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Logel DY, Trofimova E, Jaschke PR. Codon-Restrained Method for Both Eliminating and Creating Intragenic Bacterial Promoters. ACS Synth Biol 2022; 11:689-699. [PMID: 35043622 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.1c00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Future applications of synthetic biology will require refactored genetic sequences devoid of internal regulatory elements within coding sequences. These regulatory elements include cryptic and intragenic promoters, which may constitute up to a third of the predicted Escherichia coli promoters. The promoter activity is dependent on the structural interaction of core bases with a σ factor. Rational engineering can be used to alter key promoter element nucleotides interacting with σ factors and eliminate downstream transcriptional activity. In this paper, we present codon-restrained promoter silencing (CORPSE), a system for removing intragenic promoters. CORPSE exploits the DNA-σ factor structural relationship to disrupt σ70 promoters embedded within gene coding sequences with a minimum of synonymous codon changes. Additionally, we present an inverted CORPSE system, iCORPSE, which can create highly active promoters within a gene sequence while not perturbing the function of the modified gene.
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- Dominic Y. Logel
- School of Natural Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia
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Genome-wide effects on Escherichia coli transcription from ppGpp binding to its two sites on RNA polymerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:8310-8319. [PMID: 30971496 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819682116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The second messenger nucleotide ppGpp dramatically alters gene expression in bacteria to adjust cellular metabolism to nutrient availability. ppGpp binds to two sites on RNA polymerase (RNAP) in Escherichia coli, but it has also been reported to bind to many other proteins. To determine the role of the RNAP binding sites in the genome-wide effects of ppGpp on transcription, we used RNA-seq to analyze transcripts produced in response to elevated ppGpp levels in strains with/without the ppGpp binding sites on RNAP. We examined RNAs rapidly after ppGpp production without an accompanying nutrient starvation. This procedure enriched for direct effects of ppGpp on RNAP rather than for indirect effects on transcription resulting from starvation-induced changes in metabolism or on secondary events from the initial effects on RNAP. The transcriptional responses of all 757 genes identified after 5 minutes of ppGpp induction depended on ppGpp binding to RNAP. Most (>75%) were not reported in earlier studies. The regulated transcripts encode products involved not only in translation but also in many other cellular processes. In vitro transcription analysis of more than 100 promoters from the in vivo dataset identified a large collection of directly regulated promoters, unambiguously demonstrated that most effects of ppGpp on transcription in vivo were direct, and allowed comparison of DNA sequences from inhibited, activated, and unaffected promoter classes. Our analysis greatly expands our understanding of the breadth of the stringent response and suggests promoter sequence features that contribute to the specific effects of ppGpp.
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Constitutive Expression of a Nag-Like Dioxygenase Gene through an Internal Promoter in the 2-Chloronitrobenzene Catabolism Gene Cluster of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2016; 82:3461-3470. [PMID: 27037114 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00197-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The gene cluster encoding the 2-chloronitrobenzene (2CNB) catabolism pathway in Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1 is a patchwork assembly of a Nag-like dioxygenase (dioxygenase belonging to the naphthalene dioxygenase NagAaAbAcAd family from Ralstonia sp. strain U2) gene cluster and a chlorocatechol catabolism cluster. However, the transcriptional regulator gene usually present in the Nag-like dioxygenase gene cluster is missing, leaving it unclear how this cluster is expressed. The pattern of expression of the 2CNB catabolism cluster was investigated here. The results demonstrate that the expression was constitutive and not induced by its substrate 2CNB or salicylate, the usual inducer of expression in the Nag-like dioxygenase family. Reverse transcription-PCR indicated the presence of at least one transcript containing all the structural genes for 2CNB degradation. Among the three promoters verified in the gene cluster, P1 served as the promoter for the entire catabolism operon, but the internal promoters P2 and P3 also enhanced the transcription of the genes downstream. The P3 promoter, which was not previously defined as a promoter sequence, was the strongest of these three promoters. It drove the expression of cnbAcAd encoding the dioxygenase that catalyzes the initial reaction in the 2CNB catabolism pathway. Bioinformatics and mutation analyses suggested that this P3 promoter evolved through the duplication of an 18-bp fragment and introduction of an extra 132-bp fragment. IMPORTANCE The release of many synthetic compounds into the environment places selective pressure on bacteria to develop their ability to utilize these chemicals to grow. One of the problems that a bacterium must surmount is to evolve a regulatory device for expression of the corresponding catabolism genes. Considering that 2CNB is a xenobiotic that has existed only since the onset of synthetic chemistry, it may be a good example for studying the molecular mechanisms underlying rapid evolution in regulatory networks for the catabolism of synthetic compounds. The 2CNB utilizer Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1 in this study has adapted itself to the new pollutant by evolving the always-inducible Nag-like dioxygenase into a constitutively expressed enzyme, and its expression has escaped the influence of salicylate. This may facilitate an understanding of how bacteria can rapidly adapt to the new synthetic compounds by evolving its expression system for key enzymes involved in the degradation of a xenobiotic.
