Transcription Regulation by Tandem-Bound FNR at Escherichia coli Promoters
| Autor: | Stephen J. W. Busby, Anne M. L. Barnard, Jeffrey Green |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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DNA
Bacterial Iron-Sulfur Proteins inorganic chemicals Transcription Genetic Molecular Sequence Data DNA Footprinting DNA footprinting macromolecular substances Biology environment and public health Microbiology chemistry.chemical_compound Transcription (biology) Escherichia coli Transcriptional regulation Gene Regulation Binding site Promoter Regions Genetic Molecular Biology Psychological repression Transcription factor Binding Sites Base Sequence Escherichia coli Proteins Promoter Gene Expression Regulation Bacterial Molecular biology Cell biology enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates) chemistry bacteria DNA |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Bacteriology. 185:5993-6004 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5530 0021-9193 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jb.185.20.5993-6004.2003 |
| Popis: | FNR is an Escherichia coli transcription factor that regulates the transcription of many genes in response to anaerobiosis. We have constructed a series of artificial FNR-dependent promoters, based on the melR promoter, in which a consensus FNR binding site was centered at position −41.5 relative to the transcription start site. A second consensus FNR binding site was introduced at different upstream locations, and promoter activity was assayed in vivo. FNR can activate transcription from these promoters when the upstream FNR binding site is located at many different positions. However, sharp repression is observed when the upstream-bound FNR is located near positions −85 or −95. This repression is relieved by the FNR G74C substitution mutant, previously identified as being defective in transcription repression at the yfiD promoter. A parallel series of artificial FNR-dependent promoters, carrying a consensus FNR binding site at position −61.5 and a second upstream DNA site for FNR, was also constructed. Again, promoter activity was repressed by FNR when the upstream-bound FNR was located at particular positions. |
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