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Sequence and analysis of the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

ABSTRACT: The rpoB gene encodes the beta subunit of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of bacteria. Mutations in defined areas result in resistance to rifampin. Mycobacterium smegmatis is naturally resistant to rifampin, but analysis of the rpoB gene revealed no identifiable rifampin resistance mutations. Another mechanism of resistance may be present.

SUBMITTER: Hetherington SV

PROVIDER: S-EPMC162905 | biostudies-other | 1995 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Sequence and analysis of the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Hetherington S V SV Watson A S AS Patrick C C CC

Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 19950901 9

The rpoB gene encodes the beta subunit of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of bacteria. Mutations in defined areas result in resistance to rifampin. Mycobacterium smegmatis is naturally resistant to rifampin, but analysis of the rpoB gene revealed no identifiable rifampin resistance mutations. Another mechanism of resistance may be present. ...[more]

PMID: 8540740

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Project description:The DNA sequence of the promoter region of the Mycobacterium smegmatis rpsL gene, which encodes the S12 ribosomal protein, was determined. Primer extension analysis and S1 nuclease protection experiments identified the 5' end of the rpsL mRNA to be 199 bp upstream of the translation initiation codon. The rpsL promoter contained sequences upstream of this start point for transcription that were similar to the canonical hexamers found at the -10 and -35 regions of promoters recognized by Esigma70, the major form of RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli. To define the promoter of the rpsL gene, DNA fragments containing progressive deletions of the upstream region of the rpsL gene were inserted into a plasmid vector containing a promoterless xylE gene. These insertions revealed that the 200 bp of DNA sequence immediately upstream from the translation initiation codon was not essential for promoter function. In addition, 5' deletions removing all but 34 bp upstream of the transcription start point retained greater than 90% promoter activity, suggesting that the -35 hexamer was not essential for promoter activity. To determine which nucleotides were critical for promoter function, oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis and mutagenic PCR amplification were used to produce point mutations in the region upstream of the start point of transcription. Single base substitutions in the -10 hexamer, but not in the -35 hexamer, severely reduced rpsL promoter activity in vivo. Within the -10 hexamer, nucleotide substitutions causing divergence from the E. Coli sigma70 consensus reduced promoter activity. The DNA sequence immediately upstream from the - 10 hexamer contained the TGn motif described as an extended -10 region in prokaryotic promoters. Mutations in this motif, in combination with a transition at either the -38 or -37 position within the -35 hexamer, severely reduced promoter activity, indicating that in the absence of a functional -35 region, the rpsL promoter is dependent on the TGn sequence upstream from the -10 hexamer. Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of the rpsL promoter region of M. smegmatis with the homologous sequences from Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium bovis, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis showed the presence in these slowly growing mycobacterial species of conserved promoter elements a similar distance upstream of the translation initiation codon of the rpsL gene, but these other mycobacterial promoters did not contain the extended -10 motif.

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Sequence and analysis of the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

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Sequence and analysis of the rpoB gene of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

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