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LaRossa RA, Van Dyk TK: Leaky pantothenate and thiamin mutations of Salmonella typhimurium conferring suphometuron methyl sensitivity. J Gen Microbiol. 1989 Aug;135(8):2209-22.
The herbicide suphometuron methyl inhibits the utilization of pyruvate and 2-ketobutyrate by the branched-chain amino acid biosynthetic enzyme acetolactate synthase. Eighteen insertions of the transposon Tn10 into the genome of Salmonella typhimurium LT2 caused hypersensitivity to this herbicide. Five of these insertions conferred a partial auxotrophic requirement. Concurrent herbicide sensitivity and heat-labile pantothenate auxotrophy was due to panD::Tn10 mutations, while coincident sulphometuron methyl sensitivity and thiamin auxotrophy was attributable to thiA::Tn10 mutations. The phenotypes of these mutations suggested that coenzyme A and thiamin pyrophosphate availability modulated the cells' response to sulphometuron methyl. A model suggesting a key role for 2-ketobutyrate accumulation in herbicide action is supported by the function of thiamin pyrophosphate in 2-ketoacid metabolism and the known role of a 2-ketoacid in coenzyme A synthesis. |
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