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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
卷 50, 期 4, 页码 1329-1338出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03757.x
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The Fur protein acts as a regulator of iron-dependent gene transcription in bacteria. In Helicobacter pylori, Fur regulates iron-activated and iron-repressed promoters. It also acts as an autoregulatory rheostat of transcription to fine-tune its own expression in response to iron by binding to three operators at its own promoter P-fur. Using biochemical and genetic analyses, here we show that the distal upstream operator III (centred at -110) is essential for iron regulation of P-fur and functions as an anti-repression site that is bound by the iron-free form of Fur to induce transcription. Furthermore, operator I (centred at -50) may have a dual role both as a high-affinity binding site for Fur and as an UP element. We propose that its role is ensuring that Fur expression is not repressed below a minimum threshold level. Our data supports a novel promoter architecture and mechanism of regulation by Fur.
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