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The sequences of these five proteins were multiply aligned, and an evolutionary tree was constructed from the alignment.","Among the regions of homology shared by the TonB-dependent transport proteins is a domain with which the TonB protein putatively interacts. The region of the cir gene which encodes this putative TonB-interaction site was mutagenized in vitro. One of the mutations obtained replaced valine 10 with a glycine. The phenotype of this mutant was identical to the phenotype of a tonB mutant. Cells carrying this mutation were insensitive to colicin I but bound $\\sp{125}$I-colicin I at wild-type levels. The phenotype conferred by this mutation was suppressible by mutations in the tonB gene indicating that the Cir and TonB proteins directly interact.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T12:08:57Z (GMT). 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