title: Cloning, sequencing and transcriptional analysis of a Streptomyces coelicolor operon containing the rplM and rpsI genes encoding ribosomal proteins ScoL13 and ScoS9.
abstract: The N-terminal amino acid sequences of two peptides derived from a Streptomyces coelicolor ribosomal protein were determined and degenerate oligonucleotide primers derived from these sequences were used as probes for the screening of a chromosomal DNA library of S. coelicolor. Two positive clones were isolated and DNA sequencing of a 1740-bp region of these clones that hybridised with the probes revealed the presence of four genes, two of them incomplete. The deduced products of the two complete genes. rplM and rpsI, showed clear similarities to L13 and S9 ribosomal proteins from various organisms. Promoter-probe and primer extension experiments suggest that the two genes form a single transcriptional unit. The specific rate of synthesis of both proteins was high at early stages of growth but decreased later.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia Funcional, Instituto Universitario de Biotecnologia de Asturias (I.U.B.A.-C.S.I.C.), Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mendez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salas
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013302:Streptomyces / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C110201:ScoS9 protein, Streptomyces coelicolor; C110200:rplM protein, Streptomyces coelicolor