Open AccessStreptococcus pyogenes type 12 M protein gene regulation by upstream sequences
Author(s) -
John C. Robbins,
Jonathan G. Spanier,
Scott Jones,
W J Simpson,
P. Patrick Cleary
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.169.12.5633-5640.1987
Subject(s) - biology , gene , genetics , nucleic acid sequence , plasmid , transcription (linguistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , promoter , dna , streptococcus pyogenes , gene cluster , gene expression , bacteria , philosophy , linguistics , staphylococcus aureus
A partial nucleotide sequence that included 1,693 base pairs of the M12 (emm12) gene of group A streptococci (strain CS24) and adjacent upstream DNA was determined. Type 12 M protein-specific mRNA of strain CS24 is transcribed from two promoters (P1 and P3) separated by 30 bases. The transcription start sites of the emm12 gene were located more than 400 bases downstream of a deletion that causes decreased M-protein gene transcription in strain CS64. Deletion analysis of M protein-expressing plasmids indicated that an upstream region greater than 1 kilobase is required for M-protein gene expression. The M-protein gene transcriptional unit appears to be monocistronic. Analysis of the emm12 DNA sequence revealed three major repeat regions. Two copies of each repeat, A and B, existed within the variable 5' end of the gene; repeat C demarcated the 5' end of the constant region shared by emm12 and emm6.