title: Role of the DNA sequence downstream of the Bacillus subtilis hut promoter in regulation of the hut operon.
abstract: To identify the role of the downstream region of a hut promoter in regulation of the Bacillus subtilis hut operon, three single-base substitutions (+9G-->A, +14C-->T, and +23T-->G) were introduced into the hut operon. Analysis of expression of the hut operon containing each of these three single-base substitutions and the hut-lacZ fusions with the single-base substitutions at position +14 showed that the position at +14 and probably the position at +23 were required for amino acid repression at the hut promoter, while the position at +14 was not required for catabolite repression at the hut promoter. The position at +9 was required for a histidine-dependent increase of activity of the hut promoter. Analysis of expression of the hut-lacZ fusions and the hut operon in the codY mutant indicated that the position at +14 and probably the position at +23 were involved in CodY-mediated amino acid repression at the hut promoter and that CodY was not required for catabolite repression at the hut promoter.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Biochemistry, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oda
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009876:Operon; D017354:Point Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins