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Identification of a regulator that controls stationary-phase expression of catalase-peroxidase in Caulobacter crescentus.

Abstract：

:Expression of the catalase-peroxidase of Caulobacter crescentus, a gram-negative member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria, is 50-fold higher in stationary-phase cultures than in exponential cultures. To identify regulators of the starvation response, Tn5 insertion mutants were isolated with reduced expression of a katG::lacZ fusion on glucose starvation. One insertion interrupted an open reading frame encoding a protein with significant amino acid sequence identity to TipA, a helix-turn-helix transcriptional activator in the response of Streptomyces lividans to the peptide antibiotic thiostrepton, and lesser sequence similarity to other helix-turn-helix regulators in the MerR family. The C. crescentus orthologue of tipA was named skgA (stationary-phase regulation of katG). Stationary-phase expression of katG was reduced by 70% in the skgA::Tn5 mutant, and stationary-phase resistance to hydrogen peroxide decreased by a factor of 10. Like the wild type, the skgA mutant exhibited starvation-induced cross-resistance to heat and acid shock, entered into the helical morphology that occurs after 9 to 12 days in stationary phase, and during exponential growth induced katG in response to hydrogen peroxide challenge. Expression of skgA increased 5- to 10-fold in late exponential phase. skgA is the first regulator of a starvation-induced stress response identified in C. crescentus. SkgA is not a global regulator of the stationary-phase stress response; its action encompasses the oxidative stress-hydrogen peroxide response but not acid or heat responses. Moreover, SkgA is not an alternative sigma factor, like RpoS, which controls multiple aspects of starvation-induced cross-resistance to stress in enteric bacteria. These observations raise the possibility that regulation of stationary-phase gene expression in this member of the alpha subdivision of the Proteobacteria is different from that in Escherichia coli and other members of the gamma subdivision.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Rava PS,Somma L,Steinman HM

doi

10.1128/JB.181.19.6152-6159.1999

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pub_date

1999-10-01 00:00:00

pages

6152-9

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eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

181

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Identification of a regulator that controls stationary-phase expression of catalase-peroxidase in Caulobacter crescentus.