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Interactions of sulfur oxidation repressor with its promoters involve different binding geometries.
Mandal, Sukhendu; Das Gupta, Sujoy K.
Affiliation
  • Mandal S; Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700 054, India. sukhendu1@hotmail.com
Arch Microbiol ; 194(9): 737-47, 2012 Sep.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22481310
The divergently transcribed sulfur oxidation (sox) operon of a sulfur chemolithotrophs, Pseudaminobacter salicylatoxidans KCT001, comprising sox TRS-VW-XYZABCD, is regulated by a repressor (SoxR). SoxR binds to two disparate operators, sv (present in between soxS and soxV) and wx (present in between soxW and soxX). Here we report details of the interaction between SoxR and these two operator regions of the sox operon, using methylation interference and hydroxyl radical footprinting. We propose that the sv operator is symmetric and compact, while the wx operator is asymmetric and extended. We report an interesting difference between the SoxR-sv interaction and the SoxR-wx interaction through a competition assay involving groove-specific ligands. SoxR binds in the major groove of the sv operator, but binds in the minor groove of the wx operator. The structural flexibility of the SoxR helps it to act differentially in its interactions with these two operators. Mutational analysis shows that SoxR uses different amino acid residues when binding to the sv operator versus the wx operator. Taken together, the results indicate that interaction between SoxR and the two operator sites involves different binding geometries. This makes SoxR the only known example of a ArsR-family protein that binds differentially to different operators.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Operon / Bacterial Proteins / Transcription Factors / Promoter Regions, Genetic / Phyllobacteriaceae Language: En Journal: Arch Microbiol Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: India Country of publication: Germany

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Operon / Bacterial Proteins / Transcription Factors / Promoter Regions, Genetic / Phyllobacteriaceae Language: En Journal: Arch Microbiol Year: 2012 Document type: Article Affiliation country: India Country of publication: Germany