title: Control of ilvIH transcription during amino acid downshift in stringent and relaxed strains of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Transcription of the ilvIH operon was reduced during amino acid starvation of wild-type Escherichia coli. The effect was abolished by a relA mutation and was enhanced by a spoT mutation, thus suggesting a possible negative role of ppGpp accumulation on ilvIH transcription. No effect of amino acid downshift was observed on the synthesis of lrp mRNA, encoding the positive regulator (Lrp) of ilvIH transcription.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Scienze dell'Alimentazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Avellino, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Baccigalupi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marasco
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ricca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Felice
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sacco
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C497278:Lrp protein, E coli; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051756:Leucine-Responsive Regulatory Protein