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Cloning and characterization of the str operon and elongation factor Tu expression in Bacillus stearothermophilus.


ABSTRACT: The complete primary structure of the str operon of Bacillus stearothermophilus was determined. It was established that the operon is a five-gene transcriptional unit: 5'-ybxF (unknown function; homology to eukaryotic ribosomal protein L30)-rpsL (S12)-rpsG (S7)-fus (elongation factor G [EF-G])-tuf (elongation factor Tu [EF-Tu])-3'. The main operon promoter (strp) was mapped upstream of ybxF, and its strength was compared with the strength of the tuf-specific promoter (tufp) located in the fus-tuf intergenic region. The strength of the tufp region to initiate transcription is about 20-fold higher than that of the strp region, as determined in chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assays. Deletion mapping experiments revealed that the different strengths of the promoters are the consequence of a combined effect of oppositely acting cis elements, identified upstream of strp (an inhibitory region) and tufp (a stimulatory A/T-rich block). Our results suggest that the oppositely adjusted core promoters significantly contribute to the differential expression of the str operon genes, as monitored by the expression of EF-Tu and EF-G.

SUBMITTER: Krasny L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC94746 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cloning and characterization of the str operon and elongation factor Tu expression in Bacillus stearothermophilus.

Krásný L L   Vacík T T   Fucík V V   Jonák J J  

Journal of bacteriology 20001101 21


The complete primary structure of the str operon of Bacillus stearothermophilus was determined. It was established that the operon is a five-gene transcriptional unit: 5'-ybxF (unknown function; homology to eukaryotic ribosomal protein L30)-rpsL (S12)-rpsG (S7)-fus (elongation factor G [EF-G])-tuf (elongation factor Tu [EF-Tu])-3'. The main operon promoter (strp) was mapped upstream of ybxF, and its strength was compared with the strength of the tuf-specific promoter (tufp) located in the fus-tu  ...[more]

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