title: Identification of a catabolite-responsive element necessary for regulation of the cry4A gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
abstract: Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis produces a potent mosquitocidal protein, Cry4A. We have identified a 15-bp catabolite responsive element (cre), overlapping the -35 element of the cry4A promoter. Changing a guanine to adenine at position -49 in the promoter abolished glucose catabolite repression of cry4A and enhanced promoter activity two- to threefold. This cis regulatory element is essential for controlled toxin synthesis, vital to evolutionary success of B. thuringiensis subsp. israelensis.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sashi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kant
authors.forename: Rupam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.forename: Nirupama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004731:Endotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017354:Point Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D020218:Response Elements
chemical_list: D000083722:Bacillus thuringiensis Toxins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004731:Endotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C030956:insecticidal crystal protein, Bacillus Thuringiensis