title: Structural and functional analysis of the rcsA gene from Erwinia stewartii.
abstract: RcsA is a positive regulator of genes for extracellular polysaccharide biosynthesis in the Enterobacteriaceae. The nucleotide sequence of the rcsA gene from Erwinia stewartii was determined and compared to rcsA sequences from E. amylovora, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Three highly conserved regions of the gene were identified. The C-terminal end of the open reading frame (ORF) shared significant amino acid homology to the LuxR class of bacterial activator proteins. Insertion and deletion mutagenesis of the 5' non-coding region indicated that maximal expression of rcsA was dependent upon cis-acting regulatory sequences located more than 300 bp upstream of the translational start site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1087.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poetter
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Coplin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004885:Erwinia / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors