title: Identification of a novel promoter in the replication control region of plasmid R6K.
abstract: A novel source of transcription has been detected in the replication region of plasmid R6K by using fusions involving the galK reporter gene. The -35 and -10 consensus RNA polymerase binding sites were identified in the region overlapping the binding sites for the R6K-encoded replication protein pi. Transcription from this promoter, designated P2, is repressed in vivo by pi-protein levels that are inhibitory for replication. Promoter-down mutations in P2 induced in vitro by bisulfite mutagenesis result in a reduced copy number of a beta-replicon but not of a gamma-replicon. Implications of the role of P2 in R6K replication are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mukerji
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Greener
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filutowicz
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008074:Lipoproteins; C499290:OppA protein, E coli; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C046506:oligopeptide-binding protein, bacteria