PMID:7916011
| Citation |
Gally, DL, Rucker, TJ and Blomfield, IC (1994) The leucine-responsive regulatory protein binds to the fim switch to control phase variation of type 1 fimbrial expression in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 176:5665-72 |
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| Abstract |
Phase variation of type 1 fimbriation in Escherichia coli is associated with the site-specific recombination of a 314-bp DNA invertible element. The fim switch directs transcription of fimA, the major fimbrial subunit gene, in one orientation (on) but not the other (off). Switching requires either fimB (on-to-off or off-to-on inversion) or fimE (on-to-off inversion only) and is reduced sharply in strains containing lrp::Tn10 mutations. Both fimE-promoted switching and fimB-promoted switching are stimulated by the amino acids alanine, isoleucine, leucine, and valine, and this regulation requires lrp. Here it is shown that the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) binds in and adjacent to the fim switch. Mutations in fim that lower Lrp binding in vitro have corresponding effects on both fimB-promoted switching and fimE-promoted switching in vivo. Lrp initiates binding at one of two sites within the fim switch. Additional cooperative binding results in an extensive region of protection from both DNase I and 1,10-phenanthroline-copper complex-activated DNA cleavage. The region of protection can extend to within 12 bp of the right inverted repeat (switch off) and occupies over one-third of the switch. It is proposed that wrapping of fim DNA around an Lrp complex is required to form a recombination-proficient structure. |
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Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/physiology; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; DNA, Bacterial/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/physiology; Escherichia coli Proteins; Fimbriae Proteins; Fimbriae, Bacterial/physiology; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial/physiology; Integrases; Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutation/physiology; Recombination, Genetic; Transcription Factors; Transcription, Genetic/physiology |
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