Expression Analysis of Up-Regulated Genes Responding to Plumbagin in Escherichia coli
| Autor: | Wei Lun Sheng, Wan Syu, Yu Chen Wang, Jenn Wei Chen, Chang Ming Sun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Genomics and Proteomics
Molecular Sequence Data Mutagenesis (molecular biology technique) Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound Plasmid Consensus Sequence Genes Regulator Escherichia coli Consensus sequence medicine Amino Acid Sequence Molecular Biology Gene Escherichia coli Proteins Gene Expression Regulation Bacterial Peroxiredoxins Plumbagin Up-Regulation SOXS Regulon Peroxidases Biochemistry chemistry Genes Bacterial Mutation Trans-Activators Naphthoquinones |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Bacteriology. 188:456-463 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5530 0021-9193 |
| Popis: | Plumbagin is found in many medicinal plants and has been reported to have antimicrobial activities. We examined the molecular responses of Escherichia coli to plumbagin by using a proteomic approach to search for bacterial genes up-regulated by the drug. The protein profile obtained was compared with that of E. coli without the plumbagin treatment. Subsequent analyses of the induced proteins by mass spectroscopy identified several up-regulated genes, including ygfZ , whose function has not been defined. Analyses of the 5′-flanking sequences indicate that most of these genes contain a marbox-like stretch, and several of them are categorized as members of the mar / sox regulon. Representatives of these genes were cloned into plasmids, and the marbox-like sequences were modified by site-directed mutagenesis. It was proven that mutations in these regions substantially repressed the level of proteins encoded by the downstream genes. Furthermore, plumbagin's early effect was demonstrated to robustly induce SoxS rather than MarA, an observation distinctly different from that seen with sodium salicylate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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