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Gu P, Yang F, Kang J, Wang Q, Qi Q. One-step of tryptophan attenuator inactivation and promoter swapping to improve the production of L-tryptophan in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2012; 11:30. [PMID: 22380540 PMCID: PMC3311589 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-11-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND L-tryptophan is an aromatic amino acid widely used in the food, chemical and pharmaceutical industries. In Escherichia coli, L-tryptophan is synthesized from phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose 4-phosphate by enzymes in the shikimate pathway and L-tryptophan branch pathway, while L-serine and phosphoribosylpyrophosphate are also involved in L-tryptophan synthesis. In order to construct a microbial strain for efficient L-tryptophan production from glucose, we developed a one step tryptophan attenuator inactivation and promoter swapping strategy for metabolic flux optimization after a base strain was obtained by overexpressing the tktA, mutated trpE and aroG genes and inactivating a series of competitive steps. RESULTS The engineered E. coli GPT1002 with tryptophan attenuator inactivation and tryptophan operon promoter substitution exhibited 1.67 ~ 9.29 times higher transcription of tryptophan operon genes than the control GPT1001. In addition, this strain accumulated 1.70 g l(-1) L-tryptophan after 36 h batch cultivation in 300-mL shake flask. Bioreactor fermentation experiments showed that GPT1002 could produce 10.15 g l(-1) L-tryptophan in 48 h. CONCLUSIONS The one step inactivating and promoter swapping is an efficient method for metabolic engineering. This method can also be applied in other bacteria.
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- Pengfei Gu
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China
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Spira B, Aguena M, de Castro Oliveira JV, Yagil E. Alternative promoters in the pst operon of Escherichia coli. Mol Genet Genomics 2010; 284:489-98. [PMID: 20963440 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-010-0584-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The pst operon of Escherichia coli is composed of five genes pstS, pstC, pstA, pstB and phoU, that encode a high-affinity phosphate transport system and a negative regulator of the PHO regulon. Transcription of pst is induced under phosphate shortage and is initiated at the promoter located upstream of the first gene of the operon, pstS. Here, we show by four different technical approaches the existence of additional internal promoters upstream of pstC, pstB and phoU. These promoters are not induced by Pi-limitation and do not possess PHO-box sequences. Plasmids carrying the pst internal genes partially complement chromosomal mutations in their corresponding genes, indicating that they are translated into functional proteins.
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- Beny Spira
- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.
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Huang P, Pleasance ED, Maydan JS, Hunt-Newbury R, O’Neil NJ, Mah A, Baillie DL, Marra MA, Moerman DG, Jones SJ. Identification and analysis of internal promoters in Caenorhabditis elegans operons. Genome Res 2007; 17:1478-85. [PMID: 17712020 PMCID: PMC1987351 DOI: 10.1101/gr.6824707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The current Caenorhabditis elegans genomic annotation has many genes organized in operons. Using directionally stitched promoterGFP methodology, we have conducted the largest survey to date on the regulatory regions of annotated C. elegans operons and identified 65, over 25% of those studied, with internal promoters. We have termed these operons "hybrid operons." GFP expression patterns driven from internal promoters differ in tissue specificity from expression of operon promoters, and serial analysis of gene expression data reveals that there is a lack of expression correlation between genes in many hybrid operons. The average length of intergenic regions with putative promoter activity in hybrid operons is larger than previous estimates for operons as a whole. Genes with internal promoters are more commonly involved in gene duplications and have a significantly lower incidence of alternative splicing than genes without internal promoters, although we have observed almost all trans-splicing patterns in these two distinct groups. Finally, internal promoter constructs are able to rescue lethal knockout phenotypes, demonstrating their necessity in gene regulation and survival. Our work suggests that hybrid operons are common in the C. elegans genome and that internal promoters influence not only gene organization and expression but also operon evolution.
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- Peiming Huang
- Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Corresponding author.E-mail ; fax (604) 876-3561
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Harms EH, Umbarger HE. The absence of branched-chain amino acid and growth rate control at the internal ilvEp promoter of the ilvGMEDA operon. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:6446-52. [PMID: 1917871 PMCID: PMC208979 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.20.6446-6452.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The question of whether the promoter ilvEp, located in the coding region of ilvM, the second structural gene in the ilvGMEDA operon, is subject to either amino acid- or growth rate-mediated regulation is examined. The experiments described here were performed with ilvEp-cat and ilvEp-lac fusions carried as single copies on the chromosome. The activity of the ilvEp promoter was found to respond neither to the availability of branched-chain amino acids nor to a wide range of growth rates between 35 to 390 min. In the absence of any known role for the products of the ilvGMEDA operon when repressing levels of branched-chain amino acids are present, there appears to be only a gratuitous role for the transcription at ilvEp.
