PMID:19933356

Citation	Domain, F and Levy, SB (2010) GyrA interacts with MarR to reduce repression of the marRAB operon in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 192:942-8
Abstract	Bacterial two-hybrid studies of randomly cloned Escherichia coli DNA identified a physical interaction between GyrA, subunit A of gyrase, and MarR, a repressor of the marRAB operon. GyrA-His immobilized on Ni-nitrilotriacetic acid (NiNTA) resin bound MarR, while MarR alone did not bind. GyrA interfered with MarR binding to marO, as detected by electrophoretic mobility assays. In a strain bearing the marRAB operon and a marO-lacZ reporter, overexpression of GyrA increased LacZ activity, indicating decreased repression of marO-lacZ by MarR. These results were confirmed by an increased survival of cells treated with quinolones and other antibiotics when GyrA was overexpressed. This work, like a previous study examining TktA (12), shows that unrelated proteins can regulate MarR activity. The findings reveal an unexpected regulatory function of GyrA in antibiotic resistance.
Links	PubMed PMC2812966 Online version:10.1128/JB.01259-09
Keywords	Artificial Gene Fusion; DNA Gyrase/metabolism; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Genes, Reporter; Operon; Protein Binding; Protein Interaction Mapping; Repressor Proteins/metabolism; Two-Hybrid System Techniques; beta-Galactosidase/genetics; beta-Galactosidase/metabolism
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