title: Expression of the Escherichia coli ada regulon in stationary phase: evidence for rpoS-dependent negative regulation of alkA transcription.
abstract: The Escherichia coli Ada protein activates sigma(70)-dependent transcription at three different promoters (ada, aidB, and alkA) in response to alkylation damage of DNA. During stationary phase, however, the methylated form of Ada shuts off expression of alkA; this repression is specific for sigma(S)-dependent transcription. Thus, at the alkA promoter, the Ada protein can act as both a positive and negative modulator of the adaptive response to alkylation damage, depending on the cell's physiological state.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland. landini@eawag.ch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Landini
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Busby
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; D018085:Regulon; D012808:Sigma Factor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C090096:AidB protein, E coli; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D012808:Sigma Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; C069567:sigma factor KatF protein, Bacteria; C045675:Ada protein, E coli; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases; C076131:DNA-3-methyladenine glycosidase II