Abstract：
:Negative supercoiling stimulates transcription of many genes. In contrast, transcription of the genes coding for DNA gyrase is subject to a novel mechanism of autoregulation, wherein relaxation of the template DNA stimulates their transcription. Since DNA gyrase is the sole supercoiling activity in the eubacterial cell, relaxation-stimulated transcription (RST) could reflect an autoregulatory mechanism to maintain supercoil levels within the cell. Extensive deletion and mutational analyses of Escherichia coli gyrA promoter have shown that the -10 region is essential for RST; however, a molecular model has proved to be elusive. We find a strong bend centre immediately downstream of the -10 region in the gyrA promoter. On the basis of analysis of various mutants in the -10 region, we propose a model where axial distortion acts as a sensor of topological changes in DNA. Our model is consistent with earlier data with E. coli gyrA anmd gyrB promoters. We also extrapolate the model to explain the phenomenon of RST of gyr promoters in other organisms and contrast it with promoters induced by supercoiling.
journal_name
J Genetjournal_title
Journal of geneticsauthors
Unniraman S,Nagaraja Vdoi
10.1007/BF02717907keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2001-12-01 00:00:00pages
119-24issue
3eissn
0022-1333issn
0973-7731journal_volume
80pub_type
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