PMID:3079718
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Blanco, C, Ritzenthaler, P and Mata-Gilsinger, M (1986) Negative dominant mutations of the uidR gene in Escherichia coli: genetic proof for a cooperative regulation of uidA expression. Genetics 112:173-82 |
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| Abstract |
The uidA gene is the first gene involved in the hexuronide-hexuronate pathway in Escherichia coli K-12 and is under the dual control of the uidR and uxuR encoded repressors. Point mutations affecting the uidR regulatory gene were sought to investigate the regulation of uidA. When the uidR mutant allele was on a multicopy plasmid and the wild-type allele was on the chromosome, some of the mutant phenotypes were dominant to the wild-type phenotype, indicating that the active form of the UidR repressor is multimeric. We have demonstrated that expression of the mutant phenotype is dependent on gene dosage. The dominance of the uidR allele was also sensitive to the presence of the wild-type uxuR allele in the cell. This behavior probably results from UidR-UxuR repressor interactions. A mechanism is proposed: we suggest that the UidR and UxuR repressors interact after their binding to the operator site of uidA; the binding of one regulatory molecule may facilitate the binding of the other one in a cooperative process. |
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Enzyme Induction; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Gene Expression Regulation; Genes, Bacterial; Genes, Dominant; Genes, Regulator; Glucuronidase/biosynthesis; Mutation; Operon; Phenotype; Plasmids; Repressor Proteins/genetics; beta-Galactosidase/biosynthesis |
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