All strains, plasmids and primers used in this study are listed in Tables S5, S6 and S7, respectively. All plasmids used for
in vivo experiments are derivatives of pJN105 (Newman & Fuqua, 1999 (
link)). Amino acid substitutions in the DPBB domain of RlpA were generated using a multistep PCR procedure involving megapriming (Kwok
et al., 1994 (
link)). Plasmids for overproducing hexahistidine (His
6-) tagged RlpA variants are derivatives of
pQE-80L (Qiagen). All strains used for
in vivo experiments are derivatives of
P. aeruginosa strain UCBPP- PA14. All deletion constructs were generated using plasmid pEXG2 as previously described (Rietsch
et al., 2005 (
link)). pEXG2 derivatives were transferred from derivatives of
E. coli strain SM10 to wild type PA14 by conjugation as described (Schweizer, 1992 (
link)) except that Irg was used to counter select against the
E. coli donor strain because a Δ
rlpA mutant is not viable on the (low osmolarity) minimal-citrate media often used to counter select
E. coli after such matings. Resolution of the co-integrant was selected for on LB0N plates containing 5% sucrose (~150 mM, which allows for growth of the Δ
rlpA mutant in the absence of NaCl).
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