Helmann J D
Section of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-8101, USA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Jul 11;23(13):2351-60. doi: 10.1093/nar/23.13.2351.
Sequence analysis of 236 promoters recognized by the Bacillus subtilis sigma A-RNA polymerase reveals an extended promoter structure. The most highly conserved bases include the -35 and -10 hexanucleotide core elements and a TG dinucleotide at position -15, -14. In addition, several weakly conserved A and T residues are present upstream of the -35 region. Analysis of dinucleotide composition reveals A2- and T2-rich sequences in the upstream promoter region (-36 to -70) which are phased with the DNA helix: An tracts are common near -43, -54 and -65; Tn tracts predominate at the intervening positions. When compared with larger regions of the genome, upstream promoter regions have an excess of An and Tn sequences for n > 4. These data indicate that an RNA polymerase binding site affects DNA sequence as far upstream as -70. This sequence conservation is discussed in light of recent evidence that the alpha subunits of the polymerase core bind DNA and that the promoter may wrap around RNA polymerase.
对枯草芽孢杆菌σA-RNA聚合酶识别的236个启动子进行序列分析,揭示了一种扩展的启动子结构。最保守的碱基包括-35和-10六核苷酸核心元件以及-15、-14位置的TG二核苷酸。此外,在-35区域上游存在几个弱保守的A和T残基。对二核苷酸组成的分析揭示了上游启动子区域(-36至-70)中富含A2和T2的序列,这些序列与DNA螺旋呈相位关系:在-43、-54和-65附近常见An序列;Tn序列在中间位置占主导。与基因组的更大区域相比,对于n>4,上游启动子区域有过量的An和Tn序列。这些数据表明,RNA聚合酶结合位点对上游至-70的DNA序列有影响。根据最近的证据讨论了这种序列保守性,该证据表明聚合酶核心的α亚基结合DNA,并且启动子可能围绕RNA聚合酶。