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- E H Harms
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Lorence MC, Maika SD, Rupert CS. Physical analysis of phr gene transcription in Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:6551-6. [PMID: 1699932 PMCID: PMC526844 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.11.6551-6556.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The phr gene of Escherichia coli K-12 encodes the light-dependent, DNA repair enzyme photolyase, which removes UV light-induced pyrimidine dimers from cellular DNA. From Southern hybridization analysis of several strains containing successively extended phr deletions, we have determined the direction of transcription of the phr gene on the E. coli K-12 chromosome. Northern (RNA) hybridization analysis suggests that the phr gene is cotranscribed with a previously identified gene of unknown function (orf169) into two messages of different lengths. S1 nuclease mapping analysis indicates that the two transcripts share a single termination site but initiate at two different sites. Finally, we have determined that the presence of orf169 is not necessary for phr gene activity in vivo.
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- M C Lorence
- Programs in Biology, University of Texas, Dallas, Richardson 75083-0688
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Knappe J, Sawers G. A radical-chemical route to acetyl-CoA: the anaerobically induced pyruvate formate-lyase system of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Rev 1990; 6:383-98. [PMID: 2248795 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04108.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Anaerobically growing Escherichia coli cells contain the enzyme pyruvate formate-lyase which catalyses the non-oxidative cleavage of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA and formate. The enzyme is subject to interconversion between inactive and active forms. The active form contains an oxygen-sensitive organic free radical located on the polypeptide chain which is essential for catalysis. It affords a novel homolytic C-C bond cleavage of the pyruvate substrate. The radical is generated by an iron-dependent converter enzyme which requires reduced flavodoxin and adenosyl methionine as co-substrates and pyruvate as a positive allosteric effector. A second converter enzyme, also iron-dependent, accomplishes the removal of the radical. This post-translational interconversion cycle controls the activity state of pyruvate formate-lyase in the anaerobic cell. Anaerobic conditions also regulate pyruvate formate-lyase at the level of gene expression. Multiple promoters are responsible for effecting a twelve to fifteen fold induction and they are coordinately controlled in response to the oxygen and metabolic status of the cell by sequences which are located far upstream of the pfl coding region. The transcription factor Fnr has been identified as being responsible for part of the anaerobic control of pfl expression, probably through direct interaction with the upstream sequences. In contrast, the expression of the gene encoding the first iron-dependent converter enzyme is unaffected by anaerobiosis and is independent of the Fnr protein.
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- J Knappe
- Institut für Biologische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, F.R.G
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Liebig HD, Rüger W. Bacteriophage T4 early promoter regions. Consensus sequences of promoters and ribosome-binding sites. J Mol Biol 1989; 208:517-36. [PMID: 2810355 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90145-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Twenty-nine early promoters from bacteriophage T4 and 14 early promoters from bacteriophage T6 were isolated using vector M13HDL17, a promoterless derivative of M13mp8 carrying a linker sequence, the bacteriophage lambda-terminator tR1, and the lacZ' gene including part of its ribosome-binding site. The consensus sequence for the T4 promoters is: (sequence; see text). Ribosome-binding sites of T4 share the sequence: 5'...g.GGAga..aA.ATGAa.a...3' The consensus sequence of the T4 early promoter regions is significantly different in sequence and length from that of Escherichia coli promoters. Only one of the promoters detected with vector M13HDL17 resembled a typical bacterial promoter. The high information content raises the possibility that additional proteins recognize and contact nucleotides within the promoter region. All T4 early promoters also carry DNA sequences that could support DNA curving, a structural feature that might contribute to promoter recognition.
