title: Overexpression, phosphorylation, and growth effects of ORF162, a Klebsiella pneumoniae protein that is encoded by a gene linked to rpoN, the gene encoding sigma 54.
abstract: The product of a Klebsiella pneumoniae gene, orf162, may regulate sigma 54-dependent transcription and has sequence similarity to proteins of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (PTS). We have overproduced the product of orf162 and demonstrated its PTS-dependent phosphorylation in Escherichia coli extracts. We have also observed moderate growth inhibition of a wild-type, but not a sigma 54-mutant, strain by overexpression of orf162. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the product of orf162 could be a regulatory link between the PTS and sigma 54 activity in bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Boston University, MA 02215.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Begley
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Jacobson
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000235:genetics*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051877:RNA Polymerase Sigma 54; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C088729:ORF162 protein, Klebsiella pneumoniae; D012808:Sigma Factor; C497751:rpoN protein, E coli; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; D051877:RNA Polymerase Sigma 54