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Structure-Function Relationship of the Lrp-binding Region Upstream of lysU in Escherichia coli
- Source :
- Journal of Molecular Biology. 241:378-389
- Publication Year :
- 1994
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1994.
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Abstract
- In Escherichia coli, one of the two genes encoding lysyl-tRNA synthetase, lysU, belongs to the regulon controlled by the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp). To map the site of Lrp action, mutants escaping regulation in rich medium were generated through random mutagenesis of the lysU promoter region. The mutations showed parallel effects on the strength of Lrp-DNA association, as measured in vitro by gel retardation experiments, and on the degree of repression of lysU expression by Lrp in vivo. In addition, DNase I and hydroxyl radical footprinting experiments indicated that several Lrp molecules bind to a DNA region of over 110 bp in a highly cooperative manner. This region, which encompasses the -35 box of the lysU promoter, was the target of all the mutations affecting the strength of the Lrp-DNA association. These mutations are frequently located in short A + T-rich runs distributed along the Lrp binding region with a periodicity of one helix turn. Because we could find such a regular alternance of A + T runs upstream of several other Lrp-regulated genes, we suggest that this pattern is one feature indicative of the binding of Lrp.
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
Transcription, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutant
DNA footprinting
Biology
Bacterial Proteins
Leucine
Structural Biology
Transcription (biology)
Escherichia coli
Leucine-responsive regulatory protein
Binding site
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Molecular Biology
Gene
Binding Sites
Base Sequence
Escherichia coli Proteins
Promoter
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein
Molecular biology
DNA-Binding Proteins
Kinetics
Regulon
Genes, Bacterial
Mutagenesis
biology.protein
RNA, Transfer, Lys
lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Transcription Factors
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00222836
- Volume :
- 241
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Molecular Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....728a053ad0df6ef97ebc1e5199fdbb74