Control of the Escherichia coli rrnB P1 promoter strength by ppGpp.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
X Zhang, H Bremer

Abstract

Fusions of the rrnB P1 and P2 promoters, and of the tandem P1-P2 combination, to a wild-type lacZ gene were constructed on plasmids and recombined into the mal region of the bacterial chromosome, close to the normal location and in the normal orientation of rrnB. The upstream activator region (Fis-binding sites) was always present with the P1 promoter, and all constructs contained the box A antitermination site of rRNA genes. Using these constructs, beta-galactosidase specific activities were measured in Escherichia coli strains carrying either both ppGpp synthetases, PSI and PSII (relA+ spoT+), or only PSII (delta relA spoT+), or neither (delta relA delta spoT), using different media supporting growth rates between 0.6 and 2.8 doublings/h at 37 degrees C. The beta-galactosidase activities were used to estimate the relative strength of the rrnB P1 promoter in comparison to the isolated rrnB P2 promoter. Promoter strength (transcripts initiated per min per promoter per free RNA polymerase concentration) was distinguished from promoter activity (transcripts initiated per min per promoter). In ppGpp-synthesizing (wild-type) bacteria, the relative strength of the rrnB P1 promoter increased nearly 10-fold with increasing growth rate...Continue Reading

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