Transcriptional regulation of ferric citrate transport in Escherichia coli K-12. Fecl belongs to a new subfamily of sigma 70-type factors that respond to extracytoplasmic stimuli

Molecular Microbiology
A AngererV Braun

Abstract

Transcription of the ferric citrate transport system of Escherichia coli K-12 is repressed by Fe(2+)-Fur and activated by ferric citrate. Ferric citrate does not have to enter the cytoplasm; it initiates a signal transduction mechanism by binding to the outer membrane receptor FecA. Presumably, a conformational change is transmitted in a TonB-dependent manner to the FecR protein. FecR activates FecI, and FecI activates transcription of the fecABCDE transport genes. In this communication, FecI was isolated after cloning fecI downstream of an ideal ribosome-binding site. Overexpressed FecI formed inclusion bodies which were solubilized and purified in active form using a mild detergent. FecI, in conjunction with RNA polymerase core enzyme, directed transcription from the fecA promoter in an in vitro run-off transcription assay. Furthermore, FecI retarded the electrophoretic mobility of a specific 75 bp DNA fragment located upstream of fecA. An in vivo competition experiment between the fecA promoters of wild-type and mutant strains identified the nucleotide positions 2747, 2749, 2751 and 2753, located within the 75 bp fragment, as important for FecI-induced transcription. Mobility band shift of fecA promoter DNA caused by cell ly...Continue Reading

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