title: Fis binding in the dnaA operon promoter region.
abstract: The region between the rpmH and dnaA genes contains five promoters that divergently express the ribosomal protein L34 and the proteins of the dnaA operon, including DnaA, the beta clamp of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, and RecF. The DNA-binding protein Fis was shown by the band shift assay to bind near the rpmHp2 and dnaAp2 promoters and by DNase I footprinting to bind to a single site in the dnaAp2 promoter overlapping the -35 and spacer sequences. There were no observable differences in Fis affinity or the angle of bending induced by Fis between methylated and unmethylated DNA fragments containing the Fis binding site in the dnaAp2 promoter. Fis directly or indirectly represses the expression of DnaA protein and the beta clamp of DNA polymerase III. A fis null mutant containing a dnaA-lacZ in-frame fusion had twofold greater beta-galactosidase activity than a fis wild-type strain, and induced expression of Fis eliminated the increase in activity of the fusion protein. A two- to threefold increase in the levels of DnaA and beta clamp proteins was found in a fis null mutant by immunoblot gel analysis.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department and Molecular Biology Institute, San Diego State University, California 92182-4614, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Froelich
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Phuong
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zyskind
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D019175:DNA Methylation; D004258:DNA Polymerase III / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D035021:Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein; D015870:Gene Expression; D034982:Integration Host Factors; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D009876:Operon; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C066312:DnaA protein, Bacteria; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D035021:Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein; D034982:Integration Host Factors; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C440502:integration host factor, E coli; C041672:ribosomal protein L34; D004258:DNA Polymerase III; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I