Abstract:
:Bacterial transcription factors often function as DNA-binding proteins that selectively activate or repress promoters, although the biochemical mechanisms vary. In most well-understood examples, activators function by either increasing the affinity of RNA polymerase (RNAP) for the target promoter, or by increasing the isomerization of the initial closed complex to the open complex. We report that Bacillus subtilis Btr, a member of the AraC family of activators, functions principally as a ligand-dependent activator of promoter clearance. In the presence of its co-activator, the siderophore bacillibactin (BB), the Btr:BB complex enhances productive transcription, while having only modest effects on either RNAP promoter association or the production of abortive transcripts. Btr binds to two direct repeat sequences adjacent to the -35 region; recognition of the downstream motif is most important for establishing a productive interaction between the Btr:BB complex and RNAP. The resulting Btr:BB dependent increase in transcription enables the production of the ferric-BB importer to be activated by the presence of its cognate substrate.
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Nucleic Acids Resjournal_title
Nucleic acids researchauthors
Gaballa A,MacLellan S,Helmann JDdoi
10.1093/nar/gkr1280subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-04-01 00:00:00pages
3585-95issue
8eissn
0305-1048issn
1362-4962pii
gkr1280journal_volume
40pub_type
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