title: Identification of a second RcsA protein, a positive regulator of colanic acid capsular polysaccharide genes, in Escherichia coli.
abstract: A second form of RcsA, a positive activator of the capsular polysaccharide genes (cps), has been identified in Escherichia coli. Ferguson plot analysis suggests that the two RcsA proteins differ by size rather than by charge. Both RcsA proteins are expressed from a single rcsA gene. Detection of both RcsA proteins in delta lon cells is RcsB dependent.
authors: Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis 97331-3804, USA.
authors: K P
authors: KP
authors: Dierksen
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Trempy
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014157:Transcription Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C489568:RcsB protein, E coli; D014157:Transcription Factors; C074889:RcsB protein, Bacteria; C067572:RcsA protein, E coli; C004275:colanic acid