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. 1986 Jan;202(1):58-61.
doi: 10.1007/BF00330517.

Regulation of exoprotein gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus by agar

P Recsei, B Kreiswirth, M O'Reilly, P Schlievert, A Gruss, R P Novick

Regulation of exoprotein gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus by agar

P Recsei et al. Mol Gen Genet. 1986 Jan.

Abstract

Insertion of the erythromycin-resistance transposon Tn551 into the Staphylococcus aureus chromosome at a site which maps between the purB and ilv loci has a pleiotrophic effect on the production of a number of extracellular proteins. Production of alpha, beta and delta hemolysin, toxic shock syndrome toxin (TSST-1) and staphylokinase was depressed about fifty-fold while protein A production was elevated twenty-fold. Hybridization analysis showed that the defect in expression of TSST-1 and alpha hemolysin was at the transcriptional level. Inability of the mutant strain to express either a cloned TSST-1 gene or the chromosomal gene indicates that the transposon has inactivated a trans-active positive control element. This element has been designated agr for accessory gene regulator.

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