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Cyclic AMP receptor protein functions as a repressor of the osmotically inducible promoter proP P1 in Escherichia coli
Author(s) -
Jimin Xu,
Reid C. Johnson
Publication year - 1997
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.179.7.2410-2417.1997
Subject(s) - biology , repressor , osmotic concentration , rna polymerase , promoter , transcription (linguistics) , microbiology and biotechnology , binding site , biochemistry , gene expression , operon , osmotic shock , psychological repression , gene , escherichia coli , linguistics , philosophy
Transcription of the proP gene, encoding a transporter of the osmoprotectants proline and glycine betaine, is controlled from two promoters, P1 and P2, that respond primarily to osmotic and stationary-phase signals, respectively. The P1 promoter is normally expressed at a very low level under low or normal medium osmolarity. We demonstrate that the binding of the cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein (CRP) to a site centered at -34.5 within the promoter is responsible for the low promoter activity under these conditions. A brief period of reduced CRP binding in early log phase corresponds to a transient burst of P1 transcription upon resumption of growth in Luria-Bertani broth. A CRP binding-site mutation or the absence of a functional crp gene leads to high constitutive expression of P1. We show that the binding of CRP-cAMP inhibits transcription by purified RNA polymerase in vitro at P1, but this repression is relieved at moderately high potassium glutamate concentrations. Likewise, open-complex formation at P1 in vivo is inhibited by the presence of CRP under low-osmolarity conditions. Because P1 expression can be further induced by osmotic upshifts in a delta crp strain or in the presence of the CRP binding-site mutation, additional controls exist to osmotically regulate P1 expression.

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