PMID:9515937
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Germer, J, Muffler, A and Hengge-Aronis, R (1998) Trehalose is not relevant for in vivo activity of sigmaS-containing RNA polymerase in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 180:1603-6 |
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| Abstract |
The sigmaS- and sigma70-associated forms of RNA polymerase core enzyme (E) of Escherichia coli have very similar promoter recognition specificities in vitro. Nevertheless, the in vivo expression of many stress response genes is strongly dependent on sigmaS. Based on in vitro assays, it has recently been proposed that the disaccharide trehalose specifically stimulates the formation and activity of EsigmaS and thereby contributes to promoter selectivity (S. Kusano and A. Ishihama, J. Bacteriol. 179:3649-3654, 1997). However, we demonstrate here that a trehalose-free otsA mutant exhibits growth phase-related and osmotic induction of various sigmaS-dependent genes which is indistinguishable from that of an otherwise isogenic wild-type strain and that stationary-phase cells do not accumulate trehalose (even though the trehalose-synthesizing enzymes are induced). We conclude that in vivo trehalose does not play a role in the expression of sigmaS-dependent genes and therefore also not in sigma factor selectivity at the promoters of these genes. |
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Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Cell Cycle; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics; DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/metabolism; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Gene Expression; Glucosyltransferases/genetics; Glucosyltransferases/metabolism; Osmotic Pressure; Promoter Regions, Genetic; S Phase; Sigma Factor/genetics; Sigma Factor/metabolism; Trehalose/metabolism |
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