title: Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the firA gene and the firA200(Ts) allele from Escherichia coli.
abstract: The Escherichia coli gene firA, previously reported to code for a small, histonelike DNA-binding protein, has been cloned and found to reside immediately downstream from skp, a gene previously identified as the firA locus. firA encodes a 36-kDa protein. The mutant firA200(Ts) allele was also cloned and shown to contain three mutations, each mutation giving rise to a single amino acid change. Partially purified wild-type FirA (from a firA+ strain) and mutant FirA [from a firA200(Ts) strain] proteins have amino-terminal sequences predicted from their common DNA sequences. Both proteins lack an N-terminal methionine. Modest overexpression of wild-type or mutant FirA restored wild-type growth to firA200(Ts) strains at 43 degrees C, whereas high-level expression of wild-type FirA was required for more complete suppression of the rifampin sensitivity of firA200(Ts) rpoB double mutants. High-level expression of mutant FirA did not suppress this rifampin sensitivity.
authors.affiliation: Du Pont Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880-0328.
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Dicker
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seetharam
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D005838:Genotype; D007700:Kinetics; D008715:Methionine; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012984:Software; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008715:Methionine; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases