Identification of the promoter region for the colanic acid polysaccharide biosynthetic genes in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 4273-4280

  Stout, Valerie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; COLANIC ACID; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029898123     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.14.4273-4280.1996     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Allen, P., C. A. Hart, and J. R. Saunders. 1987. Isolation from Klebsiella and characterization of two res genes that activate colanic acid capsular biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. J. Gen. Microbiol. 133:331-340.
2. Arakawa, Y., R. Wacharotayankun, T. Nagatsuka, H. Ito, N. Kato, and M. Ohta. 1995. Genomic organization of the Klebsiella pneumonias cps region responsible for serotype K2 capsular polysaccharide synthesis in the virulent strain Chedid. J. Bacteriol. 177:1788-1796.
3. Bernhard, F., K. Poetter, K. Geider, and D. L. Coplin. 1990. The rcsA gene from Erwinia amylovora: identification, nucleotide sequence, and regulation of exopolysaccharide biosynthesis. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 3:429-437.
4. Brill, J., C. Quinlan-Walshe, and S. Gottesman. 1988. Fine-structure mapping and identification of two regulators of capsule synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 170:2599-2611.
5. Bugert, P., and K. Geider. 1995. Molecular analysis of the ams operon required for exopolysaccharide synthesis of Erwinia amylovora. Mol. Microbiol. 15:917-933.
6. Chatterjee, A., W. A. Chun, and A. K. Chatterjee. 1990. Isolation and characterization of an rcsA-like gene of Erwinia amylovora that activates extra-cellular polysaccharide production in Erwinia species, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 3:144-148.
7. Coleman, M., R. Pearce, E. Hitchin, J. Busfield, J. W. Mansfield, and I. S. Roberts. 1990. Molecular cloning, expression and nucleotide sequence of the rcsA gene of Erwinia amylovora, encoding a positive regulator of capsule expression: evidence for a family of related capsule activator proteins. J. Gen. Microbiol. 136:1799-1806.
8. Frosch, M., U. Edwards, K. Bousset, B. Krausse, and C. Weisgerber. 1991. Evidence for a common molecular origin of the capsule gene loci in Gram-negative bacteria expressing group II capsular polysaccharides. Mol. Microbiol. 5:1251-1263.
9. Genetics Computer Group. 1991. Program manual for the Wisconsin package, version 7, April 1991, 575 Science Dr., Madison, Wis.
10. Gervais, F. G., P. Phoenix, and G. R. Drapeau. 1992. The rcsB gene, a positive regulator of colanic acid biosynthesis in Escherichia coli, is also an activator of ftsZ expression. J. Bacteriol. 174:3936-3971.
11. Geobel, W. F. 1963. Colanic acid. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 49:464-471.
12. Gottesntan, S. Personal communication.
13. Gottesman, S., and V. Stout. 1991. Regulation of capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. Mol. Microbiol. 5:1599-1606.
14. Gottesman, S., P. Trisler, and A. Torres-Cabassa. 1985. Regulation of capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12: characterization of three regulatory genes. J. Bacteriol. 162:1111-1119.
15. Gutnick, D. Personal communication.
16. Hawley, D. K., and W. R. McClure. 1983. Compilation and analysis of Escherichia coli promoter DNA sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 11:2237-2255.
17. Hinton, D. 1989. Transcript analyses of the uvsX-40-41 region of bacteriophage T4. J. Biol. Chem. 264:14432-14439.
18. Hobbs, M., and P. Reeves. 1994. The JUMPstart sequence: a 39 bp element common to several polysaccharide gene clusters. Mol. Microbiol. 12:855-856.
19. Houng, H.-S. H., K. F. Noon, J. T. Ou, and L. S. Baron. 1992. Expression of Vi antigen in Escherichia coli K-12: characterization of ViaB from Citrobacter freundii and identity of ViaA with RcsB. J. Bacteriol. 174:5910-5915.
20. Jann, K., and B. Jann. 1987. Polysaccharide antigens of Escherichia coli. Rev. Infect. Dis. 9:S517-S526.
21. Jayaratne, P., W. J. Keenleyside, P. R. MacLachlan, C. Dodson, and C. Whitfleld. 1993. Characterization of rcsB and rcsC from Escherichia coli O9:K30:H12 and examination of the role of the res regulatory system in expression of group I capsular polysaccharides. J. Bacteriol. 175:5384-5394.
22. Keenleyside, W. J., P. Jayaratne, P. R. MacLachlan, and C. Whitfield. 1992. The rcsA gene of Escherichia coli O9:K30:H12 is involved in the expression of the serotype-specific group I K (capsular) antigen. J. Bacteriol. 174:8-16.
23. Kohara, Y., K. Akiyama, and K. Isono. 1987. The physical map of the whole E. coli chromosome: application of a new strategy for rapid analysis and sorting of a large genomic library. Cell 50:495-505.
24. Kroll, J. S., B. Looynds, L. N. Brophy, and E. R. Moxon. 1990. The bex locus in encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae: a chromosomal region involved in capsular polysaccharide export. Mol. Microbiol. 4:1853-1862.
25. Markovitz, A. 1977. Genetics and regulation of bacterial capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis and radiation sensitivity, p. 415-462. In I. Sutherland (ed.), Surface carbohydrates of the prokaryotic cell. Academic Press, Inc. (London), Ltd., London.
26. Maurizi, M., P. Trisler, and S. Gottesman. 1985. Insertional mutagenesis of the Ion gene in Escherichia coli:lon is dispensable. 3. Bacteriol. 164:1124-1135.
27. McCallum, K. L., and C. Whitfteld. 1991. The rcsA gene of Klebsiella pneumonias O1:K20 is involved in expression of the serotype-specific K (capsular) antigen. Infect. Immun. 59:494-502.
28. Miller, J. H. 1972. Experiments in molecular genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
29. Poetter, K., and D. L. Coplin. 1991. Structural and functional analysis of the rcsA gene from Erwinia stewartii. Mol. Gen. Genet. 229:155-160.
30. Sanger, F., S. Nicklen, and A. R. Coulson. 1977. DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 74:5463-5467.
31. Silhavy, T. J., M. L. Herman, and L. W. Enquist. 1984. Experiments with gene fusions. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
32. Simons, R. W., W. F. Houman, and N. Kleckner. 1987. Improved single and multicopy lac-based cloning vectors for protein and operon fusions. Gene 53:85-96.
33. Stout, V. 1994. Regulation of capsule synthesis includes interactions of the RcsC/RcsB regulatory pair. Res. Microbiol. 145:43-46.
34. Stout, V., and S. Gottesman. 1990. RcsB and RcsC: a two-component regulator of capsule synthesis in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 172:659-669.
35. Stout, V., and S. Gottesman, Unpublished data.
36. Stout, V., A. Torres-Cabassa, M. Maurizi, D. Gutnick, and S. Gottesman. 1991. RcsA, an unstable positive regulator of capsular polysaccharide synthesis. J. Bacteriol. 173:1738-1747.
37. Torres-Cabassa, A. S., and S. Gottesman. 1987. Capsule synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12 is regulated by proteolysis. J. Bacteriol. 169:981-989.
38. Trisler, P., and S. Gottesman. 1984. lon transcriptional regulation of genes necessary for capsular polysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 160:184-191.
39. Zinkewich-Peotti, K., and J. M. Fraser. 1988. New locus for exopolysaccharide overproduction in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 170:1405-1407.