Gaudu P, Dubrac S, Touati D
Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France.
J Bacteriol. 2000 Mar;182(6):1761-3. doi: 10.1128/JB.182.6.1761-1763.2000.
The soxRS response, which protects cells against superoxide toxicity, is triggered by the oxidation of SoxR, a transcription factor. Superoxide excess and NADPH depletion induce the regulon. Unexpectedly, we found that the overproduction of desulfoferrodoxin, a superoxide reductase from sulfate-reducing bacteria, also induced this response. We suggest that desulfoferrodoxin interferes with the reducing pathway that keeps SoxR in its inactive form.
soxRS应答可保护细胞免受超氧化物毒性的影响,它由转录因子SoxR的氧化所触发。超氧化物过量和NADPH耗竭会诱导这一调控子。出乎意料的是,我们发现脱硫铁氧化还原蛋白(一种来自硫酸盐还原菌的超氧化物还原酶)的过量表达也会诱导这种应答。我们认为脱硫铁氧化还原蛋白干扰了使SoxR保持无活性形式的还原途径。