PMID:11443092
| Citation |
Zheng, M, Wang, X, Doan, B, Lewis, KA, Schneider, TD and Storz, G (2001) Computation-directed identification of OxyR DNA binding sites in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 183:4571-9 |
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| Abstract |
A computational search was carried out to identify additional targets for the Escherichia coli OxyR transcription factor. This approach predicted OxyR binding sites upstream of dsbG, encoding a periplasmic disulfide bond chaperone-isomerase; upstream of fhuF, encoding a protein required for iron uptake; and within yfdI. DNase I footprinting assays confirmed that oxidized OxyR bound to the predicted site centered 54 bp upstream of the dsbG gene and 238 bp upstream of a known OxyR binding site in the promoter region of the divergently transcribed ahpC gene. Although the new binding site was near dsbG, Northern blotting and primer extension assays showed that OxyR binding to the dsbG-proximal site led to the induction of a second ahpCF transcript, while OxyR binding to the ahpCF-proximal site leads to the induction of both dsbG and ahpC transcripts. Oxidized OxyR binding to the predicted site centered 40 bp upstream of the fhuF gene was confirmed by DNase I footprinting, but these assays further revealed a second higher-affinity site in the fhuF promoter. Interestingly, the two OxyR sites in the fhuF promoter overlapped with two regions bound by the Fur repressor. Expression analysis revealed that fhuF was repressed by hydrogen peroxide in an OxyR-dependent manner. Finally, DNase I footprinting experiments showed OxyR binding to the site predicted to be within the coding sequence of yfdI. These results demonstrate the versatile modes of regulation by OxyR and illustrate the need to learn more about the ensembles of binding sites and transcripts in the E. coli genome. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC95352 Online version:10.1128/JB.183.15.4571-4579.2001 |
| Keywords |
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; Iron-Binding Proteins; Molecular Sequence Data; Oxidoreductases/genetics; Periplasmic Binding Proteins; Periplasmic Proteins; Peroxidases/genetics; Peroxiredoxins; Promoter Regions, Genetic; Repressor Proteins/genetics; Repressor Proteins/metabolism; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Transcriptional Activation |
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