The gyr genes of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium are repressed by the factor for inversion stimulation, Fis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-65

  Keane, O M ^a   Dorman, C J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

DNA gyrase; Fis protein; Gene regulation; gyr genes; Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL CULTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA GYRASE; DNA PRIMERS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0142075908     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-003-0896-1     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Ali Azam T, Iwata A, Nishimura A, Ueda S, Ishihama A (1999) Growth phase-dependent variation in protein composition of the Escherichia coli nucleoid. J Bacteriol 181:6361-6370
2. Appleman JA, Ross W, Salomon J, Gourse RL (1998) Activation of Escherichia coli rRNA transcription by FIS during a growth cycle. J Bacteriol 180:1525-1532
3. Blattner FR, et al (1997) The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12. Science 277:1453-1474
4. Drlica K (1992) Control of bacterial DNA supercoiling. Mol Microbiol 6:425-433.
5. Farinha MA, Kropinski AM (1990) Construction of broad-host range plasmid vectors for easy visible selection and analysis of promoters. J. Bacteriol 172:3496-3499
6. Filutowicz M, Ross W, Wild J, Gourse RL (1992) Involvement of Fis protein in replication of the Escherichia coli chromosome. J Bacteriol 174:398-407
7. Finkel SE, Johnson RC (1992) The Fis protein: it's not just for DNA inversion any more. Mol Microbiol 6:3257-3265
8. Gille H, Egan JB, Roth A, Messer W (1991) The Fis protein binds and bends the origin of chromosomal DNA replication, oriC, of Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res 19:4167-4172
9. Johnson RC, Ball CA, Pfeffer D, Simon MI (1988) Isolation of the gene encoding the Hin recombinational enhancer binding protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:3484-3488
10. Koch C, Kahmann R (1986) Purification and properties of the Escherichia coli host factor required for inversion of the G segment in bacteriophage Mu. J Biol Chem 261:15673-15678
11. Marshall DG, Bowe F, Hale C, Dougan G, Dorman CJ (2000) DNA topology and adaptation of Salmonella typhimurium to an intracellular environment. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 355:565-574.
12. McClelland M, et al (2001) Complete genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2. Nature 413:852-856
13. Menzel R, Gellert M (1987) Modulation of transcription by DNA supercoiling: a deletion analysis of the Escherichia coli gyr A and gyrB promoters. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 84:4185-4189
14. Miller JH (1992) A short course in bacterial genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
15. Muskhelishvili G, Travers A (2003) Transcription factor as a topological homeostat. Front Biosci 8:D279-285
16. Ninnemann O, Koch C, Kahmann R (1992) The E. coli fis promoter is subject to stringent control and autoregulation. EMBO J 11:1075-1083
17. Pemberton IK, Muskhelishvili G, Travers AA, Buckle M (2002) FIS modulates the kinetics of successive interactions of RNA polymerase with the core and upstream regions of the tyrT promoter. J Mol Biol 318:651-663
18. Schneider R, Travers A, Muskhelishvili G (1997) FIS modulates growth phase-dependent topological transitions of DNA in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 26:519-530
19. Schneider R, Travers A, Kutateladze T, Muskhelishvili G (1999) A DNA architectural protein couples cellular physiology and DNA topology in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 34:953-964
20. Schneider R, Travers A, Muskhelishvili G (2000) The expression of the Escherichia coli fis gene is strongly dependent on the superhelical density of DNA. Mol Microbiol 38:167-175
21. Sternberg NL, Maurer R (1991) Bacteriophage-mediated generalized transduction in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. Methods Enzymol 204:18-43
22. Straney R, Krah R, Menzel R (1994) Mutations in the -10 TATAAT sequence of the gyrA promoter affect both promoter strength and sensitivity to DNA supercoiling. J Bacteriol 176:5999-6006
23. Studier FW, Moffatt BA (1986) Use of bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase to direct selective high level expression of cloned genes. J Mol Biol 189:113-130
24. Walker KA, Atkins CL, Osuna R (1999) Functional determinants of the Escherichia coli fis promoter: roles of -35, -10, and transcription initiation regions in the response to stringent control and growth phase-dependent regulation. J Bacteriol 181:1269-1280
25. Wilson RL, Libby SJ, Freet AM, Boddicker JD, Fahlen TF, Jones BD (2001) Fis, a DNA nucleoid-associated protein, is involved in Salmonella typhimitrium SPI-1 invasion gene expression. Mol Microbiol 39:79-88