title: The Escherichia coli DnaK chaperone machine and bacteriophage Mu late transcription.
abstract: Bacteriophage Mu does not grow on temperature-sensitive E. coli dnaK mutants at elevated temperatures because of a defect in late transcription. As the Mu-encoded C protein is required for activation of transcription from the phage late promoters, we attempted to determine if DnaK and its accessory proteins DnaJ and GrpE are required for synthesis of C protein or at a later step. We found that the chaperones act in Mu late transcription beyond C-protein synthesis, and that C-protein stability is decreased in the mutant hosts. This suggests that the DnaK chaperone machine may be required for the proper folding and/or multimerization of C protein.
authors.affiliation: Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sand
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Desmet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toussaint
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pato
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D010583:Bacteriophage mu / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; C090591:C protein, Bacteriophage Mu; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494635:DnaJ protein, E coli; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C068113:GrpE protein, Bacteria; C489400:GrpE protein, E coli; D050956:HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014764:Viral Proteins; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; C063842:dnaK protein, E coli