Fis activates the RpoS-dependent stationary-phase expression of proP in Escherichia coli.
AUTOR(ES)
Xu, J
RESUMO
Fis is a general nucleoid-associated protein in Escherichia coli whose expression is highly regulated with respect to growth conditions. A random collection of transposon-induced lac fusions was screened for those which give increased expression in the presence of Fis in order to isolate a ProP-LacZ protein fusion. We find that proP, which encodes a low-affinity transporter of the important osmoprotectants proline and glycine betaine, is transcribed from two promoters. proP1 is transiently induced upon subculture and is upregulated by increases in medium osmolarity. As cells enter stationary phase, a second promoter, proP2, is strongly induced. This promoter can also be induced by high medium osmolarity in exponential phase. The activity of proP2 depends on Fis and the stationary-phase sigma factor sigmas. In the presence of Fis, proP2 expression is increased over 50-fold, as judged by the LacZ activity of cells carrying the proP-lacZ fusion as well as by direct RNA analysis, making this the most strongly activated promoter by Fis that has been described. Two Fis binding sites centered at positions -41 (site I) and -81 (site II) with respect to the transcription initiation site of P2 have been defined by DNase I footprinting. Mutations in site I largely abolish stationary-phase activation, while mutations at site II have a minor effect, suggesting that direct binding of Fis to site I is important for Fis-mediated activation of this promoter. In addition to Fis and sigmas, sequences located over 108 bp upstream of the proP2 transcription initiation site are required for efficient expression.
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