Qi Y, Hulett F M
Laboratory for Molecular Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607, USA.
J Bacteriol. 1998 Aug;180(15):4007-10. doi: 10.1128/JB.180.15.4007-4010.1998.
tagA, tagD, and tuaA operons are responsible for the synthesis of cell wall anionic polymer, teichoic acid, and teichuronic acid, respectively, in Bacillus subtilis. Under phosphate starvation conditions, teichuronic acid is synthesized while teichoic acid synthesis is inhibited. Expression of these genes is controlled by PhoP-PhoR, a two-component system. It has been proposed that Pho-P plays a key role in the activation of tuaA and the repression of tagA and tagD. In this study, we demonstrated the role of Pho-P in the switch process from teichoic acid synthesis to teichuronic acid synthesis, by using an in vitro transcription system. The results indicate that PhoP approximately P is sufficient to repress the transcription of the tagA and tagD promoters and also to activate the transcription of the tuaA promoter.
在枯草芽孢杆菌中,tagA操纵子、tagD操纵子和tuaA操纵子分别负责细胞壁阴离子聚合物、磷壁酸和磷壁醛酸的合成。在磷酸盐饥饿条件下,会合成磷壁醛酸,同时抑制磷壁酸的合成。这些基因的表达受双组分系统PhoP-PhoR调控。有人提出,Pho-P在激活tuaA以及抑制tagA和tagD中起关键作用。在本研究中,我们通过使用体外转录系统证明了Pho-P在从磷壁酸合成到磷壁醛酸合成的转换过程中的作用。结果表明,PhoP-PhoR足以抑制tagA和tagD启动子的转录,也足以激活tuaA启动子的转录。