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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 182, Issue 16, Pages 4384-4393Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4384-4393.2000
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The NfrA protein, an oxidoreductase from the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis, is synthesized during the stationary phase and in response to heat. Analysis of promoter mutants revealed that the nfrA gene belongs to the class III heat shock genes in B. subtilis. An approximate 10-fold induction at both the transcriptional and the translational levels was found after thermal upshock. This induction resulted from enhanced synthesis of mRNA. Genetic and Northern blot analyses revealed that nfrA and the gene downstream of nfrA are transcribed as a bicistronic transcriptional unit. The unstable full-length transcript is processed into two short transcripts encoding nfrA and ywcH. The nfrA-ywcH operon is not induced by salt stress or by ethanol. According to previously published data, the transcription of class III genes in general is activated in response to the addition of these stressors. However, this conclusion is based on experiments which lacked a valid control. Therefore, it seems possible that the transcription of all class III genes is specifically induced by heat shock.
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