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On the assumption that a cluster of five his genes (eight cistrons) in S. coelicolor corresponds to an operon, a genetic analysis of a constitutive mutant was carried out. This strain has a multi-site mutation localized at the (conventional) right end of the his cluster and is derepressed for at least two enzymes coded by genes of the cluster. The study of suitable heterozygous clones (heteroclones), showed the mutation to be cis-dominant, suggesting that the operator region is affected. Most likely the strain has a deletion connecting the his operon to an adjacent amm (ammonium requirement) operon as demonstrated by its inability to utilize nitrate as nitrogen source and to complement or recombine with two his cistrons and a near-by amm mutation.
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Carere, A., Russi, S., Bignami, M. et al. An operon for histidine biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor . Molec. Gen. Genet. 123, 219–224 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271240
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271240