Abstract
Mutants that require exogenous 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) for exponential growth were isolated from strains deficient in adenyl cyclase. Studies of one strain showed that cAMP is not incorporated into macromolecules; instead, it seems to have a regulatory function, i.e., in media lacking cAMP, cells form ribonucleic acid (RNA) and protein at linear rather than exponential rates. The exact lesion is not known; ribosomes, messenger RNA, and the beta and beta' subunits of RNA polymerase continue to be made in absence of added cAMP.
MeSH Terms
Adenylyl Cyclases
Coliphages
Cyclic AMP/metabolism
DNA, Bacterial
Electrophoresis
Escherichia coli/enzymology,growth & development,metabolism
Galactosidases/analysis
Genetic Code
Genetics, Microbial
Kinetics
Mutation/drug effects
Nitrosoguanidines/pharmacology
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
RNA Nucleotidyltransferases/analysis
RNA, Bacterial/biosynthesis
Transduction, Genetic
Chemicals
DNA, Bacterial
Nitrosoguanidines
RNA, Bacterial
Cyclic AMP
RNA Nucleotidyltransferases
Galactosidases
Adenylyl Cyclases
Authors & Affiliations
4 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Onishi Y
Silengo L
Kuwano M
Schlessinger D
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