title: Genes regulated by TorR, the trimethylamine oxide response regulator of Shewanella oneidensis.
abstract: The torECAD operon encoding the trimethylamine oxide (TMAO) respiratory system of Shewanella oneidensis is positively controlled by the TorS/TorR two-component system when TMAO is available. Activation of the tor operon occurs upon binding of the phosphorylated response regulator TorR to a single operator site containing the direct repeat nucleotide sequence TTCATAN4TTCATA. Here we show that the replacement of any nucleotide of one TTCATA hexamer prevented TorR binding in vitro, meaning that TorR specifically interacts with this DNA target. Identical direct repeat sequences were found in the promoter regions of torR and of the new gene torF (SO4694), and they allowed TorR binding to both promoters. Real-time PCR experiments revealed that torR is negatively autoregulated, whereas torF is strongly induced by TorR in response to TMAO. Transcription start site location and footprinting analysis indicate that the operator site at torR overlaps the promoter -10 box, whereas the operator site at torF is centered at -74 bp from the start site, in agreement with the opposite role of TorR in the regulation of the two genes. Since torF and torECAD are positively coregulated by TorR, we propose that the TorF protein plays a role related to TMAO respiration.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31, Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bordi
authors.forename: Mireille
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ansaldi
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gon
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jourlin-Castelli
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iobbi-Nivol
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Méjean
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008744:Methylamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics*; D009875:Operator Regions, Genetic; D009876:Operon; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018085:Regulon; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D020592:Shewanella / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008744:Methylamines; D014157:Transcription Factors; C021567:methylamine dehydrogenase; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; C005855:trimethyloxamine