title: Transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis glucitol dehydrogenase gene.
abstract: The regulatory region of the Bacillus subtilis glucitol dehydrogenase (gutB) gene was divided into three subregions: a promoter, an upstream positive regulatory region, and a downstream negative regulatory region. Data from primer extension, deletion, and site-directed mutagenesis analyses were consistent with two possible models for the gutB promoter. It is either a sigma A-type promoter with an unusually short spacer region (15 bp) or a special sigma A promoter which requires only the hexameric -10 sequence for its function. Sequence carrying just the promoter region (from -48 to +6) failed to direct transcription in vivo. An upstream regulatory sequence was essential for glucitol induction. When this sequence was inserted in a high-copy-number plasmid, an effect characteristic of titration of a transcriptional activator was seen. Downstream from the promoter, there is an imperfect, AT-rich inverted repeat sequence. Deletion of this element did not lead to constitutive expression of gutB. However, the induced gutB expression level was enhanced three- to fourfold.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D007763:Lac Operon; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase