteriology, October 1998, p. 5243-5246, Vol. 180, No. 19
0021-9193/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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