title: Involvement of ArcA and Fnr in expression of Escherichia coli thiol peroxidase gene.
abstract: To explore the oxygen response regulators involved in thiol peroxidase gene (tpx) expression in Escherichia coli, we constructed a single-copy tpx-lacZ operon fusion and monitored tpx-lacZ expression in various genetic backgrounds. Expression of the tpx-lacZ fusion was increased 4-fold by aerobic growth. Anaerobic expression of tpx-lacZ in either (delta)arcA or delta(fnr) strains was 2.5-fold depressed compared with that of the wild-type strain. The results of immunoblotting experiments also demonstrated that ArcA and Fnr regulatory proteins repressed thiol peroxidase gene expression during anaerobic growth. Inspection of the tpx promoter region revealed putative binding sites for ArcA and Fnr. It thus appears that ArcA and Fnr function as repressors by blocking the binding of RNA polymerase to the tpx promoter in E. coli under anaerobic growth conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic Engineering, Pai-Chai University Taejon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015870:Gene Expression; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007763:Lac Operon; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins; D010544:Peroxidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C060704:FNR protein, E coli; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D033903:Periplasmic Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C041610:arcA protein, E coli; D010544:Peroxidases; C097049:Tpx protein, E coli