Dual Transcriptional Regulation of the Escherichia coli Phosphate-Starvation-Inducible psiE Gene of the Phosphate Regulon by PhoB and the Cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP Receptor Protein Complex

AUTOR(ES)

Kim, Soo-Ki

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We have shown that the Escherichia coli phosphate-starvation-inducible psiE gene is regulated by both phosphate and the carbon source by using both lacZ and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene (cat) fusions. Yet, under all conditions tested, a single transcriptional start site lying 7 bp downstream of a predicted −10 region was revealed by primer extension analysis. DNase I footprinting showed that the PhoB transcriptional-activator protein protects two predicted pho boxes lying upstream of and near the −35 promoter region. Similar analysis showed that the cyclic AMP (cAMP)-cAMP receptor protein (cAMP-CRP) complex binds a region that overlaps with the downstream pho box. These results, together with measurements of the in vivo psiE promoter activity under various conditions, show that expression of the psiE gene is under direct positive and negative control by PhoB and cAMP-CRP, respectively.

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