Activation of transcription initiation from a stable RNA promoter by a Fis protein-mediated DNA structural transmission mechanism
| Autor: | Michael L, Opel, Kimberly A, Aeling, Walter M, Holmes, Reid C, Johnson, Craig J, Benham, G Wesley, Hatfield |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Bacterial Transcriptional Activation RNA Transfer Leu Base Sequence DNA Superhelical Escherichia coli Proteins Molecular Sequence Data DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases Gene Expression Regulation Bacterial DNA-Binding Proteins RNA Bacterial Genes Bacterial Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein Mutation Escherichia coli Nucleic Acid Conformation Promoter Regions Genetic Protein Binding |
| Zdroj: | Molecular microbiology. 53(2) |
| ISSN: | 0950-382X |
| Popis: | The leuV operon of Escherichia coli encodes three of the four genes for the tRNA1Leu isoacceptors. Transcription from this and other stable RNA promoters is known to be affected by a cis-acting UP element and by Fis protein interactions with the carboxyl-terminal domain of the alpha-subunits of RNA polymerase. In this report, we suggest that transcription from the leuV promoter also is activated by a Fis-mediated, DNA supercoiling-dependent mechanism similar to the IHF-mediated mechanism described previously for the ilvP(G) promoter (S. D. Sheridan et al., 1998, J Biol Chem 273: 21298-21308). We present evidence that Fis binding results in the translocation of superhelical energy from the promoter-distal portion of a supercoiling-induced DNA duplex destabilized (SIDD) region to the promoter-proximal portion of the leuV promoter that is unwound within the open complex. A mutant Fis protein, which is defective in contacting the carboxyl-terminal domain of the alpha-subunits of RNA polymerase, remains competent for stimulating open complex formation, suggesting that this DNA supercoiling-dependent component of Fis-mediated activation occurs in the absence of specific protein interactions between Fis and RNA polymerase. Fis-mediated translocation of superhelical energy from upstream binding sites to the promoter region may be a general feature of Fis-mediated activation of transcription at stable RNA promoters, which often contain A+T-rich upstream sequences. |
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