title: The role of multiple SOS boxes upstream of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis lexA gene--identification of a novel DNA-damage-inducible gene.
abstract: Four potential binding sites for LexA were identified upstream of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis lexA gene. A mutational analysis of these sites in a lexA-lacZ reporter construct revealed that only one of these SOS boxes was required for DNA-damage-mediated regulation of lexA expression. A novel DNA-damage-inducible gene, Rv2719c, was identified that was divergently transcribed relative to lexA; the other three SOS boxes were found to be involved in regulating expression of this novel mycobacterial-specific gene. The SOS boxes lay in the respective promoter regions of the genes that they regulated.
authors.affiliation: Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK1.
authors.forename: Edith M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Dullaghan
authors.affiliation: Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK1.
authors.forename: Patricia C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Division of Mycobacterial Research, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK1.
authors.forename: Elaine O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000502:physiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D013014:SOS Response, Genetics / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D000099160:LexA Repressor Protein
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D000099160:LexA Repressor Protein