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- H D Liebig
- Arbeitsgruppe Molekulare Genetik Lehrstuhl Biologie der Mikroorganismen Ruhr-Universität Bochum, F.R.G
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Sawers G, Böck A. Novel transcriptional control of the pyruvate formate-lyase gene: upstream regulatory sequences and multiple promoters regulate anaerobic expression. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:2485-98. [PMID: 2651404 PMCID: PMC209925 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.5.2485-2498.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The sequence of the 5' regulatory region of the gene encoding pyruvate formate-lyase is presented together with a detailed analysis of the transcriptional signals required for its expression. The sequence data revealed that a gene coding for an open reading frame (orf) of unknown function is situated just upstream of the pfl gene. Analysis of RNA transcripts by Northern blot hybridization demonstrated that the genes for orf and pfl were cotranscribed as an operon but that the pfl gene was also transcribed alone. S1 nuclease protection analysis, primer extension, and construction of lacZ fusions with sequential deletions in the pfl 5' regulatory sequence revealed that transcription initiated from at least six promoters which spanned 1.2 kilobases of DNA. Three of these lay within the orf structural gene and were responsible for the high expression of pfl. All transcripts originating from these promoters terminated in the 3' untranslated region of the pfl gene at a strong rho-independent transcription terminator. All of the promoters were coordinately regulated by anaerobiosis, pyruvate, nitrate, and the fnr gene product, and the sequences thought to be responsible for this regulation lay 0.8 to 1.3 kilobases upstream of the translational initiation codon of the pfl gene. There were two sequences within this region which showed strong homology with that proposed to be required for recognition by the Fnr protein.
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- G Sawers
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität München, Federal Republic of Germany
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Andersen K, Wilke-Douglas M. Genetic and physical mapping and expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa of the chromosomally encoded ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase genes of Alcaligenes eutrophus. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:1997-2004. [PMID: 3106327 PMCID: PMC212071 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.5.1997-2004.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that functional ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBPCase, rbc) genes in Alcaligenes eutrophus ATCC 17707 are present both on the chromosome and on the indigenous plasmid pAE7. Here we demonstrate that the chromosomal rbc locus encodes both a large (rbcL)- and a small (rbcS)-subunit gene. A 2.3-kilobase DNA fragment containing both subunit genes was subcloned into the broad-host-range vector pRK310 to yield plasmid pAE312. This plasmid was transferred into Pseudomonas aeruginosa in which expression of both the rbcL and rbcS genes took place, as demonstrated by Western blot analysis. A high level of RuBPCase activity was observed for P. aeruginosa(pAE312), suggesting that assembly of the subunits took place. Plasmid pAE312 was mutagenized with Tn5 in Escherichia coli. Complementation of A. eutrophus RuBPCase structural gene mutants with pAE312 containing mapped Tn5 insertions allowed functional analysis of the rbc gene region. The polar effect of the Tn5 insertions suggested that the two subunit genes were cotranscribed in A. eutrophus, with rbcL located promoter proximal. Northern blot analysis of total RNA from P. aeruginosa(pAE312) confirmed cotranscription of the two subunit genes. DNA probes containing both the rbcL and rbcS genes, or fragments of each gene, all hybridized to a predominant transcript about 2.1-kilobases long. These observations indicate that the chromosomally encoded rbcL and rbcS genes of A. eutrophus constitute an operon.
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The purE operon of Escherichia coli has been cloned and localized to a 1.7-kb HpaI fragment. The operon has been further characterized by subcloning into the lac fusion vector, pMC1403, and by the construction of BAL 31-generated deletions. The purE regulation region has been identified by assay of beta-galactosidase produced by pur-lac fusion plasmids and by RNA polymerase binding to end-labelled restriction fragments. Two purE promoters have been identified; one strong that is regulated by purines, the other weaker which is not regulated. The latter may be internal to the purE1 structural gene.
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Sancar GB, Smith FW, Lorence MC, Rupert CS, Sancar A. Sequences of the Escherichia coli photolyase gene and protein. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)91118-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Horowitz H, Van Arsdell J, Platt T. Nucleotide sequence of the trpD and trpC genes of Salmonella typhimurium. J Mol Biol 1983; 169:775-97. [PMID: 6355484 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(83)80136-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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We have completed the nucleotide sequence determination of trpD and trpC, the second and third genes of the trp operon of Salmonella typhimurium. These genes encode two bifunctional proteins thought to have arisen by gene fusions: the trpD polypeptide contains the glutamine amido transferase and the phosphoribosyl anthranilate transferase activities, and the trpC protein possesses the N-(5'-phosphoribosyl)-anthranilic acid isomerase and the indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthetase activities. The trpD gene consists of 1593 nucleotides encoding 531 amino acids, and possesses an internal promoter (p2) located within a region from about 1400 to 1441 of the nucleotide sequence. The trpC gene contains 1356 nucleotides encoding 452 amino acids. In this paper we compare the trpD and trpC genes of S. typhimurium to those of Escherichia coli with respect to codon usage, nucleotide and amino acid conservation, p2 promoter characteristics and intercistronic regions. The sequence of the two genes we present here completes the sequence determination of the trp operon of S. typhimurium and should prove useful in comparisons with the E. coli trp operon and in future studies of operon structure in S. typhimurium.
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