PMID:9159523
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De Las Peñas, A, Connolly, L and Gross, CA (1997) The sigmaE-mediated response to extracytoplasmic stress in Escherichia coli is transduced by RseA and RseB, two negative regulators of sigmaE. Mol. Microbiol. 24:373-85 |
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| Abstract |
The extracytoplasmic stress response in Escherichia coli is controlled by the alternative sigma factor, sigma(E). sigma(E) activity is uniquely induced by the accumulation of outer membrane protein precursors in the periplasmic space, and leads to the increased production of several proteins, including the periplasmic protease DegP, that are thought to be required for maintaining cellular integrity under stress conditions. Genetic and biochemical experiments show that sigma(E) activity is under the control of three genes, rseABC (for regulator of sigma E), encoded immediately downstream of the sigma factor. Deletion of rseA leads to a 25-fold induction of sigma(E) activity. RseA is predicted to be an inner membrane protein, and the purified cytoplasmic domain binds to and inhibits sigma(E)-directed transcription in vitro, indicating that RseA acts as an anti-sigma factor. Deletion of rseB leads to a slight induction of sigma(E), indicating that RseB is also a negative regulator of sigma(E). RseB is a periplasmic protein and was found to co-purify with the periplasmic domain of RseA, indicating that RseB probably exerts negative activity on sigma(E) through RseA. Deletion of rseC, in contrast, has no effect on sigma(E) activity under steady-state conditions. Under induction conditions, strains lacking RseB and/or C show wild-type induction of sigma(E) activity, indicating either the presence of multiple pathways regulating sigma(E) activity, or the ability of RseA alone to both sense and transmit information to sigma(E). |
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/physiology; Cloning, Molecular; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis; Open Reading Frames; Plasmids; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism; Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology; Sequence Deletion; Sigma Factor/genetics; Sigma Factor/metabolism; Signal Transduction/genetics; Signal Transduction/physiology; Transcription Factors/genetics; Transcription Factors/metabolism; Transcription, Genetic; Transduction, Genetic |
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