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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 184, 期 12, 页码 3338-3347出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.12.3338-3347.2002
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Phase variation of the outer membrane protein Ag43 in E, coli requires deoxyadenosine methylase (Dam) and OxyR. Previously, it was shown that OxyR is required for repression of the Ag43-encoding gene, agn43, and that Dam-dependent methylation of three GATC target sequences in the regulatory region abrogates OxyR binding. Here we report further characterization or agn43 transcription and its regulation. Transcription was initiated from a sigma(70)-dependent promoter at the G residue of the upstream GATC sequence. Template DNA and RNA polymerase were sufficient to obtain transcription in Nitro, but DNA methylation enhanced the level of transcription. Analyses of transcription in vivo of agn'-lacZ with mutated Dam target sequences support this conclusion. Since methylation also abrogates OxyR binding, this indicates that methylation plays a dual role in facilitating agn43 transcription. In vitro transcription from an unmethylated template was repressed by OxyR(C199S), which resembles the reduced form of OxyR. Consistent with this and the role of Dam in Ox R binding. Ox R(C199S) protected from DNase I digestion the agn43 regulatory region from -16 to +42, which includes the three GATC sequences, Deletion analyses of the regulatory region showed that a 101-nucleotide region of the agn43 regulatory, region containing the promoter and this Ox R binding region was sufficient for Dam- and OxyR-dependent phase variation.
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