Abstract
The araC gene of Citrobacter freundii was cloned into plasmid pBR322 and expressed in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The nucleotide sequence and the predicted translational product were determined and compared to those of E. coli, S. typhimurium and Erwinia carotovora. The predicted translational product is 281 amino acids (aa) long, identical in size to that of S. typhimurium, and is 11 and 29 aa shorter than that of E. coli and E. carotovora, respectively. The nucleotide sequence of the araC gene of C. freundii is 83% homologous to the araC genes of both E. coli and S. typhimurium, but only 60% homologous to that of E. carotovora with respect to the regions they share. The predicted amino acid sequence is highly conserved and shows 96% and 94% homology to S. typhimurium and E. coli, respectively. E. carotovora shows only a 58% aa homology. The activator and autoregulatory activities of each plasmid encoded AraC protein in a S. typhimurium araC:: lacZ protein fusion strain were examined.
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