title: Cloning, molecular characterization, and application of rice epiphytic Bacillus pumilus promoter fragments.
abstract: To establish a constitutive, high-efficiency expression system for Bacillus pumilus (B.P), we cloned random chromosomal DNA into promoter probe shuttle vector ECE7 and selected for strong promoter activity by chloramphenicol resistance of transformed B. pumilus cells. The nucleotide sequences of nine chromosomal fragments were determined. These DNA fragments range from 300 to 2200 bp in size. The transcription strength of these promoters was estimated by determination of CAT enzyme production in both E. coli and B. pumilus. Transcription start (TS) sites of the cat mRNA were located by primer extension by using total RNA. Preliminary analysis showed that three of the promoter sequences contain -35 and -10 regions like E. coli RNA polymerase sigma70 and B. subtilis sigma43 consensus sequences. One is similar to B. subtilis sigma29, the other two have no conserved sequences like any of the typical consensus sequences of the known sigma factors so far. To estimate the feasibility of the utilization of these promoters, one promoter fragment was subcloned and used to drive the expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) in B. pumilus cells. This is the first report of B. pumilus promoters randomly cloning from total DNA and molecular analysis of their consensus sequences.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics, School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012275:Oryza / Q000382:microbiology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000382:microbiology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins