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. 1987 Mar;169(3):1325-7.
doi: 10.1128/jb.169.3.1325-1327.1987.

Characterization of suppressible mutations in the viomycin phosphotransferase gene of the Streptomyces enteric plasmid pVE138

M J Paradiso, G Roberts, S L Streicher, R B Goldberg

Characterization of suppressible mutations in the viomycin phosphotransferase gene of the Streptomyces enteric plasmid pVE138

M J Paradiso et al. J Bacteriol. 1987 Mar.

Abstract

The viomycin phosphotransferase gene (vph) is expressed and confers resistance to viomycin in both Streptomyces spp. and members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. We report the isolation of UGA (opal) and UAG (amber) mutations in the vph gene of shuttle plasmid pVE138. We found that the five UGA mutations in vph resulted in a temperature-sensitive phenotype in Salmonella typhimurium. Su- strains are Vior at 28 degrees C and Vios at 37 degrees C, whereas Su+UGA strains are Vior at both 28 and 37 degrees C. The single amber mutation isolated was not temperature sensitive and resulted in the expected Vios phenotype in Su- strains and Vior in Su+UAG strains.

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