title: Transcriptional analysis of the groESL operon of Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
abstract: The nucleotide sequence upstream of the groEL gene of Neisseria gonorrhoeae has been determined. Upstream of groEL is a homolog of groES and the divergently transcribed frpB gene. The promoter region of groES lacks the inverted repeat sequences (IR) that act as a regulatory element controlling the expression of similar operons in many other bacterial species. This region contains overlapping consensus sequences for sigma 32-dependent and sigma 70-dependent promoters, and an appropriately placed transcription start point was mapped downstream of these promoters. Northern hybridization demonstrated that synthesis of a full-length groES-groEL transcript was induced in heat-stressed cells. These experiments also revealed the presence of a shorter groES-specific transcript, apparently the result of the premature termination of transcription at an IR situated between the groES and groEL genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tauschek
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chomvarin
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fyfe
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018833:Chaperonins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000235:genetics*; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C028715:GroE protein, E coli; C097970:GroESL protein, Bacteria; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D018833:Chaperonins