An evolutionary analysis of nitric oxide reductase gene norV in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157

2015
Abstract A novel virulence gene, norV , that encodes nitric oxide (NO) reductase, was examined to investigate the emergence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157 subgroup C clusters 2 and 3 from subgroup C cluster 1. Deletion of norV occurred at a point between cluster 1 and cluster 2 just after or at the same time that an stx2bacteriophage, which retains Shiga toxin2 gene, was inserted into wrbA , which encodes a novel multimeric flavodoxin-like protein, in EHEC O157. Sensitivity of NO to anaerobic growth was correlated with the deletion of norV in all EHEC O157 individuals tested. The C467A mutation of fimH , which encodes minor component of type 1 fimbriae, occurred within cluster 1, not as a transition from cluster 1 to cluster 2, indicating that there is a cluster 1 minority branch that leads to cluster 2. These data refine the evolutionary history of an emerging EHEC O157.
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