title: Identification and molecular analysis of Lactococcus lactis rpoD operon.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of an open reading frame (ORF) preceding the Lactococcus lactis rpoD gene is reported. It was suggested that this ORF encodes Lactococcus lactis DNA primase and that the L. lactis rpoD operon consists of only two genes. Northern hybridization analysis showed that i) there are four mRNAs transcribing the rpoD gene (from upstream, M1-M4), ii) only the 3.7-kb transcript M1 includes the entire rpoD operon, iii) the shortest transcript M4 exists at both logarithmic and stationary phases of growth while the other three transcripts appear only at logarithmic phase, and iv) no apparent induction at the transcriptional level but transient repression of M1 was found when the growth temperature was shifted from 30 degrees C to 42 degrees C. 5'-ends of all four mRNAs were identified by primer extension analyses.
authors.affiliation: Nutritional Science Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araya-Kojima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019915:DNA Primase; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D009876:Operon; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D013696:Temperature; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019915:DNA Primase; D012316:RNA Nucleotidyltransferases; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases