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Structural alterations in the translational attenuator of constitutively expressed ermC genes.

ABSTRACT: Sequence deletions of 16, 59, and 111 bp as well as a tandem duplication of 272 bp with respect to the corresponding sequence of pT48 were identified in the regulatory regions of constitutively expressed ermC genes. Constitutive ermC gene expression as a consequence of these structural alterations is based on either the prevention of the formation of mRNA secondary structures in the translational attenuator or the preferential formation of those mRNA secondary structures which do not interfere with the translation of the ermC transcripts. A model for the development of sequence deletions in the ermC translational attenuator by homologous recombination is presented and experimentally tested by in vitro selection of constitutively expressed mutants in staphylococcal strains deficient and proficient in homologous recombination.

SUBMITTER: Werckenthin C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC89343 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Jul

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Structural alterations in the translational attenuator of constitutively expressed ermC genes.

Werckenthin C C Schwarz S S Westh H H

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 19990701 7

Sequence deletions of 16, 59, and 111 bp as well as a tandem duplication of 272 bp with respect to the corresponding sequence of pT48 were identified in the regulatory regions of constitutively expressed ermC genes. Constitutive ermC gene expression as a consequence of these structural alterations is based on either the prevention of the formation of mRNA secondary structures in the translational attenuator or the preferential formation of those mRNA secondary structures which do not interfere w ...[more]

PMID: 10390222

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