PMID:8752336

Citation	Gosink, KK, Gaal, T, Bokal, AJ 4th and Gourse, RL (1996) A positive control mutant of the transcription activator protein FIS. J. Bacteriol. 178:5182-7
Abstract	The FIS protein is a transcription activator of rRNA and other genes in Escherichia coli. We have identified mutants of the FIS protein resulting in reduced rrnB P1 transcription activation that nevertheless retain the ability to bind DNA in vivo. The mutations map to amino acid 74, the N-terminal amino acid of the protein's helix-turn-helix DNA binding motif, and to amino acids 71 and 72 in the adjoining surface-exposed loop. In vitro analyses of one of the activation-defective mutants (with a G-to-S mutation at position 72) indicates that it binds to and bends rrnB P1 FIS site I DNA the same as wild-type FIS. These data suggest that amino acids in this region of FIS are required for transcription activation by contacting RNA polymerase directly, independent of any other role(s) this region may play in DNA binding or protein-induced bending.
Links	PubMed PMC178315
Keywords	Binding Sites; Carrier Proteins/chemistry; Carrier Proteins/genetics; Carrier Proteins/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry; DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein; Integration Host Factors; Models, Molecular; Point Mutation; Trans-Activators/chemistry; Trans-Activators/genetics; Trans-Activators/metabolism; Transcriptional Activation; rRNA Operon
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