Transition state regulator AbrB inhibits transcription of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB45 phytase through binding at two distinct sites located within the extended phyC promoter region.

ABSTRACT: We have previously identified the phyC gene of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB45, encoding extracellular phytase, as a member of the PhoP regulon, which is expressed only during phosphate starvation. Its sigma(A)-dependent promoter is positively and negatively regulated by the phosphorylated PhoP response regulator in a phosphate-dependent manner (O. Makarewicz, S. Dubrac, T. Msadek, and R. Borriss, J. Bacteriol. 188:6953-6965, 2006). Here, we provide experimental evidence that the transcription of phyC underlies a second control mechanism exerted by the global transient-phase regulator protein, AbrB, which hinders its expression during exponential growth. Gel mobility shift and DNase I footprinting experiments demonstrated that AbrB binds to two different regions in the phyC promoter regio

SUBMITTER: Makarewicz O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2565997 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature