title: Expression of the genes for insecticidal crystal proteins in Bacillus thuringiensis: cryIVA, not cryIVB, is transcribed by RNA polymerase containing sigma H and that containing sigma E.
abstract: To investigate the mechanism of transcriptional regulation of cryIVA and cryIVB, encoding 130-kDa dipteran-active crystal proteins, in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, we introduced each gene into several sporulation mutants of Bacillus subtilis. A spoIIG mutation, the wild-type gene of which encodes sigma E precursor, completely blocked the cryIVB transcription. In contrast, low but detectable transcription of cryIVA was observed in the spoIIG mutant. In the wild-type B. subtilis, no transcription of cryIVB was detected before T2 (2 h after the onset of stationary phase), while the cryIVA transcription started at the late exponential phase at low levels. Furthermore, in a wild-type strain of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis, transcription of cryIVA began earlier than that of genes encoding other crystal components, cryIVB and cytA. A consensus sequence recognized by an RNA polymerase containing sigma H of B. subtilis was found upstream of the transcription start point of cryIVA, which overlapped with that recognized by sigma E.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshisue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komano
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018085:Regulon; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases