Bustamante V H, Calva E, Puente J L
Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62250, Mexico.
J Bacteriol. 1998 Jun;180(11):3013-6. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.11.3013-3016.1998.
bfpA expression in enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is regulated by growth medium, temperature, and ammonium concentration and requires the BfpT protein (also called PerA), a member of the AraC family of transcriptional activators. Site-directed and PCR random mutagenesis, as well as deletion analysis of the bfpA upstream regulatory region, supported assignment of the promoter elements and demonstrated that the cis-acting elements that mediate BfpT-dependent regulation of bfpA are located between positions -85 and -46. Interestingly, this region shares 73% identity with a 40-bp-long AT-rich tract located upstream of the bfpT gene, which is essential for bfpT autoregulation.
肠道致病性大肠杆菌中bfpA的表达受生长培养基、温度和铵浓度的调节,并且需要BfpT蛋白(也称为PerA),它是转录激活因子AraC家族的成员。定点诱变和PCR随机诱变,以及bfpA上游调控区的缺失分析,支持了启动子元件的定位,并证明介导bfpA的BfpT依赖性调控的顺式作用元件位于-85至-46位之间。有趣的是,该区域与位于bfpT基因上游的一段40bp长的富含AT的序列有73%的同一性,这对于bfpT的自我调节至关重要。