Benzoate-dependent induction from the OP2 operator-promoter region of the TOL plasmid pWWO in the absence of known plasmid regulatory genes

SM Cuskey, AB Sprenkle - Journal of bacteriology, 1988 - Am Soc Microbiol
Expression of the lower catabolic pathway of the TOL plasmid pWWO requires an aromatic
acid inducer and the product of the xylS regulatory gene. Pseudomonas putida cells …

Molecular cloning of gene xylS of the TOL plasmid: evidence for positive regulation of the xylDEGF operon by xylS

S Inouye, A Nakazawa, T Nakazawa - Journal of bacteriology, 1981 - Am Soc Microbiol
The xylDEGF operon and the regulatory gene xylS of the TOL plasmid found in
Pseudomonas putida mt-2 were cloned onto Escherichia coli vector plasmids. A 9.5 …

The xylS gene positive regulator of TOL plasmid pWWO: Identification, sequence analysis and overproduction leading to constitutive expression of meta cleavage …

N Mermod, JL Ramos, A Bairoch, KN Timmis - Molecular and General …, 1987 - Springer
The Pseudomonas putida TOL plasmid pWWO carries an operon that specifies a meta-
cleavage pathway for the catabolism of benzoate and toluates whose transcription is …

Transcription of the TOL plasmid toluate catabolic pathway operon of Pseudomonas putida is determined by a pair of co‐ordinately and positively regulated …

N Mermod, PR Lehrbach, W Reineke… - The EMBO …, 1984 - embopress.org
Expression of the meta‐cleavage pathway operon of TOL plasmid pWW0 of Pseudomonas
putida is positively regulated by the xylS gene product. We have sequenced the promoter …

Molecular cloning of regulatory gene xylR and operator-promoter regions of the xylABC and xylDEGF operons of the TOL plasmid

S Inouye, A Nakazawa, T Nakazawa - Journal of bacteriology, 1983 - Am Soc Microbiol
The regulatory gene xylR of the TOL plasmid, which functions positively on both xylABC and
xylDEGF operons in the presence of m-xylene or m-methylbenzyl alcohol, was cloned onto …

Characterization of five genes in the upper-pathway operon of TOL plasmid pWW0 from Pseudomonas putida and identification of the gene products

S Harayama, M Rekik, M Wubbolts, K Rose… - Journal of …, 1989 - Am Soc Microbiol
The upper operon of the TOL plasmid pWW0 of Pseudomonas putida encodes a set of
enzymes which transform toluene and xylenes to benzoate and toluates. The genetic …

Transcriptional control of the Pseudomonas putida TOL plasmid catabolic pathways

S Marqués, JL Ramos - Molecular microbiology, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
TOL plasmid pWWO of Pseudomonas putida contains two operons that specify a pathway
for the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. The upper pathway operon encodes the …

Localization and functional analysis of transposon mutations in regulatory genes of the TOL catabolic pathway

FC Franklin, PR Lehrbach, R Lurz… - Journal of …, 1983 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mutant derivatives of the TOL plasmid pWW0-161, containing Tn5 insertions in the xylS and
xylR regulatory genes of the catabolic pathway, have been identified and characterized. The …

The organization of the Pm promoter of the TOL plasmid reflects the structure of its cognate activator protein XylS

B Kessler, KN Timmis, V de Lorenzo - Molecular and General Genetics …, 1994 - Springer
The toluate catabolic operon carried by the TOL plasmid pWWO of Pseudomonas putida is
positively regulated by the benzoate-responsive XylS protein which, when activated …

Mutations leading to constitutive expression from the TOL plasmid meta-cleavage pathway operon are located at the C-terminal end of the positive regulator protein …

LM Zhou, KN Timmis, JL Ramos - Journal of bacteriology, 1990 - Am Soc Microbiol
The XylS protein is the positive activator of the TOL plasmid meta-cleavage pathway operon
for the metabolism of alkylbenzoates in Pseudomonas putida. The regulator stimulates …