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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2002, p. 3746-3748, Vol. 184, No. 13
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.13.3746-3748.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

PII T-Loop Mutations Affecting Signal Transduction to NtrB Also Abolish Yeast Two-Hybrid Interactions

Isabel Martínez-Argudo and Asunción Contreras*

División de Genética, Universidad de Alicante, E-03080 Alicante, Spain

Received 16 January 2002/ Accepted 27 March 2002

Mutations A49P and {Delta}47-53 at the T loop of the Escherichia coli GlnB (PII) protein impair regulatory interactions with the two-component sensor regulator NtrB (P. Jiang, P. Zucker, M. R. Atkinson, E. S. Kamberov, W. Tirasophon, P. Chandran, B. R. Schepke, and A. J. Ninfa, J. Bacteriol. 179: 4342-4353, 1997). We show here that these mutations also impair interactions between PII and NtrB in the yeast two-hybrid system, indicating that defects in NtrB regulation closely reflect binding impairment. The reported results underline the strength of two-hybrid assays for analysis of interactions involving the T loop of PII proteins.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: División de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alicante, Apartado 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain. Phone: 34 96 590 3957. Fax: 34 96 590 9569. E-mail: contrera{at}ua.es.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2002, p. 3746-3748, Vol. 184, No. 13
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.13.3746-3748.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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