title: A putative leucine zipper activator of Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin transcription and the potential for modulation of its synthesis by slipped-strand mispairing.
abstract: A Pasteurella haemolytica cosmid clone that activates leukotoxin transcription in Escherichia coli has been isolated. The activator locus, alxA, is part of a continuous open reading frame that includes the type I hsdM methylase gene. AlxA and HsdM peptides are processed from a precursor, and translation of the polyprotein can be modulated by slipped-strand mispairing across a pentanucleotide repeat, ACAGC, within the 5' end of alxA-hsdM. Extracts containing AlxA can bind to a leukotoxin promoter fragment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. sarahh@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Highlander
authors.forename: V T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Hang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015254:DNA Modification Methylases / Q000235:genetics*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000235:genetics*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016350:Leucine Zippers; D016978:Mannheimia haemolytica / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005098:Exotoxins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C018579:leukotoxin; D015254:DNA Modification Methylases