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Dissection of the transcription machinery for housekeeping genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

ABSTRACT: By using a PCR approach, the Bradyrhizobium japonicum sigA gene, which encodes the primary RNA polymerase sigma factor, sigma80, was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was established. The deduced protein is highly homologous to the SigA protein of Rhizobium meliloti (72% amino acid sequence identity) but less so to RpoD of Escherichia coli (51% identity). Well conserved is the C-terminal end of the protein, which is probably involved in promoter recognition and binding of the RNA polymerase core enzyme. A remarkable feature of the primary sequence is an alanine- and proline-rich segment of 24 amino acids between conserved regions 1 and 2, which might function as an interdomain linker. We purified the B. japonicum RNA polymerase holoenzyme. One of the subunits had an apparent molecular mass of 90 kDa and corresponded to the sigA gene product, as judged by N-terminal amino acid sequencing. The purified RNA polymerase was used in an in vitro transcription system to determine the transcription start sites of the rrn and groESL4 operons. They were identical to those previously identified in vivo. The rrn promoter was cloned upstream of a rho-independent terminator, yielding a transcript of about 240 bases. This served as a suitable template to analyze promoter activity. Then mutant derivatives of the rrn promoter were constructed and tested in in vitro transcription experiments. Several base pairs essential for promoter activity were thus identified. The results suggest that the well-characterized -35/-10 promoter class is predominantly used in B. japonicum for the expression of "housekeeping" genes.

SUBMITTER: Beck C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC178705 | biostudies-other | 1997 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Dissection of the transcription machinery for housekeeping genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

Beck C C Marty R R Kläusli S S Hennecke H H Göttfert M M

Journal of bacteriology 19970101 2

By using a PCR approach, the Bradyrhizobium japonicum sigA gene, which encodes the primary RNA polymerase sigma factor, sigma80, was cloned and its nucleotide sequence was established. The deduced protein is highly homologous to the SigA protein of Rhizobium meliloti (72% amino acid sequence identity) but less so to RpoD of Escherichia coli (51% identity). Well conserved is the C-terminal end of the protein, which is probably involved in promoter recognition and binding of the RNA polymerase cor ...[more]

PMID: 8990287

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Project description:Copper-limiting growth conditions were thought to cause an induction of genes possibly involved in copper uptake and sorting. This rationale in mind, we performed microarray analyses on B. japonicum cells grown in three variations of the BVM minimal medium. Variant 1 contained 2 M-NM-<M CuSO4 (copper excess). Variant 2 was prepared in HCl-treated glassware without any copper added (copper starvation). The residual copper concentration in this copper-starvation medium was analyzed by GF-AAS and determined to be 5 nM. Variant 3 (extreme copper limitation) was prepared like variant 2 but with the addition of 10 M-NM-<M BCS and 1 mM ascorbic acid where BCS chelates Cu(I) selectively, and ascorbic acid reduces any Cu(II) to Cu(I). Changes in the transcription profiles were recorded by the pairwise comparison of cells grown in variant 2 vs. 1, and variant 3 vs. 2. Only a small set of genes were differentially up- or down-regulated when copper-starved cells were compared with cells grown in copper excess. Most notably, five genes located adjacent to each other on the B. japonicum genome displayed an increased expression: bll4882 to bll4878. The five genes were named pcuA, pcuB, pcuC, pcuD, and pcuE (mnemonic of proteins for Cu trafficking). The genes with decreased expression are either of unknown function or M-bM-^@M-^S not surprisingly M-bM-^@M-^S play a role in copper resistance. Extreme copper limitation (variant 3 vs. 2) did not further enhance the expression of the five pcu genes. Instead, another cluster of adjacent genes was strongly up-regulated: bll0889 to bll0883, which code for unidentified transport functions. Incidentally, the list also includes the copper chaperone ScoI. Taken together, copper-limiting growth conditions have led to the de-repression of genes potentially involved in copper acquisition. Microarray-based transcriptome analysis of B. japonicum 110spc4 wild-type cells grown under normal, copper-limiting and copper excess conditions

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Dissection of the transcription machinery for housekeeping genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

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Dissection of the transcription machinery for housekeeping genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

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