title: Activation of FNR-dependent transcription by iron: an in vitro switch for FNR.
abstract: FNR is an iron-binding transcriptional regulator of Escherichia coli which controls the expression of target genes in response to anaerobiosis. The mechanism used by FNR to sense and respond to anaerobiosis is unknown but it is thought to involve iron. In vitro transcription analyses have shown that iron-deficient FNR is unable to activate transcription from the FF-melR promoter, but activity could be restored by preincubation with Fe2+ and beta-mercaptoethanol. The reactivation of FNR was prevented and reversed by chelating agents, and this reactivation thus provides an artificial in vitro switch for FNR-dependent transcriptional activation.
authors.affiliation: Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Guest
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007501:Iron / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C060704:FNR protein, E coli; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; C077649:MelR protein, E coli; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D007501:Iron